Youth Perspectives
A global space for school and university students, young researchers, and emerging leaders to examine the decisions shaping public life, identify what institutions may be missing, and contribute ideas across diplomacy, governance, technology, media, and society.
- School students
- University students
- Young researchers
- Emerging leaders
You do not need a formal title to have a serious idea. Youth Perspectives offers young contributors a clear route to publication and a place to bring evidence, experience, questions, and original judgment.
Submissions are considered subject to editorial capacity and relevance. Due to limited resources, Diplomats.Digital cannot guarantee individual feedback, publication or a response to every submission. Selected contributions are developed with editorial support and published within one of the five Perspectives domains.
Who It Is For
- School and university students with a serious idea, experience, or question to share
- Young researchers and doctoral candidates
- Early-career professionals in ministries, missions, and public institutions
- Emerging leaders and young practitioners working across media, civil society, technology, health, and education
Relevance
A clear connection to diplomacy, governance, technology, media, or society.
Originality
An observation, argument, or framework that is genuinely the author’s own.
Evidence
Claims that are supported, sourced, and honest about their limits.
Clarity
Writing that a senior reader can follow without prior briefing.
Diplomacy & International Affairs
Practitioner perspectives from diplomats, ambassadors, and multilateral experts.
Governance & Public Policy
Institutional capacity, public sector innovation, and governance frameworks.
Technology & Society
Artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, digital government, and emerging technologies.
Media & Strategic Communications
Journalists, editors, media leaders, and strategic communications practitioners.
Society & Public Impact
Healthcare, education, civil society, and social innovation leaders.
Send a short proposal of 150–250 words outlining your topic, argument, and background.
Participation and submissions
Youth Perspectives welcomes ideas from students, researchers and emerging voices. At present, direct editorial submissions are open only to contributors aged 18 or older.
Participation arrangements for contributors under 18, including school-based participation and parental or guardian authorisation, are being developed. Until those arrangements are published, minors should not send manuscripts, photographs or personal information directly to Diplomats.Digital.
Editorial and publication safeguards
Contributors retain ownership of their original work. Submission does not transfer copyright to Diplomats.Digital or guarantee publication.
Before publication, selected adult contributors will be informed of the proposed edits, attribution, publication format and any permission required for republication or use of accompanying materials.
Do not send confidential information, personal information about other people, or photographs of identifiable individuals without appropriate permission.
No name, portrait, personal biography or other identifying material relating to a person under 18 will be published through this initiative until the relevant safeguarding and authorisation arrangements have been formally established.