Each quarter, our peer reviewed journal publishes up to six research- and practice-based articles on Australian youth. Find out more about Youth Studies Australia.

International organisations

Intute
Intute  is the 'face' of the UK-based Resource Discovery Network (RDN) It aims to promote the most intelligent use of the internet, and provides a range of support materials and tools for both academics and students. For organisations, see their section on the sociology of adolescence.

International Childhood and Youth Research Network
ICYRNet aims to inform organisations and individuals who are interested in childhood and youth research. The website is supported by the member organisations of the International Childhood and Youth Research Network.

International Sociological Association
ISI Research Committee 34: Sociology of Youth (RC34)
RC34 was founded 1948 in close cooperation with UNESCO's Research Department. Its focus is on academic youth research as well as social and political responsibility. RC34's policy is to invite colleagues from other disciplines as well as practitioners in the youth field to become members and participate, and thus to serve as a global, interdisciplinary network and meeting place about youth issues in general. For more details contact the Australian Youth Research Centre at the University of Melbourne.

Society for Research on Adolescence
The SRA is an international, multidisciplinary, non-profit professional association based in the USA. Its goal is to promote the understanding of adolescence through research and dissemination. Members conduct theoretical studies, basic and applied research and policy analyses to understand and enhance adolescent development.

United Nations
UNICEF is the only UN organisation dedicated exclusively to children.
Youth at the United Nations (formerly, UN Youth Unit) is the focal point within the United Nations system on matters relating to youth.

Also see:

• International Youth Foundation (IYF)
• International Youth Parliament (IYP)
• Childwatch International Research Network
  

The Commonwealth Youth Programme
CYP is an international development agency that is dedicated to empowering young people (aged 15-29) in its member countries.

Australasian organisations

• Australia: Australian youth affairs organisations: Australian government and non-government peak bodies responsible for, or representing, youth interests operate at both the federal and State/Territory levels.
  Also see Australian youth research organisations.
• New Zealand: See the NZ Ministry of Youth Development.
  
• Singapore: National Youth Council

Europe

• Europan Youth Observatory aims mainly to be a tool for local youth policies, an instrument which cannot by itself solve the problems but which can help to bring them to light and to provide resources to deal with them.  In this Web site you will find comparative data - both quantitative and qualitative - about the situation of young people in different cities in Europe, reports, information about practices, and documents related to youth and youth policy in the different cities and regions of the network. The Observatory is also a tool to establish co-operation. The EYO aims at establishing links between youth research, youth policy and youth projects. Part of this strategy consists in developing innovative European and local youth projects and then evaluating them through youth research. See their useful page of links.
• Euopean Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA)
• European Youth Forum (EYF)
• European Youth Observatory
• Denmark: Danish Centre for Youth Research
• Finland: Finnish Youth Research Society
• Germany: Internationales DJI-Symposium zur Jugendforschung and Institut Allemand de Recherches sur la Jeunesse (DJI)
  
• Center for Research on Childhood and Adolescence: (Zentrum für Kindheits- und Jugendforschung) This centre is an interdisciplinary scientific research unit and exists as an independent forum for research, discussion and publication.
• Netherlands: The Netherlands Youth Institute 

• HandsOnScotland is an online resource for anybody working with children and young people.
  
  
• National Youth Agency aims to advance youth work to promote young people's personal and social development, and their voice, influence and place in society. Funded primarily by the Local Government Association and government departments it works to: improve and extend youth service and youth work; enhance and demonstrate youth participation in society; and to promote effective youth policy and provision. Also see their YouthNet
  
  
• Trust for the Study of Adolescence (TSA) Also see the TSA-run Network for Postgraduate Research in Adolescence.
  
  
• 'Youth, Citizenship and Social Change'. This UK program was a major youth research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Its aim was to help understand the way that young people aged 16-25 make the transition to adult life.
  
  
• Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS)

The Americas

• Canada
  • Observatory of Youth and Society / Observatoire Jeunes et Societe
  • Child Welfare League of Canada
    
  • Canadian Resource Centre on Children and Youth (CRCCY)
    
  • Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • MacEwan Institute for Research on Family and Youth (MIRFY)
    
    
• United States of America
• • Board on Children, Youth, and Families: this organisation is part of the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. The board synthesises, analyses, evaluates, and disseminates research related to child and family issues.
  • Center for Adolescent Studies: based at the University, Bloomington USA. See Adolesence Directory Online (ADOL)
  • Child Trends, a non-profit research center that focuses on children and families
  • National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth
  • more USA sites
  • National Clearinghouse for Children and Youth: NCFY is the Family and Youth Services Bureau's (FYSB's) central resource on youth and family policy and practice. The site contains a page of links to other sites for researchers.
  • American Youth Policy Forum
  • Center for Youth Development and Policy Research: located at the Academy for Educational Development, the Center for Youth Development and Policy Research aims to contribute to better futures for all youth, particularly disadvantaged youth in the USA. 
  • Center for the Study of Youth Policy
    CSYP's main goal is to have a major impact on the issues and systems affecting children and youth, including the juvenile justice system, the child welfare system, and systems for children's health and mental health. As an applied research center, CSYP uses a multi-disciplinary approach to produce information about the problems facing children and youth systems, and to frame the debate and advocate for solutions to these problems through planning, research, public discussion and systems redesign.
  • Youth Studies Group at the Stanford School of Medicine's Stanford Centre for Research in Disease Prevention

• Mexico
• • Instituto Mexicano de la Juventud
• Chili
• • Instituto national de la juventud