Pool of European Youth Researchers (PEYR)

The Pool of European Youth Researchers – or PEYR in short – is a unique initiative on the European level and it represents a contribution of both the Council of Europe and the European Commission to evidence based policy-making in the field of youth.
PEYR network consists of 35 researchers and experts from across Europe who possess a wide range of expertise in different policy areas connected to youth. PEYR members were selected on the basis of an open call in 2017.
PEYR is used by both the European Commission and the Council of Europe, but is also open to any other interested stakeholder as a source of expertise and knowledge on youth.
Besides providing expertise on demand, PEYR members also meet once a year to discuss broader issues connected to youth research and provide input to policy initiatives of the two partner institutions.

- Young people, contemporary challenges and the future trends (2017), paper by Gary Pollock and Edward Hind
- Future agenda for youth research – exploring young people’s lives for development of youth policy and youth work (2016)


Reports of the annual PEYR meetings
- 10th Annual Meeting Report, 2020
- 9th Annual Meeting Report, Novi Sad, 2019
- 8th Annual Meeting, 2018 (joint meeting of the PEYR and of the EKCYP correspondents)
- 7th Annual Meeting Report, 2017 (joint meeting of the PEYR and of the EKCYP correspondents)
- 6th annual meeting of the Pool of European Youth Researchers, 2016 (joint meeting of the PEYR and of the EKCYP correspondents)
- 5th annual meeting of the Pool of European Youth Researchers, 2015
- 4th annual meeting of the Pool of European Youth Researchers, 2014
- 3rd annual meeting of the Pool of European Youth Researchers, 2013
- 2nd annual meeting of the Pool of European Youth Researchers, 2012
- 1st consultative meeting of the Pool of European Youth Researchers, 2011