Youth and Positive Uncertainty

Project: Youth and positive uncertainty - Negotiating life pathways in post-conflict and fragile environments

Youth and positive uncertainty: Negotiating life pathways in post-conflict and fragile environments 

Led by: Vicky Johnson and Andy West with Andrew Church. 

Young people do not necessarily view uncertainty in their lives as negative, especially those most-marginalised youth who see their ‘certainty’ as poverty, unemployment, and environmental fragility.  Youth perspectives presented in this book show how some of the most-marginalised youth seek ‘positive uncertainty’ by escape from traditional practices and social bonds in families and communities, through migration or seeking innovative and alternative ways to meet peer, adult, and societal expectations.