Summary of case study contexts, youth engagement and data sources
| Case (location and focus) | Youth participants and partners | Data collection and sources |
|---|---|---|
| Sorrento Saggia (Sorrento, Italy) – Responsible tourism initiative in a coastal city | University students (as part of a course) partnered with the city tourism office, local associations, businesses and community members/residents | Participant observation (author as facilitator during workshops); project outputs (student presentations, tourism strategy documents); surveys; semi-structured interviews with local officials, community leaders and youth participants; analysis of local and regional policy documents |
| Renew Towns Lab (Edgerton, USA) – Co-created heritage regeneration project in a small town | College student team (Enactus); partnered with municipal council members, the local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) chapter and Edgerton Community Outreach (ECO) and residents | Field observations during community meetings and site visits; interviews with youth team members, town officials and organization/nonprofit members; review of project materials (business pitch decks, grant proposals, revitalization plans); follow-up questionnaires to participants gauging perceptions of process, outcomes and future objectives |
| Youth4Innovation Workshop (Sevilla, Spain) – Global climate innovation exercise at an international conference | International youth delegates (aged ∼18–35) from multiple countries; facilitated by Connect4Climate (a global partnership for a livable planet hosted by the World Bank Group) with support from corporate, nonprofit and academic mentors | Participant observation throughout the one-day workshop (the author was present as an observer/lead facilitator); collection of workshop outputs (youth group presentations, idea prototypes, the official workshop outcome report); short post-event interviews with workshop organizers and a sample of youth participants; analysis of related communications (press releases, social media summaries) for additional context |
| Case (location and focus) | Youth participants and partners | Data collection and sources |
|---|---|---|
| University students (as part of a course) partnered with the city tourism office, local associations, businesses and community members/residents | Participant observation (author as facilitator during workshops); project outputs (student presentations, tourism strategy documents); surveys; semi-structured interviews with local officials, community leaders and youth participants; analysis of local and regional policy documents | |
| College student team (Enactus); partnered with municipal council members, the local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) chapter and Edgerton Community Outreach (ECO) and residents | Field observations during community meetings and site visits; interviews with youth team members, town officials and organization/nonprofit members; review of project materials (business pitch decks, grant proposals, revitalization plans); follow-up questionnaires to participants gauging perceptions of process, outcomes and future objectives | |
| International youth delegates (aged ∼18–35) from multiple countries; facilitated by Connect4Climate (a global partnership for a livable planet hosted by the World Bank Group) with support from corporate, nonprofit and academic mentors | Participant observation throughout the one-day workshop (the author was present as an observer/lead facilitator); collection of workshop outputs (youth group presentations, idea prototypes, the official workshop outcome report); short post-event interviews with workshop organizers and a sample of youth participants; analysis of related communications (press releases, social media summaries) for additional context |
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