The Urban Affairs Association’s annual conference will be coming up in March 2014. I presented a poster at the UAA conference in 2011 and really enjoyed it — I found it to be just the right size for me while still bringing together scholars working on an interesting variety of subjects. I am interested in attending again this year, as I would like to reach out to others who may be working on urban governance, citizen participation, and democratic participation with young people. I would like to present my work thus far on a framework for analyzing children’s participation in municipal governance, and its application to the Municipal Youth Councils in the Dominican Republic. To this end, I am interested in putting together a panel related to topics that may fall under the UAA categories of (but not limited to): Governance in Cities/Urban Regions; Democracy & Civil Society in Urban Contexts; and Urban Politics, Elections, Citizen Participation. Of course, if any of this deals with young people, even better! If this might be you, please do get in touch either by leaving a comment, or via email jtang[at]gc[dot]cuny[dot]edu. I’d love to hear from you!
August 13, 2013
Interested in collaborating on a panel on youth and governance panel?
- Jen Tang
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Jen Tang
Jennifer Tang is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Environmental Psychology program, working on issues related to the promotion of children’s participation and participatory democracy. She holds a Master’s Degree in Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University in Canada. Currently, her work is focused on children’s participation in community and municipal level governance. She has taught courses in Human Development, Human Sexuality, and the Psychology of Sex and Gender Roles at Hunter College and the Pratt Institute. Currently, she is a Research Associate at the Children’s Environments Research Group and a Writing Fellow at Hunter College in New York City.
Research Interests: Children’s rights, children’s participation, community governance, participatory democracy, young people’s political engagement, young people and social movements, children in urban settings, child-friendly research methods, participatory research, participatory action research, tools and technologies for democratic participation (ICT4G).
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From worried to inspired: Reflecting on the meaning and practice of participation
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Children’s rights in New York City, the next 25 years
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Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the UNCRC
November 20, 2014
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Orienting my research
September 25, 2014
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Orienting my research
September 25, 2014
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