Network

Management Committee (MC)

Tasks

The Action MC is in charge of the management and implementation of the COST Action. Each Action member country nominates up to two representatives to the MC; so, the Management committee of YOUNG-IN has 56 members . The Management Committee holds annual meetings where strategic plans and progress of the Action are discussed. MC is also the main decision making body. 

Core Group

Task

The Core Group assist the Chair in planning Action activities and drafting the budget; it also monitors the progress and ensures co-operation between working groups. Core Group can take decision on matters for which it has been mandated by the MC. 

Members

Prof Anu TOOTS
Action Chair

Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
anuto@tlu.ee

Dr. Johannes BERGH
Vice-Chair

Institute for Social Research, Oslo, Norway
jbe@socialresearch.no

Dr. Slaven GASPAROVIC
STSM Coordinator

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography, Zagreb, Croatia
slaveng@geog.pmf.hr

Mr Tõnu IDNURM
Grant Manager

Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
idnurm@tlu.ee

Working Group Leaders and Co-Leaders

Youth Employment

Prof. Vsiliki DELIYANNI-KOUIMTZI
Leader

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Philosophy, Thessaloniki, Greece
deliyian@psy.auth.gr

Prof. Michael GEBEL
Co-Leader

University of Bamberg,  Bamberg, Germany
michael.gebel@uni-bamberg.de

Prof. Marge UNT
Co-Leader

Tallinn University,  Tallinn, Estonia
marge.unt@tlu.ee

Starting a Family

Dr. Mirza EMIRHAFIZOVIC
Leader

University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Political Sciences, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
mirza.emirhafizovic@fpn.unsa.ba

Prof. Tali HEIMAN
Co-Leader

Open University, Raanana, Israel
talihe@openu.ac.il

Becoming Active Citizens

Prof. Dimokritos KAVADIAS
Leader

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Dimokritos.Kavadias@vub.be

Prof. Bryony HOSKINS
Co-Leader

Roehampton University, London, United Kingdom
Bryony.Hoskins@Roehampton.ac.uk

Youth Studies

Prof. Sonia BERTOLINI
Leader

Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
sonia.bertolini@unito.it

Prof. Dirk HOFÄCKER
Co-Leader

University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute for Social Work and Social Policy, Essen, Germany
dirk.hofaecker@uni-due.de

Social Investment

Dr. Triin LAURI
Leader

Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
triin.lauri@tlu.ee

Prof. Matthias DRILLING
Co-Leader

University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Basel
matthias.drilling@fhnw.ch

Dr. Tom CHEVALIER
Co-Leader

Sciences Po, Paris, France
tom.chevalier@sciencespo.fr

Science Communication

Dr. Ursula TRUMMER
Leader

Center for Health and Migration, Vienna, Austria
ursula.trummer@c-hm.com

Dr. Sonja NOVAK-ZEZULA
Co-Leader

Center for Health and Migration, Vienna, Austria
sonja.novak-zezula@c-hm.com

Meetings

1st MC Meeting, 19. September, Brussels (Belgium)

YOUNG-IN Core group at 1st Meeting in Brussels, 19. September 2018

MCM1 in Brussels, 19. September 2018

2nd MC Meeting, 7-8. February 2019, Thessaloniki (Greece)

Prof. Mark Franklin from Harvard University (USA) was invited to speak at MC Meeting about trends and implications of lowering the voting age. 

3nd MC Meeting, 19-20. September 2019, Valetta (Malta)