REACT asks; What does participation look like in everyday life? Who gets heard, seen and included — and who does not?
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The project follows evolving trajectories of participation over time — not as fixed answers, but as lived experiences shaped by place, inequality, identity, culture and possibility.
The Project
The REACT project is a multi-country grounded research project that focuses on exploring and understanding everyday youth participation in social change across cities in the Global South through an interdisciplinary approach. In a time of increasing economic uncertainty and socio-economic inequalities on a global scale, the REACT project seeks to connect with urban youth to better understand their lived experiences and how they engage with the processes of social change by tracing their trajectories of participation.
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Academic activism: learning and self-transformation through collective action taking
Activism, as a manifestation of citizen engagement for social purposes, can be practiced by individuals and communities alike, such as communities of professionals and, in this case, professionals in academia.
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Academic activism: learning and self-transformation through collective action taking
Activism, as a manifestation of citizen engagement for social purposes, can be practiced by individuals and communities alike, such as communities of professionals and, in this case, professionals in academia.