Project Publications

Academic Publications

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).