Dr Frances Howard

@policypress 👀 that new book feeling all over again when the paperback comes out 🙌🏽 Interested in youth arts, youth culture and youth work. Check it out 😉

The time has come… not sure why it took me so long but I’m off to BlueSky. I won’t support any product from the ‘King of Capitalism’ any longer… If you want to connect on BlueSky my handle is @drfranceshoward.bsky.social

I am very excited to present a new article on young people's encounters with nature that I've written with Anne Mette W. Nielsen. I think we've done something really interesting here, and you can read it for free. You're very welcome! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Beautiful, bold and evocative readings of creative writing from @tania_dsc keynote speech #UUStopTheClock: youthwork as heartwork ❤️

Wonderful presentation from @FHowardNG and Anne Mette Winneche Nielsen present findings of their comparative study of the UK and Denmark experiences of Youth Arts Programs #UUStopTheClock @CentreDialogue @UlsterUniCYW

What might Just #participatory research look like? Unpacking this in 'Researching with young people: #Youth-centred research methods' at #UUStoptheClock. Practical reimagining and innovation of methods @FHowardNG @DrKarenzaMoore @benhanckel @SophieAthe

Decolonising youth studies; re-orienting youth studies towards the global south; de-centering Western historic, symbolic, cognitive and material privilege - @FHowardNG and @SophieAthe presenting their impressive book on research with young people #UUStopTheClock

Very lucky 2 hear abt a forthcoming book from @FHowardNG @benhanckel @DrKarenzaMoore @SophieAthe et al on doing research with young people. I can’t wait to read it and you should look out for it too. A core idea from the book is 5 principles of doing research. #UUStoptheClock

Some great examples of ecological health and well-being projects with young people from @sofia_laine_ #UUStopTheClock as part of the Planetary Youth Research framework proposal

Peter Kelly #UUStopTheClock exploring how the Anthropocene impacts young people’s agency #YouthStudies

@dean_farqu4 @SteveRoberts_ To add more context: the talk argued that it is the Academy that constructs working class men and boys as problematic. The influence of Andrew Tate in schools was not categorised by class. Progressive masculinity was also discussed.

Day 2 #UUStopTheClock starts with thought-provoking keynote from @SteveRoberts_ exploring the binding together of the excesses of masculinity with working class identities. Striking examples of Andrew Tate’s influence in schools and the recent riots in Southport #YouthStudies

Important calls for using Black social thought as a template for doing better from @SteveRoberts_. Questioning what counts as ‘problematic’ masculinity and who gets to decide? #UUStopTheClock

Catherine Forde @UCC suggesting how environmental issues can be introduced to youth work education programs in higher education #UUStopTheClock

Second presentation in the Youth Work in and Beyond the Anthropocene is from Maria Pisani applying a critical posthumanist lens to youth work. Offering a new ethical paradigm, beyond human #UUStopTheClock

Tim Corney and Trudi Cooper arguing for an ecological pedagogy within youth work #UUStopTheClock. Shifting the position of young people from the centre and re-centring ecological systems

Followed by @HarrietRowley1 and @dlukuslu asking questions about how young people’s everyday experiences relate to broader structural issues. Individual narratives from the book explore the inter-relationships between education, politics, democracy and power #UUStopTheClock

Something a bit different for the first #UUStopTheClock panel: Author meets Critics session discussing Jacqueline Kennelly’s new book - Burnt by Democracy: Youth, Inequality and the Erosion of Civic life @UofT. Kathleen Gallaher shares the ‘punctures’ of democratic failure

Great opening keynote from @siobhanmc74 sharing intergenerational research from the ‘Ceasefire generation’. Asking what is it like to be a young person in a post-conflict society? Important conflict legacy research #UUStopTheClock #YouthStudies

#YouthStudies ready to go… 3 full on days of dialogue, learning and presentations at the Journal of Youth Studies conference @UlsterUniCYW #UUStopTheClock

Just about to press ‘send’ on an exciting new book manuscript @BloomsburyBooks. A fantastic collaboration with @JaninaSuppers @SophieAthe @DrKarenzaMoore & @benhanckel on Researching with Young People 📖 watch this space…