YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION SIG

The Youth Development and Education SIG (YDE SIG) provides a forum for researchers and practitioners involved in the global study of comparative and international education to debate and exchanges ideas related to youth development and secondary education. 

• Heidi L. Fahning, University of Minnesota, USA: Co-Chair, Unit Planner/Program Chair. fahni021@umn.edu
• InJung Cho, George Washington University, USA: Co-Chair, Unit Planner/Program Chair. injung.cho@gwu.edu
• Aicha Adoui, Georgetown University, USA: Communications Officer. aichaadoui@gmail.com

The CIES Special Interest Group (SIG) directory (https://members.cies.us/page/SIGs) provides a complete list of the mission, officers, and work of our 37 SIGs, which are sorted by region or topic.

You must be a member of CIES to join a SIG, which can be done any time during the year.

There are three ways to join a SIG:

1. Online, any time of the year, when renewing your CIES membership including the SIG dues. Please go to, https://members.cies.us/page/meminfo.
2. Online, when registering as a presenter for the CIES Conference, which requires CIES membership. A specific link will be available for each conference.
3. By mail or phone. Please contact the Office of the Executive Director (OED) Membership Coordinator by email at, membership@cies.us, or by phone during business hours at (412) 383-3945.

YDE SIG Newsletter: 2022/04/18

External website: https://youthdevelopmentandeducationsig.wordpress.com

Email: YDESIG.CIES@gmail.com

Enjoy our events, and we hope these bring you new knowledge and ideas on youth development and secondary education and help us seek future directions for ensuring youth’s quality learning!

We highly encourage non-members who are interested in youth issues and secondary education to join us!