Youth Studies Ireland - Call for Papers

Ireland's first professional youth studies journal, entitled Youth Studies Ireland, launched in October, 2006, published by the Irish Youth Work Press, represents the coming together of people interested in youth affairs throughout the island of Ireland.

It is an interagency venture supported by the following agencies: City of Dublin Youth Service Board (CDYSB), National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI), Irish Youth Foundation (IYF), NUI Maynooth, the Youth Affairs Section of the Department of Education & Science and Youth Work Ireland.

The Editorial Board for the journal comprises: Dr. Maurice Devlin, Applied Social Studies Department of NUI Maynooth; Dr. Paula Mayock, Children’s Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin; Sam McCready, of the University of Ulster and Majella Mulkeen, Applied Social Studies Department, Institute of Technology, Sligo. There is also an Advisory Committee representing a wide range of interests (other educational and training institutions, youth organisations, Government agencies) and a panel of International Editorial Associates from several continents.

The Journal is produced bi-annually and the Editorial Board is actively seeking submissions for the next edition in the Autumn of 2007.

Papers submitted for consideration will be sent for anonymous peer review.

For further information and/or a copy of the notes for contributors please contact: Maurice Devlin, Applied Social Studies, National University of Ireland Maynooth, County Kildare.
Tel: + 353 (0)1 7083781
Fax: + 353 (0)1 7084708
maurice.devlin@nuim.ie