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EXCEPT goes to schools
25.05.2017On 23-24 of May 2017 Polish team organised meetings with students of two high schools in Warsaw. The main topic was entering the adulthood. During the meeting, young people were introduced to social research based on the EXCEPT project.
All together they brainstormed and discussed students' understanding of adulthood. Students were asked to look at the pictures from their mobile phones and ...
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Polish team presented at a conference in Jablonna!
25.05.2017On the 11-12th of May Magdalena Rokicka, Małgorzata Kłobuszewska and Jędrzej Stasiowski took part in the "From school to work. The study of educational and professional paths" conference in Jablonna, Poland. They have presented on the dynamics of labour market paths of young people from Poland using longitudinal EU-SILC dataset and the issue of satisfaction with temporary work among...
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EXCEPT Seminar at the University of Catania
25.05.2017
Sonia Bertolini and Rosy Musumeci presented the main findings on youth autonomy from the qualitative study on Italy (WP3) during the Seminar “Transition paths to adulthood. Mechanisms of social exclusion for young people in Europe” at the University of Catania in Italy.
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Eve-Liis Roosmaa will open the discussion on youth employment with the President of European Parliament
24.05.2017At the end of May, the President of the European Parliament, Antionio Tajani, will visit Estonia as part of the Estonian Presidency. During the visit a debate on "Future of Europe: Changing Times, Lasting Values" will be held at Tallinn University. One of the four issues to be discussed is "Youth employment: the power of innovation" focussing on the journey from education to em...
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EXCEPT goes to European parliament
22.05.2017On June 21st EXCEPT project coordinator Marge Unt and young social activist Kristina Mering will present the voice of youth and demonstrate the importance of evidence based decision-making for youth at European parliament.
At the event “Evidence Matters EU” presenters from across the EU will each have the opportunity to speak for one minute about why evidence matters on issues rangi...
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EXCEPT at international workshop in Granada
17.05.2017
On behalf of the Italian team, Valentina Goglio participated in the International workshop “Homeownership in transition”, held at the University of Granada (ES) and organized by the ENHR Working group on homeownership and globalization. Valentina presented the main findings on housing and economic autonomy from the qualitative study on Italy. The workshop was an interesting oppor...
Read more Symposium held on job insecurity in Thessaloniki, Greece
15.05.2017On 13th of May 2017, the EXCEPT Greek team successfully organised a symposium “Youth and Transitional Procedures during the Economic Crisis”, at the 16th Panhellenic Conference of Psychological Research. The symposium consisted of four presentations given by members of the Greek team and covered several topics including work-paths, autonomy and job insecurity as experienced by young pe...
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EXCEPT photo exhibition in Greece
14.05.2017On May 10th 2017, the Greek team launched an exhibition presenting photos from the EXCEPT competition “You(th) Vision: Becoming adult today”. On the photos, young people from eight European countries demonstrated how they perceive the transition to adulthood, depicting the whole variety of feelings and states from perplexity, uncertainty, and despair to opening up the possibilitie...
Read more Database of youth policies available on the EXCEPT projects’ web-site
06.05.2017A database of youth policies and legislation on youth inclusion containing data on more than 150 macro indicators and information on national policies can now be accessed on the EXCEPT project’s web-site.
The Database of Youth Policies and Legislation on Youth Inclusion has been prepared as a part of the activities under the EXCEPT Project. The database contains more than 150 macro indica...
Read more WP 12 on the website!
05.05.2017The 12th issue of EXCEPT project’s working paper series which focuses on the question in how far unemployment and atypical employment impacts upon the socio-economic situation of youth within a five-year time span is now published on the project’s web-page.
The report starts with two studies which aim to identify general trends across Europe centring on the questions of how far unem...
Read more WP 11 is out!
05.05.2017
EXCEPT project’s 11th working paper, discussing the issue of how the experiences of unemployment and unstable employment affect the decision to move out of the parental home is now available on project’s web page.
The working paper includes results from studies from Italy, the UK, Poland, Estonia and Germany, all addressing the issue using longitudinal research design. The...
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Get to know the EXCEPT project via our first newsletter!
03.05.2017The central aim of EXCEPT project is to develop effective and innovative policy initiatives to help young people in Europe overcome labour market insecurities and related risks. The projects’ findings to date highlight the policies and strategies, which do make a difference. However, policies need to be developed in consultation with those for whom they are developed for. Therefore, an impor...
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EXCEPT project’s 2nd policy brief now available for readers
02.05.2017The second policy brief of EXCEPT Project, which is now available on our project web-page, puts emphasis on the findings concerning the effect of policies on the consequences of unemployment for youths’ well-being and health.
The analysis conducted in the EXCEPT project has demonstrated how unemployment deteriorates health and wellbeing, especially happiness and life satisfaction, of yout...
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EXCEPT project results presented at a youth conference in Estonia
25.04.2017On the 25th of April EXCEPT project coordinator spoke at a youth conference about becoming an adult in Estonia in comparison to other European countries. The presentation stressed the different conceptualizations of becoming an adult of today's Estonian youth who rather emphasize the importance of inner growth and not the five key transition markers: school graduation, labour market entry, lea...
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EXCEPT results presented in Taiwan
24.04.2017At the ISA-RC55 2017 Mid-term Conference “The Future of Social Indicators: Regional Responses to Global Challenges” at the Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Michael Gebel presented on "The transition from education to work and youths’ well-being. Evidence from German panel data.". He also acted as a session chair and discussant...
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