Policy Briefs

This policy brief shares the voices of young citizen social scientists (aged 13-29 years) who tookThis policy brief shares the voices of young citizen social scientists (aged 13-29 years) who tookpart in the EU funded YouCount project. They talk about what social inclusion means for them and how toachieve youth social inclusion and suggest ways to make it happen. Building on the findings from You-Count’s research, the brief also summarises potential positive drivers for social inclusion and the impactsof using a youth citizen social science to address social inclusion. It also includes a series of recommendationsfor policymakers who want to embrace youth perspectives for youth social inclusion through theadoption of youth citizen social science.

This deliverable stems from the work that has been implemented under WP1 “Developing framework and stakeholder mobilisation”. It includes results developed by the YouCount project under the tasks Task 1.2: Develop a conceptual framework for co-creative Y-CSS, Task 1.3: Develop a conceptual framework for CSS as social innovation, Task 1.4: Design and instigate a dialogical framework for co-creative CSS, Task 1.5: Develop data collection framework for multiple case study, including the Spotteron ICT platform. This deliverable is aimed at providing recommendations for EU on how to foster youth social inclusion through citizen science.