Sadia Habib holds a Ph.D. in Educational Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

Michael R M Ward is Lecturer in Social Sciences at Swansea University, UK.

Takes as its focus the ways in which young people understand and engage in their locales, spaces and institutions

Offers international and interdisciplinary perspectives

Adds to the youth studies canon through the exploration of underrepresented areas

1. Youth Negotiating Belonging in a Global World; Sadia Habib and Michael R. M. Ward.- 2. Growing Up in 'The Ends': Identity, Place and Belonging in an Urban East London Neighbourhood; Joy White.- 3. Young Indonesian Musicians, Upward Career Mobility and Feeling at Home; Oki Rahadianto Sutopo.- 4. Religion and (Re)negotiation of Belonging among Zimbabwean Migrant Youths in South Africa; Charles Dube.- 5. Being Kurdish at a Turkish University Campus: A Spatial Approach to Belonging; Baris Isci Pembeci.- 6. Transit and Transition: Student Identity and the Contested Landscape of Higher Education; Vicki Trowler.- 7. Using Bourdieu to Understand the Pathways to Belonging That Are Forged by Young Students of Refugee Experience in an Australian Mainstream School; Fiona Picton and Grant Banfield.- 8. Virtual Communities as Safe Spaces Created by Young Feminists: Identity, Mobility and Sense of Belonging; Raquel Miño-Puigcercós, Pablo Rivera-Vargas, and Cristóbal Cobo Romaní.- 9. Exploring the Potential for Community Where Diverse Individuals Belong; Kate J. Cassidy.- 10. (Un)Belonging in Higher Education: Negotiating Working-Class Masculinities Within and Beyond the University Campus Michael R. M. Ward.- 11. Portraits of Place: Critical Pedagogy in the Classroom; Sadia Habib.- 12. Conclusion: Young People Negotiating Belonging in Changing Times; Sadia Habib and Michael R. M. Ward.