YOUROPE at the SWSD 2026 Conference in Nairobi
On 15 September, students from the University of Łódź organised the 1st Democratic Youth Forum as part of the YOUROPE project, bringing together nearly 130 participants to discuss challenges in education and develop ideas for change. The Forum put young people at the centre of the process, with students collaboratively creating proposals for their schools and selecting the winning idea through a democratic vote.
Young People Have a Voice!
On 15 September, students from the University of Łódź organised the 1st Democratic Youth Forum as part of the YOUROPE project, bringing together nearly 130 participants to discuss challenges in education and develop ideas for change. The Forum put young people at the centre of the process, with students collaboratively creating proposals for their schools and selecting the winning idea through a democratic vote.
What is the price of your gaze? YOUROPE at MCCT 2026
In May 2026, Patricie Kyslíková and Salim Murad represented the Czech YOUROPE team at the Midlands Conference in Critical Thought at the University of Warwick, presenting two papers connecting YOUROPE with feminist participatory research, arts-based methods, and place-based pedagogy.
Crossing Borders, Connecting Research: YOUROPE’s Transnational Conversations in Action
YOUROPE has been bringing CLRA groups from across the consortium into direct dialogue, supporting young researchers in different countries to share findings, compare approaches, and build cross-border connections.
Have Your Say: YOUROPE Launches Survey on European Citizenship for Young People
YOUROPE is inviting young people aged 16 to 30 living, working, or studying in Europe to complete a new survey on European citizenship, developed by Dr Kayden J Schumacher and student researchers at Coventry University.
Building the Infrastructure for Collaboration: YOUROPE Partners as Keynote Speakers at iHED Conference
Eva Janebová, Katherine Wimpenny, and Lucy Roberts presented as keynote speakers at the STAR Scholars Network iHED 2026 conference, drawing on YOUROPE’s experience of building professional learning communities across a 21-partner international consortium.
Democracy in Education: A Student Co-Researcher’s Perspective
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.
Connecting and Building Democratic Space Across Europe: YOUROPE Consortium Gathers in Brussels
At the latest YOUROPE consortium meeting in Brussels, partners shared emerging CLRA work from Coventry and across the consortium, including co-produced community exhibitions, energy co-design projects, and the development of the CLRA-COIL framework connecting youth researchers across eight partner countries.
YOUROPE at One Year: Young People Leading Democratic Change Across Europe
A year into the YOUROPE project, partners across 21 institutions have completed their first Community-Led Research and Action cycles. This article looks at the themes young researchers chose to investigate, the outcomes produced so far, and what is coming next.
YOUROPE’s Second In-Person Meeting: A Year of Learning, and the Road Ahead
The YOUROPE consortium gathered in Brussels for its second in-person meeting, reviewing progress on Community-Led Research and Action across partner institutions and planning the next phase of the project.
