Children and Youth Studies
The Growth of Children & Youth Studies at the ISS
The area of Children and Youth Studies at the ISS has undergone a steady expansion since the introduction of the first demand-driven MA level course in 2000. Growing awareness world-wide of the large numbers of children affected by poverty, hunger violence, abuse, exploitation, inadequate health care and education has led to increased concern at international and national levels for the protection of children and young people, the promotion of their rights and welfare and their capacity to play an active role in their own and their society's development. The ISS offers a growing range of educational programs and research opportunities in the area of child and youth studies including: a 10.5 week diploma course in Children, Youth and Development (CYD); a 15.5 month MA specialization in Children and Youth Studies (CYS); activities of the International Centre for Children & Youth Studies (iCCYS); a growing cohort of PhD students working in the field of children; and an education research cluster.
MA Programme
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This specialisation provides participants with an understanding of how children and youth are involved in development processes at the global and local levels. It explores issues of poverty, equity, rights and social development of the young from an interdisciplinary perspective that draws on sociology, political economy, anthropology, law and social history. It similarly investigates organisations, movements, and interventions that have shaped, or have attempted to shape, childhood and youth in different contexts. For more information, click here.
Core CYS Courses
Poverty-Inequality-and-Social-Development
Child-and-Youth-Studies-in-the-Development-Context-Society-Culture-Agency-and-Rights
Children-Youth-and-Development-Policy-and-Practice-Learning-Objectives
Education Research Cluster
Education represents a critical component of the human and social development of children and youth. ISS contains unique expertise in the field of education—understood as formal schooling at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels, non-formal education, and educational alternatives. Its uniqueness and strength derives from its multidisciplinarity which spans economics, anthropology, sociology, political economy, and social history, and its expertise across several regions including Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. ISS staff and students working on educational issues share a common interest in engaging critically with current theories and policy debates. For more information click here.
Diploma Programme
The 10.5 week post-graduate Children, Youth and Development (CYD) diploma programme provides strong grounding in key issues, concepts and debates in the field of child and youth studies in the development context. Key problem areas are explored with a focus on issues and debates in policy and implementation. The participants’ skills in rights-based policy analysis and programme development will be strengthened. Study visits are made to various relevant international, government and NGO agencies in the Netherlands, as well as to one or more European countries. For more information, click here.
Page last updated: 21/09/2009
2008-2009 CYS Group
