Juvenia – Youth Research and Development Centre
Our goal in Youth Research and Development Unit Juvenia is to support equal and participatory youth by combining effective research and development work.
We support equal and participatory youth!
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Our mission
We support equal and participatory youth by combining effective research and development work. Our activities focus on strengthening young people’s inclusion, citizenship and communality, and preventing marginalization. In the youth sector, we promote, among other things, environmental awareness, digitalization and internationalization. Our core competence is youth-oriented research and development.
Scale of operation
We employ more than 30 researchers and developer experts who implement local, national and international research and development projects that focus on multidisciplinary youth research, as well as the development and evaluation of youth services and methods in the youth field. In addition, we offer training and expert services. During its years of operation, Juvenia has implemented more than 100 research, development and training projects related to young people.
Equality and empowerment in youth
Frequently Asked Questions
- In addition to project activities, it is possible to order expert services from Juvenia. These include various studies, surveys, evaluations, workshops and consultations.
- Juvenia can offer practical training periods for Bachelor´s or Master´s level students. For PhD student or worker as a researcher in the field of youth, it is possible to host a visiting resercher in Juvenia.
- Juvenia´s regular youth survey is an extensive survey of the well-being, values and attitudes of young people in Eastern Finland.
Juvenia´s news
Experience
Blooming in Finland: A Guide to Career Opportunities for Immigrant Women in South Lax
Is it your dream to work in a country that is considered the happiest country in the world? So, look no further, we got you.…
Kokemus
PeaceAct – Training of Trainers: democracy and peace education on an international training mission
PeaceAct, an international Erasmus+ project that was launched towards the end of last year, organized a Training of Trainers from 16 to 20 March 2025…
Experience
Do you feel connected?
A common belief is that trees collaborate and communicate via a fungal web. However, not everyone is persuaded.
Experience
Everything is fearful for the first time!
Working Experience (TET) at Helper-project
Experience
Midsummer workshop with working life quests
Ongoning projects
Sustainable Wellbeing
Sufficiency solutions for a resilient, green, and just Finland (SISU)
SISU seeks to harness the untapped potential of sufficiency solutions. The main…
Sustainable Wellbeing
Tupa – fresh expertise for youth services
Hanke edistää nuorten eteläsavolaisten työhön ja koulutukseen kiinnittymistä. Tuemme nuorten ohjautumista palveluihin…
Nuoska – Center of expertice of Youth work at schools and educational institutions
During 2024-2026 Nuoska is one of three centers funded by the Ministry…
Altius – Centre of Expertise of Regional Knowledge Production on Youth Work
Altius produce regional research knowledge on youth work.
Sustainable Wellbeing
Mind Over Screens – Empowering Youth in the Digital World
Funded by Erasmus+ and European Union, this project seeks to enhance the…
Sustainable Wellbeing
Peace4Europe
Tools for European youth workers to implement peace education. OBJECTIVES In this…
Sustainable Wellbeing
Helper – Sustainable employment paths for immigrants
The aim of the project is to improve immigrants inclusion, access to…
Sustainable Wellbeing
Participating together
Activities that strengthen the development of the conditions for citizen-oriented activities and…
Sustainable Wellbeing
Developing Professional Competencies for Demanding Residential care for Children and Youth
VAASI is the collaborative project between five Finnish higher education institutions aimed…
Sustainable Wellbeing
Triangle – Building Youth-Orientated Family Cooperation in Education Institutions
The Triangle aims to increase young student’s support from their loved ones…
Sustainable Wellbeing
GEIN equal play, equal say
GEIN enhances the capabilities and empowerment of women to become leaders and…
Past projects
Sustainable Wellbeing
Social Entrepreneurship for Youth Empowerment in Finland and Latvia
Social entrepreneurship for youth empowerment in Finland and Latvia
Sustainable Wellbeing
YWIS – Youth work in schools
The aim is to define the role and opportunities of youth work…
Sustainable Wellbeing
Neighbours Discovering Internationality Together!
International opportunities for rural youth work! OBJECTIVES Internationality can be a very…
Sustainable Wellbeing
Jelppis – expertise and support for project development
The project supports organizations in the South Savo region in applying for…
DEQUAL: Capturing Digital Social Inequality Young digi-natives’ asymmetrical agencies within socio-technical imperatives and imaginaries
The project DEQUAL explores how digital information and communication technologies implicate in…
Centre of Expertise of Municipal Youth Work
The Centre of Expertise serves, researches, and develops youth work in municipalities…
Targeted youth work centre of expertise
Juvenia was a part of Targeted Youth Work Centre of Expertise, which…
Sustainable Wellbeing
MAP – Mission to Accomplish Participation!
Our main theme is youth participation!
Guidance Center “Olkkari” 2.0
Guidance Center “Olkkari” 2.0 project aims to expand the guidance center youth…
VET4ALL
VET4ALL -project gathered good practices in Poland, Italy, Spain and Finland to…
Sustainable Wellbeing
Increase – youth employment on the increase in Kouvola
In this project we are developing Living Lab activities, which provides solutions…
Sustainable Wellbeing
Together forward
We developed the quality of youth work in schools!
Sustainable Wellbeing
Young people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities and their opportunities to physical activities
VAIKOS – project produces research knowledge of the possibilities of young persons…
Education Gateway – Strengthening the attractiveness of Southern Savonia as a region of education
The project developed Southern Savonian educational institutions common educational paths and communication…
Sustainable Wellbeing
LAKU – Family Rehabilitation -Evaluation Research Project
Working and participating together in LAKU -family rehabilitation supports the daily life…
Empowering Youth – Successful youth work practices in Europe (EMPYRE)
EMPYRE-project explored, evaluated and developed successful youth work practices used to empower…
Offside – Immigrant youth and football
OFFSIDE -project researched the obstacles, challenges and opportunities faced by young people…
Villages on the Move Go
The project promoted the European active lifestyle, especially in rural areas.
Huuma – Future Skills for Young People through Dance
Huuma project’s goal is to strengthen the social inclusion and functional abilities…
Sustainable Wellbeing
Engage – Engaging rural youth
In Engage young schoolchildren acquire the necessary skills and competences for active…