Project Publications

Academic Publications

-Smith, K. A., Huebner, C., Loughran, T., Eichhorn, J., & Mycock, A. (2024). Young people’s engagement in online research: challenges and lessons from conducting focus groups with young people online. Journal of Youth Studies, 1-16.

-Mycock A., Loughran T., & Tonge J. (2023). The Lessons of 1969: policy learning, policy memory and voting age reform. British Politics.

-Loughran, T., Mycock, A., & Tonge, J. (2022). Public opinion, political partisanship and the Votes-at-16 debate in the United Kingdom. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations.

-Tonge, J., Loughran, T., & Mycock, A. (2021). Voting Age Reform, Political Partisanship and Multi-level Governance in the UK: The Party Politics of ‘Votes-at-16’. Parliamentary Affairs.

-Loughran, T., Mycock, A., & Tonge, J. (2021). A coming of age: how and why the UK became the first democracy to allow votes for 18-year-olds. Contemporary British History, 35(2), 284-313.

–Mycock, A., Loughran, T. and Tonge, J. (2020). ‘Understanding the Policy Drivers and Effects of Voting Age Reform’, in, Eichhorn, J., & Bergh, J. (Eds.), Lowering the Voting Age to 16: Learning from Real Experiences Worldwide. Springer Nature. pp. 43-63. .

Policy Reports, Blogs and Other Publications

-2022 ‘Votes-at-16 without an investment in political education is a missed opportunity – lessons from Scotland and Wales’. Article in Teaching Citizenship (Journal of the Association of Citizenship Teachers) by Dr Christine Huebner, Dr Katherine A Smith, Dr Tom Loughran, Andy Mycock and Dr Jan Eichhorn.

-2021 Making Votes-at-16 work in Wales – Lessons for the future. A research report summarising the findings of the ‘Making Votes-at-16 work in Wales’ project by Dr Christine Huebner, Dr Katherine A. Smith, Dr Tom Loughran, Dr Andy Mycock and Dr Jan Eichhorn.

-2021 The ‘Welsh Way’ to Votes-at-16. A Policy Briefing summarising the key findings of the Wales research of the Leverhulme Project (by Dr Tom Loughran, Dr Andy Mycock and Professor Jon Tonge).

-2021 Votes at 16 in Wales: Both a historic event and a long-term process that requires a commitment to supporting young people’s democratic education (LSE British Politics and Policy Blog by Dr Tom Loughran, Dr Andy Mycock and Professor Jon Tonge).

-2020 Collaborative Report for Partnership Young London “Young People’s Political Engagement 2019 Report” (by Dr Tom Loughran, Dr Andy Mycock and Professor Jon Tonge).

-2019 Collaborative Report with Ethnic Youth Support Team Wales (EYST) ‘Should we Lower the Voting Age to 16?’ Summary of Wrexham Focus Group Findings. (by Dr Tom Loughran, Dr Andy Mycock and Professor Jonathan Tonge).

-2019 Collaborative Report with Ethnic Youth Support Team Wales (EYST) ‘Should we Lower the Voting Age to 16?’ Summary of Swansea Focus Group Findings (by Dr Tom Loughran, Dr Andy Mycock and Professor Jonathan Tonge).

-2019 Article in Political Insight “‘Votes at 16′ and Lessons from 1969’ (by Dr Tom Loughran, Dr Andy Mycock and Professor Jon Tonge).

-2019 Article in All Party Parliamentary Group on Votes at 16 Campaign Report ‘Growing Citizenship and Engagement’ (by Professor Jon Tonge, Dr Andy Mycock and Dr Tom Loughran).

Project Team Publications

-2009 Youth Citizenship Commission Report (edited by Professor Jonathan Tonge).

-2009 Journal Article in Representation ‘REVITALISING POLITICS: ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE’ (by Professor Jonathan Tonge)

-2010 Journal Article in Parliamentary Affairs ‘Citizenship and Political Engagement Among Young’ (by Professor Jonathan Tonge and Dr Andrew Mycock)

-2011 Journal Article in Parliamentary Affairs ‘The Party Politics of Youth Citizenship’ (Dr Andrew Mycock and Professor Jonathan Tonge).

-2011 Journal Article in Political Quarterly ‘A Big Idea for the Big Society? The Advent of National Citizen Service’ (by Dr Andy Mycock and Professor Jonathan Tonge)

-2012 Journal Article in Political Studies ‘Does Citizenship Education Make Young People’ (Professor Jonathan Tonge, Dr Andrew Mycock and Dr Bob Jeffrey)

-2013 Political Studies Association Report ‘Beyond the Youth Citizenship Commission’ (Edited by Dr Andrew Mycock and Professor Jonathan Tonge).

-2014 Democratic Audit Article Collection ‘Should the UK lower the Voting Age to 16? (Edited by Dr Richard Berry and Sean Kippin (Foreword by Dr Andrew Mycock).

Other Relevant Publications