Youth in Germany

Some protect animals, train young players at the football club or are altar boys. Others even go abroad to help street children. Millions of young people are engaged in volunteer work. Why?More ...

For a long time, "youth culture" translated into "boy culture". In environments where more serious sports or even violence plays a major role, in particular, girls merely used to be admitted as eye candy. That has changed. A rising number of girls are getting up on their skateboards rather than applauding the boys from the sidelines. And, regrettably, more and more girls in the right-wing scene are beginning to raise their fists against foreigners and outsiders instead of making do with the rather more passive role of the girl at their boyfriend's side.More ...

Klaus Hurrelmann, Professor of Social Sciences in Bielefeld, heads the academic team of the Shell Study on Youth. An interview about young people in 2006 who do not react to increasing economic insecurity with rebellion but adaptation and a return to the family.More ...