Child Citizens: Young People and Australian Democracy since 1945

这个项目从儿童和年轻人的角度提供了澳大利亚民主的新描述。它追踪了自1945年以来儿童的公民观念和实践的变化，以解释他们在当代政治中有争议的地位。该项目远非简单的“等待公民”，而是表明年轻人长期以来一直积极参与政治和公民生活，并揭示了他们的公民身份申请是如何在这一时期与其他边缘化群体一起扩大的。其研究结果将为当前关于儿童政治排斥的辩论增添细微差别，通过开发在线研究门户并与澳大利亚民主博物馆合作，其社会影响将得到加强。

This project provides a new account of Australian democracy from the perspective of children and young people. It tracks changes in children’s conceptions and practices of citizenship since 1945 to explain their contested status in contemporary politics. Far from simply being ‘citizens in waiting’, the project shows that young people have long been active participants in political and civic life and reveals how their citizenship claims have expanded across this period, alongside those of other marginalised groups. Its findings will add nuance to current debates about children’s political exclusion, with its social impact enhanced through the development of an online research portal and collaboration with the Museum of Australian Democracy.