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Volume 1, Issue 1 (2026) · Biannual

Double-blind peer review · Open access · CC BY 4.0

First edition · Kerala youth

How young people in Kerala live, learn, work and decide

A field-led portrait of education, digital life, migration, civic voice and enterprise among a generation shaping Kerala’s next social chapter.

The first edition is devoted to youth, community and social change in Kerala: how young people in Kerala live, learn, work and decide, and what that means for community leadership. Based on 399 responses to 38 bilingual questions, collected 21 May – 28 June 2026.

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Volume 1, Issue 1 · Published 2026-08-28

Theme: How young people in Kerala live, learn, work and decide.

Research report

The Kerala Gen Z Report 2026

Screens, degrees, migration, civic silence and enterprise — a 399-respondent survey of young Kerala

n = 399 · 38 bilingual questions · fieldwork 21 May – 28 June 2026 · Community Leadership and Social Change Program Research Scholars

Featured manuscripts

  1. 01Migration & brain drainThe Flight of Gen Z: A Data-Driven Analysis of Brain Drain Dynamics and Youth Aspirations in KeralaMujthaba Shamil Sha
  2. 02Civic engagementFrom Grama Sabhas to Algorithms: Shifting Paradigms of Civic Awareness and Community Engagement in Gen ZMuhammed Nizamuddeen
  3. 03Digital wellbeingThe Digital Panopticon: Smartphone Overdependency, Dopamine Burnout and the Local Youth Mental Health MatrixSadakathulla M. M.

Findings in this issue

  1. 01Digital wellbeingScreens, sleep and the silence around stress
  2. 02Education & employabilityA degree that does not convert into a job
  3. 03AI in educationAI is already the default study partner
  4. 04Migration intentTwo in three are planning their exit
  5. 05Civic engagementA generation locked out of local government
  6. 06EntrepreneurshipHigh appetite for enterprise, no scaffolding
  7. 07Pluralism & mediaTrust in neighbours, distrust of the newsroom

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