The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the lives of young people,
transforming and disrupting education provision, employment opportunities, social practices …

This article explores the impacts of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown
policies on young fathers and their families. We present analyses from a larger programme …

The social changes tied to late modernity and an increasingly precarious labor market have
facilitated the emergence of fortune as a potentially significant element for understanding …

This study explores how young activists in Italy responded to the first wave of the Covid-19
pandemic using sixteen longitudinal qualitative interviews conducted in 2018 and 2020. Our …

Kinship carers look after children of relatives and family friends whose parents are unable to
care for them. Children in kinship care benefit from loving, stable family homes with carers …

Our aim in this article is to analyse youth aspirations for self-fulfilment through work in the
interplay between individualization and self-entrepreneurship. Theoretically, we discuss the …

This article explores the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on everyday life
through a qualitative research study focusing on the role of age in managing uncertainty …

The Covid-19 pandemic and the intensified digitalization of life-worlds has especially
affected younger generations, also in Austria. In this paper, we approach digital practices of …

Young people have a long tradition of being portrayed in media discourses as mainly
problematic and victims. In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health …

The COVID-19 pandemic was characterized by loneliness, especially among teenagers.
This study explored the coping mechanisms, activities, challenges, places visited, and …