Youth Participatory Action Research

Registration live for free YPAR training series, receive $75

July 28, 2026
Registration is open for Strengthening Youth Voice: A Virtual YPAR Training Series for Adults to Partner with Youth. This free training is designed for educators, youth workers, and public health professionals who want to collaborate with young people for research and action. The program consists of 6 video-based sessions. It takes between 3.5 and 5.5 hours to complete. Participants have 1 month of flexible access to finish...

New Resource: All 6 YPAR training modules now available

July 10, 2026

The YPAR Network has released the all six modules of the Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) training series designed to build the knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy of adults working alongside young people....

Dr. Jennifer Renick and i4Y postdoc Dr. Brian Villa publish article on integrating youth voice in research-practice partnerships for NNERPP Extra

December 8, 2025

Dr. Jennifer Renick, an assistant professor of ecological and community psychology at Michigan State University, and postdoctoral scholar Dr. Brian Villa published an article in the National...

Dr. Heather Kennedy and MSW grad student Elia Delphi highlight YPAR Network’s new training modules in Youth Today article

December 8, 2025

A new article by Heather Kennedy, assistant professor at the Colorado School of Public Health, and Elia Delphi, graduate student in the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare, introduces the YPAR Network’s recently released training series designed to...