Ben Kirshner works collaboratively with educators, community organizers, and students to design and study learning environments that support youth development, activism, and political participation. He co-leads two research groups: Transformative Student Voice and the Research Hub for Youth Organizing. With Transformative Student Voice he develops research-practice partnerships that increase the capacity of public schools to support student voice and social justice leadership (www.transformativestudentvoice.net). With the Research Hub he co-designs educational tools and research studies with youth organizing groups and networks that build capacity for young people to influence policy and public narratives (https://www.colorado.edu/education-research-hub/). Ben’s book, Youth Activism in an Era of Education Inequality, received the social policy award from the Society for Research on Adolescence.
