Young People and Political Engagement in Britain and Japan

在该项目的第一年，该项目按照时间表进行，并取得了初步的、试探性的发现。深入的采访在日本和英国进行。此外，已经完成了这些面谈的笔录，并开始进行初步分析。研究成果包括一次会议报告和一篇关于年轻人参与的杂志短文。第一年的访谈是小组研究的第一波，我们将在去年年底进行第二波访谈。不幸的是，该项目因COVID大流行而推迟，因为我们无法进行第二波小组研究。2020年，该项目开展了一项基于互联网的年轻人价值观民意调查。由于无法进行第二轮深入访谈，研究成果接近于零，大大低于本项目的预期水平。我们将在安全的情况下继续进行采访，并希望继续在国际会议上展示这些发现，并在期刊上发表。特别是在疫情期间，评估年轻人对政府及其政策的态度和价值观至关重要，因此这些将包括在未来的研究中。

During the first year of this project, the project proceeded according to schedule and initial, tentative findings were reached. In-depth interviews were conducted in Japan and in the UK. Moreover, transcripts of those interviews were completed and initial analysis was begun.The research output included a conference presentation and a short magazine article on young people's participation.The interviews from the first year were intended to be the first wave of a panel study and we were to conduct the second wave of interviews at the end of last year. Unfortunately the project has been delayed by the COVID pandemic as we are not able to conduct the second wave of our panel study.In 2020, the project conducted an internet-based public opinion survey of young people's values.Research achievements are close to zero, considerably below the level intended for this project due to the delays in being able to conduct the second wave of the in-depth interviews. We will continue with the interviews as soon as it is safe to do so and hope to continue with presenting the findings at international conferences and publishing in journals.Particularly during the pandemic, assessing young people's attitudes and values toward the government and its policies is crucial, so these will be included in future research.