Season 8 of The Voices of Young People Podcast features 12 teens and 20-somethings in dialogue with Marte Aboagye, Springtide’s Head of Community Engagement, and with one another. For this season, we invited young people to share a story about an experience they would describe as sacred and to detail
Next Tuesday, November 7, we launch our newest report! The State of Religion & Young People 2023: Exploring the Sacred reveals the latest insights on what young people ages 13 to 25 are thinking, feeling, doing, and believing when it comes to their religious and spiritual lives. This report takes
Springtide™ Research Institute Data Find Sacred Moments Help Young People Create Meaningful Connections and Improve Life Satisfaction BLOOMINGTON, MN (October 23, 2023) – Young people are looking for sacred experiences, but they might not be finding them in places of worship, according to new survey data released by Springtide™ Research
Springtide Research Institute was recently featured by SHRM. You can see an excerpt of this article in part below, but we encourage you to visit their site to read the piece in its entirety. While empathy is an essential characteristic that Generation Z members look for in their leaders, they want to
Springtide’s mission is to listen and understand the distinct ways young people express community, identity, and meaning. While we craft actionable insights based on that research, we look to others directly invested in working with young people to help make our insights tangible and actionable in their contexts. Fuller Youth
The oldest members of Generation Alpha (born 2010–2024) turn 13 this year, which means that from 2023 forward, this generation will be included in our research. Gen Alpha has already generated considerable interest in the research space, particularly as it relates to education and mental health. Read more on traits
Springtide Research Institute is thrilled to announce Dr. Tricia Bruce as its new director. Dr. Bruce has devoted her career as a sociologist to studying and communicating the dynamics of social life, particularly the organizational, attitudinal, and generational aspects of contemporary religion. Read more about Dr. Bruce here. Members of
Springtide Research Institute was recently featured by Religion News Service. You can see an excerpt of this article in part below, but we encourage you to visit their site to read the piece in its entirety. Hinduism is facing a decline among young people who grew up adhering to their family’s religious
Dr. Kitzia Moreno-Garza is our BIPOC Fellow for 2023–2024, working closely with Senior Research Associate Nabil Tueme to understand how race and culture impact Gen Z’s transition into adulthood and how Gen Z makes sense of their identities. Below, she reveals how her identities inform her beliefs. Nepantleras are the
Each year, Springtide explores a different facet of young people’s religious and spiritual lives; in 2023 we turned to look at how young people experience the sacred. One of the key learnings of this year’s research is that young people have “sacred moments,” and they involve combinations of people, places,