Centre for Multicultural Youth

Explore

If you’re undertaking research relating to the experiences of multicultural young people from refugee or migrant backgrounds, our Youth Researchers from the Explore programcan help.

Through their lived experience and training, CMY’s Youth Researchers are actively contributing their insight and perspective to research projects across Victoria. To us, this means working in partnership with those who are creating new knowledge and documenting evidence.

Equally, it means collaborating with and supporting the efforts of young people and communities to inform this evidence and influence how knowledge is created and value.

Explore supports a partnership between young people and researchers to enhance the relevance and responsiveness of research (and post-research responses) to young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds.

Youth researchers provide culturally informed insights while reducing risk and Explore ensures ethical, inclusive, and youth-centred approaches. This unique opportunity enables researchers to tap into the perspectives of diverse young people, strengthening projects with authentic, community-driven insight. Support young multicultural people while gaining trusted and impactful research.

Who is Explore for?

The Explore youth researchers are a team of young people from wide-ranging cultural, academic, and community backgrounds with training in research, facilitation, leadership and a drive to push the standards of youth engagement in research. Their experience and training allow them to participate in research projects with:

Not-for-profit sector
Research institutions
Universities
Government

What do Youth Researchers do?

Explore youth researchers have training in facilitation, research and co-design skills and knowledge, and have been introduced to a range of tools that promote youth participation in research, consultation and evaluation. They can support research projects in various roles, including:

As co-researchers
As facilitators
As data analysts
As evaluators

Explore youth researchers can be engaged at any stage of the research process, including:

Workshopping themes, topics or scope of research.
Design, co-design or consultation on research methods.
Facilitation or co-facilitation of focus groups and interviews, dissemination of surveys and participant recruitment and engagement.
Analysing data, reviewing research tools, translating findings.
Program Evaluation.

Before booking a youth researcher, please read through our Explore Reimbursement Guide.

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