Over the course of the past year, the Youth Research Institute and our academic partners worked together to review, analyse and compile the top issues and phenomena impacting young people today. In the most recent edition of our Annual Youth Report series, Ifjúság’23, we presented the top five challenges Hungarian youth faced in 2023 and what we predict will be most relevant in 2024. Among these, AI technology, political activity, and mental wellbeing will be particularly prevalent.

As 2024 advances and these issues become increasingly clearer, our institute an even wider gaze at youth and their surroundings globally. To be able to launch a constructive dialogue on the topic, the Youth Research Institute is organizing the conference EMERGING VOICES– Perspectives from the Next Generation of Scholars in Youth Research in Budapest on May 14, 2024. The Youth Research Institute will host aspiring PhD candidates and young professionals from around the world to share their research, findings, and perspectives on the state of youth and the dynamics of generations today on the following topics:

- The impact and reception of AI technology and tools among youth;
- Youth political activism against the backdrop of upcoming and ongoing election campaigns in 2024;
- The rise of mental health challenges for young people over the past few years.

SCHEDULE:

10:00 - 10:05: Opening Remarks

10:05 - 11:20: Lectures

- Evelin Horváth, Corvinus University of Budapest
- Michele Varini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan
- Nilotpal Bhattacharjee, Department of Mass Communication Assam University Silchar

11:20 - 11:35: Coffee Break

11:35 - 12:30: Lectures

- Byambasuren Nyamkhuu, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
- Adrian Estrela Pereira, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
- Thiri Pyae Kyaw, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

12:30 - 13:30: Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:45: Lectures

- Mark Gabriel Wagan Aguilar, Southern Philippine Academy College, Calayan Educational Foundation, Philippines
- Chiao Li, Sciences Po, Paris
- Shalini Garg, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur

14:45 - 15:00: Coffee Break

15:00 - 16:30: Lectures

- Nurdan Kozan Caki, University of Essex, Abu Dhabi
- Erna Földvári-Uricska, Corvinus University of Budapest
- Crispen Batsirai Marasha, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Hubert Antokolski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

16:30 - 16:35: Closing Remarks

 

Place of conference: Scruton MCC, 3-7. Tas vezér street, Budapest 1113