Youth on Trust Awards – Student competition

We are delighted to announce the launch of a special Youth on Trust Award for 2022 as part of the PERITIA project. We invite students from across Europe to share their views in a forum where their voices can be heard on the topic of trust in our social and political life. 

For the Youth on Trust Award students are asked to create a project in response to a question or issue they think is most important in relation to the topic of trust in public life. Your project can be in the format of an essay, podcast, film, blog post, short story or dialogue. 

The Youth on Trust Award is open for students between the ages of 13-18. There will be three prize categories for students in the following age groups: 13-14 / 15-16 / 17-18. We accept entries from any of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe. The winning entries will be published and awarded a trip to the heart of the European Union in Brussels 

We ask students from around Europe to wear their thinking hats and share their thoughts on the topic of public trust. We encourage you to think of your own questions on the topic of public trust. After all, part of being a good thinker is to raise questions that nobody else has raised. 

The following links provide some resources that might help you in your investigations about trust: 

Why Trust Experts: 
https://peritia-trust.eu/why-trust-experts/ 

What we don’t understand about trust (transcript in multiple languages): 
https://www.ted.com/talks/onora_o_neill_what_we_don_t_understand_about_trust?language=en 

Trust in Experts: Why and Why Not? 
https://jerichochambers.com/trust-in-experts-why-and-why-not/ 

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Trust: 
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/trust/ 

For all queries contact us at youthontrust@peritia-trust.eu