Enabling and creating
youth-informed, youth-led research

The MCYS team brings together academics and practitioners from
a range of disciplines, including Sociology, History, Criminology, Linguistics, Politics, English and Classics.

Manchester Centre for Youth Studies

MCYS is a world-leading, award-winning research centre that is internationally recognised for its ethos of promoting innovative youth-informed research with marginalised groups of young people. MCYS brings together academics from various disciplines, including Sociology, Classics, History, Criminology, Linguistics, Politics, and English. Using participatory research methods, MCYS engages with young people across a range of contemporary and historical issues, amplifying the voices of young people to bring about real-world change.

MCYS’ three thematic priorities are:

To be a global leader in youth-informed research about young people, past and present.
To continue to deliver world-leading and paradigm-shifting impactful research.
To foster the next generation of youth researchers and young community leaders.

Our Research projects

MCYS is an award-winning interdisciplinary research centre specialising in participatory, youth-informed research that positively influences the lives of young people.

Listen to our latest Podcast

What is Socio-Linguistics?

Dr Bellamy takes us through some of his recent projects on how young people across European cities use language and how the use of language is influenced by social circumstances.

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