Lives ‘on hold’ in Europe: an explorative review of literature on youth aspirations and futures in situations of migration and mobility

Abstract This explorative literature review aims to examine the content and methodologies of recent empirical studies on the aspirations of youth in situations of migration in Europe. The search yielded 30 peer-reviewed social science publications in English for the period 2010–2022, including both...

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Published in:	European Journal of Futures Research
Main Authors:	Kyriaki Doumas, Helen Avery
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2024-01-01
Subjects:	Youth Aspirations Futures Temporality Migration
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40309-023-00225-x

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