Young People's Visions and Worries for the Future of Europe

Dagmar Strohmeier is a Professor at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. She is co-editor of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology and researches in positive youth development, peer relations among youths, and intercultural social work.Harriet R. Tenenbaum is a Reader in the School of Psychology, University of Surrey. She is co-editor of the British Journal of Developmental Psychology and researches children’s understanding of intergroup relations, discrimination, and rights.

• Part 1: IntroductionChapter 1 by Dagmar Strohmeier and Harriet Tenenbaum: Young Peoples’ Engagement with the European Union and their Visions and Worries for the Future of EuropePart 2: Country Level FindingsChapter 2 by Edmond Dragoti, Rudina Rama and Emanuela Ismaili: Europe 2038: Future Visions and Worries of Albanian Young PeopleChapter 3 by Dagmar Strohmeier: The Importance of Social Exclusion Experiences for Young People’s Engagement with the European UnionChapter 4 by Detlef Urhahne: Gender and Educational Differences in the Hopes, Fears and Visions of Young GermansChapter 5 by Simona C. S. Caravita, Angela Mazzone, & Elisa Donghi: The Future of Europe and European Identity: The Views of Italian Adolescents and Young AdultsChapter 6 by Carmen Hortensia Bora, Gabriel Roşeanu, & Simona Trip: European Identity Issues and Beliefs Related to Romanian Youths’ Views of Europe 2038Chapter 7 by Rosario Ortega-Ruiz, Carmen Viejo, & Mercedes Gómez-López: Europe 2038: The Voice of Spanish YouthChapter 8 by Harriet Tenenbaum, Chris Fife-Schaw, & Martyn Barrett: What Predicts British Young People’s Views of Europe?Part 3: Cross National FindingsChapter 9 by Dagmar Strohmeier, Martyn Barrett, Carmen Bora, Simona C. S. Caravita, Elisa Donghi, Edmond Dragoti, Chris Fife-Schaw, Mercedes Gómez-López, Eszter Kapéter, Angela Mazzone, Rudina Rama, Gabriel Roşeanu, Rosario Ortega-Ruiz, Hanna Steiner, Harriet Tenenbaum, Simona Trip, Detlef Urhahne, and Carmen Viejo: Predictors of Young People’s Engagement with the European UnionChapter 10 by Carmen Hortensia Bora, Gabi Roşeanu, & Simona Trip: How Could Young People’s Belief System Influence the Future of Europe?Part 4: CommentariesChapter 11 by Erik Amnå: In school – and AfterChapter 12 by Peter Noack: Young Europeans and the Future of Europe: A Mosaic of 3,764 PiecesChapter 13 by Isabel Menezes: Young Peoples’ Visions and Worries for the Future of Europe: ‘Still hopeful after all these years?‘Part 5: Evidence-based RecommendationsChapter 14 by Dagmar Strohmeier and Harriet Tenenbaum: Recommendations how to Strengthen Young Peoples’ Engagement with the European UnionName indexSubject indexAcademic Affiliations of the ContributorsAppendix A: Quantitative SurveyAppendix B: Descriptive Statistics of Study Variables