Josh Pino-Graham, a design student at Coventry University and YOUROPE co-researcher, recently attended the DEMOCRAT Conference on Education for Democracy in Barcelona. There, he sat on a Q&A panel discussing how to make education more democratic. He spoke from his unique perspective as both a current student and active co-researcher.

On 21st July 2025, the University of Augsburg and Holbein-Gymnasium hosted a groundbreaking Democracy Day, bringing together 177 pupils and 40 university student researchers for co-created workshops that put young people’s voices at the centre of democracy education and European citizenship.

In June 2025, YOUROPE researcher Luca Morini presented his work on participatory mapping and playful design methods at the ANGEL Conference in Berlin, sparking new connections with fellow European democracy projects and reinforcing the value of community-led approaches to youth engagement.

YOUROPE Students Present Community Research at International Conference Student researchers from the YOUROPE project presented their Community-Led Action Research findings to 70 participants at the University of Łódź’s International Students’ Conference on Social Problems and Social Work in Europe.

Community-Led Research and Action: Students Driving Change in The Hague Students from The Hague University of Applied Sciences have been pioneering the first Community-Led Research and Action (CLRA) sessions, tackling pressing social issues through research and engagement.

TAMK Showcases the Yourope Project at Eye on TAMK 2025 Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) has presented the Yourope Project at Eye on TAMK 2025, an international multidisciplinary event held from 11th to 13th March in Tampere, Finland.

First CLRA results shared at a two-day mini conference During a regional event, which took place between 28 and 29 January 2025, the students of the University of Lodz shared the initial results of their CLRA research.

Polish youth starting CLRA research From November 2024 to February 2025, the University of Lodz ran the first groups of students according to the Community-lead Research and Action (CLRA) methodology.

From 13th to 15th January, the Yourope project held its first internal workshop on Community-Led Research and Action (CLRA) methodology.

From 26 to 28 November 2024, we launched our journey with a Kick-Off Meeting at Coventry University‘s Brussels Hub.