Projects

Micro-Credential for Neurodiverse Young People in Whittlesea

This project supports neurodiverse young people in completing a Micro-Credential in Co-Design for Diversity and Inclusion and to evaluate their progress in successfully achieving this in Whittlesea.

Young People’s Education and Employment Aspirations in Geelong

The project will provide Geelong region stakeholders with a strong evidence base over 3 years to co-design innovative interventions to foster the education and employment aspirations of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in Geelong.

Regenerating Geelong

A multi-stakeholder, multi-community, multi-organisational, multi-year (long term) program of applied research, ethical innovation, transformative and disruptive policy and practice for regenerating capitalism in Greater Geelong and the Great South Coast in Victoria (AUSTRALIA), for futures that are sustainable and just for all.

Code Red Alliance for Young People

The project is developing a global network of researchers in childhood and youth studies who will work with partners and collaborators in seeking philanthropic funding for ‘audacious’ interventions into the many crises shaping young people’s presents and futures.

Young People in/and the Anthropocene

This research program will find, explore, and co-produce new ways of thinking (for the young and old) and of being and becoming in times of change (4th Industrial Revolution) and crises (Climate, Plastic, and Mass Extinction).

COVID-19 Recovery Scenario’s for Young People in Melbourne’s Inner North

This scenario planning project developed research informed scenarios of possible futures (Chaotic, Unsustainable, and Sustainable Futures) for young people in Melbourne’s inner north in 2025.

Young People and Micro-creds for Sustainable, Regenerative and Just Futures

When formal education systems are largely concerned with the testing and ranking of young people in relation to the acquisition of the individualised skills that ‘industry’ needs, then micro-creds can enable communities and young people to capture and create shared social, cultural and economic value for sustainable, regenerative and just futures.

UNESCO UNEVOC@RMIT

UNEVOC@RMIT is part of an inclusive global learning network called the UNEVOC Network. It is a leader in facilitating co-design approaches for creating a future of sustainable development for all young people in times of crisis and disruption. The UNEVOC Network is coordinated by UNESCO-UNEVOC. UNESCO-UNEVOC is UNESCO’s specialised Centre for technical and vocational education and training (TVET). It assists UNESCO’s 195 member states to strengthen and upgrade their TVET systems. More information about UNESCO-UNEVOC can be found here.

Co-Lab SDGs

The United Nations Member States adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030”.

Co-Designing Young People’s Pathways to Net Zero Futures (NZFs)

This 3 year action research project aims to co-design a multi-level, digitally badged, gamified micro-credential to enhance young people’s literacies of Net Zero Futures (NZFs). By engaging young people in gamified, world-building learning experiences about NZFs, we will foster new aspirations, resilience, and capabilities among young people in different development contexts.

Youth Assemblies (YAs) for Just Futures

The YPSFL proposes a Youth Assembly (YA) model in which young people, as key stakeholders in their own futures, work with YPSFL researchers and other stakeholders on a problem focussed, outcomes-oriented, research, discussion and community based consultation process.

Co-Designing Micro-Creds for a Green Transition

This 3-5 year action research project aims to co-design a series of micro-credentials for the green energy and construction industries with young people (16-24), schools, VET providers, community organisations, businesses, unions, government, and infrastructure and construction industry stakeholders. By engaging with these stakeholders in the development and implementation of these micro-credentials, we aim to foster new aspirations for developing skills and knowledge across different contexts around the globe (with a pilot project in Australia).

TVET-Industry Roadmap Multi-Country Implementation

The Project team proposes to conduct research in 2026 with TVET institutions across multiple countries to evaluate the effectiveness of the Roadmap methodology in fostering TVET-industry partnerships that address skills gaps. The research will test the methodology in real-world settings, identify both local and cross-regional themes, and report findings and policy implications to UNESCO-UNEVOC and other major stakeholders.