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Constance A. Flanagan is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans social sciences and environmental science, with a focus on subfields such as management, monitoring, policy and law, education, safety research, sociology and political science, and clinical psychology.

The scientist's work engages deeply with thematic areas including environmental education and sustainability, youth development and social support, diverse educational innovation studies, service-learning and community engagement, climate change communication and perception, urban green space and health, and indigenous and place-based education.

Flanagan's recent publications demonstrate a consistent engagement with the intersection of youth, civic engagement, and environmental issues. Selected papers include:

  • "Place-based civic science-collective environmental action and solidarity for eco-resilience," 2021, Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  • "Place-Based Environmental Civic Science: Urban Students Using STEM for Public Good," 2021, Frontiers in Education
  • "Urban youth and the environmental commons: rejuvenating civic engagement through civic science," 2021, Journal of Youth Studies
  • "Urban youth preserving the environmental commons: student learning in place-based stewardship education as citizen scientists," 2020, Sustainable Earth Reviews
  • "Civic science: Addressing racial inequalities in environmental and science, technology, engineering, and math education," 2022, Child Development Perspectives

Frequent coauthors in Flanagan's scholarly work include Erin Gallay, Alisa Pykett, Eva Vivian, Miriam Furlan Brighente, and Ethan Lowenstein. This collaboration network reflects a multidisciplinary approach to the study of civic science, youth engagement, and environmental education.

The researcher's frequent publication venues highlight a focus on interdisciplinary journals related to development, education, and mental health. These venues include Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Theory Into Practice, Frontiers in Education, Journal of Youth Studies, and Sustainable Earth Reviews.

Best Publications

  • Development during adolescence: The impact of stage-environment fit on young adolescents' experiences in schools and in families.

    Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Carol Midgley;Allan Wigfield;Christy Miller Buchanan

  • Development during adolescence. The impact of stage-environment fit on young adolescents' experiences in schools and in families.

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  • Civic Engagement and the Transition to Adulthood

    Constance Flanagan;Peter Levine

  • Self‐Concepts, Domain Values, and Self‐Esteem: Relations and Changes at Early Adolescence

    Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Allan Wigfield;Constance A. Flanagan;Christy Miller

  • Pushing the envelope on youth civic engagement: A developmental and liberation psychology perspective.

    Roderick J. Watts;Constance A. Flanagan

  • TIES THAT BIND : CORRELATES OF ADOLESCENTS' CIVIC COMMITMENTS IN SEVEN COUNTRIES

    Constance A. Flanagan;Jennifer M. Bowes;Britta Jonsson;Beno Csapo

  • Dimensions of Citizenship and Opportunities for Youth Development: The What, Why, When, Where, and Who of Citizenship Development

    Lonnie R. Sherrod;Constance Flanagan;James Youniss

  • Youth Civic Development: Implications of Research for Social Policy and Programs

    Constance A. Flanagan;Nakesha Faison

  • Examining Trends in Adolescent Environmental Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors Across Three Decades

    Laura Wray-Lake;Constance A. Flanagan;D. Wayne Osgood

  • Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement in Youth

    Lonnie R. Sherrod;Judith Torney-Purta;Constance A. Flanagan

  • School and community climates and civic commitments: Patterns for ethnic minority and majority students.

    Constance A. Flanagan;Patricio Cumsille;Sukhdeep Gill;Leslie S. Gallay

  • Youth Political Development: An Introduction

    Constance A. Flanagan;Lonnie R. Sherrod

  • Volunteerism, Leadership, Political Socialization, and Civic Engagement

    Constance A. Flanagan

  • Control versus autonomy during early adolescence.

    Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Christy Miller Buchanan;Constance Flanagan;Andrew Fuligni

  • Teenage Citizens: The Political Theories of the Young

    Constance A. Flanagan

  • Civic Measurement Models: Tapping Adolescents' Civic Engagement. CIRCLE Working Paper 55.

    Constance A. Flanagan;Amy K. Syvertsen;Michael D. Stout

  • Civic Measurement Models: Tapping Adolescents' Civic Engagement

    Constance A. Flanagan;Amy K. Syvertsen;Michael D. Stout

  • Adolescents' explanations for political issues: concordance with their views of self and society.

    Constance A. Flanagan;Corinna Jenkins Tucker

  • Parents' and teachers' beliefs about adolescents: Effects of sex and experience

    Christy Miller Buchanan;Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Constance Flanagan;Carol Midgley

  • Developmental Roots of Political Engagement

    Constance Flanagan

  • Developmental Patterns of Social Trust Between Early and Late Adolescence: Age and School Climate Effects

    Constance A. Flanagan;Michael Stout

  • Youth activism : an international encyclopedia

    Lonnie R. Sherrod;Constance A. Flanagan;Ron Kassimir;Amy K. Syvertsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Jacquelynne S. Eccles University of California, Irvine
Carol Midgley
Carol Midgley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Allan Wigfield
Allan Wigfield University of Maryland, College Park
Andrew J. Fuligni
Andrew J. Fuligni University of California, Los Angeles
Janis E. Jacobs
Janis E. Jacobs Pennsylvania State University
Mary Beth Oliver
Mary Beth Oliver Pennsylvania State University
Rashmita S. Mistry
Rashmita S. Mistry University of California, Los Angeles
Robert W. Roeser
Robert W. Roeser Pennsylvania State University
Matthew A. Diemer
Matthew A. Diemer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Vonnie C. McLoyd
Vonnie C. McLoyd University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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