World Universities Network (WUN) Resilience in Young People The theme of “Resilience in Young People in Different Cultural Contexts” was conceived at a Washington DC meeting in 2013, and a small group headed by Prof Reid put together a RDF proposal to WUN which was successful, backed by pledges from a number of WUN universities. This allowed a group of 15 to meet for two days in Cape Town just prior to the larger conference on Climate Change and Public Health, in order to develop the initial ideas into feasible research projects. Two research projects were conceptualized - one focusing on resilience in young people and the promotion of positive adaptation, resilience and well-being in migrant youth; the other focusing on the resilience of professionals (such as teachers and health workers) who promote the health of young people and how they adjust positively to occupational adversity over time.
