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2 to 4 December 2010  

Thessaloniki, Greece 

 

The past twenty years have witnessed an increased academic interest in issues 

related to children and young people. As a result, Childhood and Youth Studies has 

emerged as a new field of interdisciplinary research in social sciences. Whereas 

childhood and adolescence have been extremely popular topics in psychological 

research in the past, today these topics attract researchers from a wide range of 

scientific fields, including sociologists, anthropologists, historians, political scientists, 

lawyers and legal theorists, who present a variety of theoretical approaches and 

research findings. The focus of this new field of studies is on the re-conceptualization 

of childhood and youth, as well as on the deeper understanding of the life 

experiences of children and young people in contemporary societies that are 

characterized by significant economic, political, social and cultural changes. 

Therefore, in an era of social change and globalization it is imperative for scientists to 

examine how the lives of young people are both developed and transformed.  

 

The Conference “Children and Youth in Changing Societies”, which is organized by 

the Psychological Association of Northern Greece in collaboration with the School of 

Psychology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, has as an aim to incorporate all 

current debates on childhood and youth, and contribute to the development of an 

interdisciplinary research field, where insights, perspectives and methods from a 

variety of academic disciplines are truly integrated. The Conference topics refer to 

all processes and transformations experienced by children and young people, 

including developmental, social, cultural, lifestyle, entertainment, family, and school-

to-work transitions, as well as their implications for physical and mental health. 

 

The Conference welcomes individual papers, symposia, round tables and workshops 

(a) from researchers in a wide range of academic disciplines such as psychology, 

sociology, political science, education, anthropology, ethnology, cultural 



 

 

 

 

 

geographies, economics, criminology, law, history, media studies, gender studies, 

medicine, literature, and cultural studies, (b) from childhood and youth policy 

makers, and (c) from professionals working with children and young people, such as 

psychologists, youth workers, educationalists etc. 

 

The Chair of the Organizing Committee 

Vassiliki Deliyanni-Kouimtzis 

Professor of Psychology 

 

 

Visit the website for more information 

http://www.psy.auth.gr/childrenandyouth2010/