About The Global Youth Storytelling and Research Lab

Launched in 2023 with the support of the UN Foundation and the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment, The Global Youth Storytelling and Research Lab (GYSRL) is a collaborative storytelling and research ecosystem building bridges between youth-centered academic research, multimedia storytelling, and policy work housed at Penn State University.

Our work is guided by a transnational Youth Advisory Board and Intergenerational Council and benefits from a growing global community of Lab Affiliates working alongside our Core Members at Penn State. We support, coordinate, and conduct collaborative academic research, policy writing, digital content creation, and multimedia storytelling projects surrounding youth advocacy on climate change and intersectional forms of global injustice. Our emphasis is on translational and transformational work that elevates and amplifies the perspectives, stories, and lived experiences of young people in most impacted communities and regions.

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