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Actionable youth research & design insights built on trust, safety, and value exchange.
In Tandem is a youth-centered research and design platform that helps organizations conduct research with teens in trusted, safe spaces so programs, products, and policies reflect real youth experience.
To create better products, programs, and services for youth, young people need to be meaningfully involved in the research process.
IIn Tandem connects organizations with a diverse group of teens to support youth-centered research that shapes products, programs, and services.
We coordinate with our cohort of Youth Partners, manage logistics, and ensure privacy and safety compliance so youth and adult experts can focus on the research that moves work forward.
We make it easy.
We make it safe.
We facilitate authentic engagement.
Who we serve
Youth Partners
Share lived experience and insights that shape research, programs, and products.
Our commitment to youth safety and privacy guides everything we do.
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Design activities
Youth Partners can directly shape youth-focused projects through interviews, focus groups, and surveys, working with organizations to prioritize youth input. averaging 2-3 activities monthly, each lasting 30 minutes to an hour. Choose your level of involvement, The program is flexible to accommodate other commitments ( All activities are remote, with technical support available.
Time commitment
Throughout the year, Youth Partners can choose their level of engagement. On average, they should expect to participate in at least two to three activities each month, plus trainings and networking opportunities. Activities usually take between thirty minutes and an hour each. However, the program is designed to be flexible and allows them to choose which activities they participate in. We welcome youth balancing other jobs, home responsibilities, extracurricular activities, or other commitments.
Compensation
Youth Partners & Peer Mentors receive a quarterly scholarship for their participation. Scholarships start at $50 per quarter and increase based on your level of participation in the program. Because the stipend is a non-qualified scholarship, and is considered taxable income, there are no restrictions on how the money can be spent. We offer a number of payment options to accommodate the needs of participants.
Developers can generate a greater understanding of teenage minds and experiences even through working with us on a single project. This allows researchers "into our minds," so that they can apply their firsthand knowledge to other studies and products as time passes. Additionally, this gives teenagers the opportunities to co-create a truly beneficial and important end result for people like themselves."
- Audrey D., 11th grader
