Flinders University x SAYF Loneliness Project

Over three years, SAYF has been embedded as co-designers, peer researchers, data analysers, and contributors to the written outputs of Flinders University's longitudinal study on loneliness among young people. This is not a one-off consultation. SAYF members have been present across every stage of the research, from shaping the questions to leading focus groups to contributing to the analysis that became our first peer-reviewed academic paper on the affective economics of loneliness in school. It is the clearest example of what genuine youth co-design looks like when an institution takes it seriously.