i4Y - Innovations for Youth

The research brief summarizes Dr.

The Youth Equity Discovery Initiative (YEDI) provides research mentorship to undergraduates as they engage in impactful youth equity research work. This year’s cohort of 29 undergraduates features students from a diversity of majors including public health, psychology, political science, and more!  YEDI Scholars will present their work at the Spring 2025 Symposium, and we hope to have you join us!

The Toolkit aims to promote K-12 student engagement and prevent chronic absenteeism. This toolkit supports schools and community organizations with new case examples and resources from our YPAR partnerships. To access the guide as a Canva document, please click here.

Dr. Coco Auerswald recently published "Keeping young researchers out of harm's way: conducting youth participatory action research with young people experiencing homelessness," which provides recommendations, lessons, and considerations when engaging in youth participatory action research with youth experiencing homelessness. Learn more by reading Dr. Auerswald's paper here

Berkeley Public Health recently highlighted Dr. Coco Auerswald and her career-long commitment to researching and addressing youth homelessness in partnership with youth. Learn more about Dr. Auerswald's work by reading the article here.