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Youth cultures and leisure time

The versatile study of leisure time is one of the most established themes of youth research, both internationally and in Finland. It focuses on both the organised leisure activities offered to young people and their own leisure time spent outside organisations, for example from the perspective of youth cultures and peer communities.

Current research

The Democratic Epistemic Capacities in the Age of Algorithms (DECA)

The Democratic Epistemic Capacities in the Age of Algorithms (DECA) project explores the systems, practices and issues related to the use of information at the various levels of society (individuals, institutions and digital infrastructures).

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Hip Hop Youth in Finland: Ethnicity, Identities and Conviviality

The project explores the identities and ethnicities of young fans and how hip hop culture and rap music provide them with social connections, togetherness and cohesion in a predominantly white but increasingly diverse Finnish society.

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Youth violence and crime

In this research project we explore violence and crime among young people in Finland, and the phenomena behind it.

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Coordinator

Antti Kivijärvi

Doctor of Social Sciences
Senior Researcher
040 062 4689
antti.kivijarvi@youthresearch.fi

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Research publication

Localized hip hop authenticity in early 2000s Finland: Retaining representations of race, class and gender in Beauty and the Bastard