{"id":7146,"date":"2024-06-03T12:01:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T12:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/?post_type=storiesprojects&#038;p=7146"},"modified":"2026-04-21T09:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:30:55","slug":"meet-ellie-catherall-youngresearchersnetwork","status":"publish","type":"storiesprojects","link":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/stories\/meet-ellie-catherall-youngresearchersnetwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Ellie Catherall &#8211; #YoungResearchersNetwork\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:59px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#c2dedc\">I am a London-based policy researcher at Wilton Park, an Executive Agency of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, where I support the design and delivery of policy dialogues on topics such as global health, development, human rights and good governance, including an upcoming series on the future of democracy. I recently finished my master\u2019s degree in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies at LSE, with my dissertation looking at the interface between poverty and physical insecurity and the rise of radical right-wing populism in the La Araucania region of Chile. My main interests are Latin American history, right-wing populism, political economy and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ellie Catherall&rsquo;s Case Study<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This case study analyses how youth-led mobilisation during the Estallido Social exposed deep democratic dissatisfaction in Chile, while revealing the persistent barriers that limited meaningful youth inclusion in the country\u2019s 2023 constitutional reform process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/stories\/chapter-8-by-ellie-catherall\/\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:7px;border-top-right-radius:7px;border-bottom-left-radius:7px;border-bottom-right-radius:7px;background-color:#e8212f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>From Protest to Pessimism: Youth Voices in Chile\u2019s 2023 Constitutional Process<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Voices behind the research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet Ellie Catherall - Young Researchers Network\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WScp2Q0lXVU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:63px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Youth Political Participation for Ellie?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I was lucky enough to spend a year working in Chile as part of my undergraduate degree. I was there just before the social uprising of 2019 and I found it inspiring seeing people my age regularly protesting against social inequality and racial injustice. At the same time, voter turnout amongst young people was extremely low and there was a sense of deep mistrust towards democratic institutions,&nbsp;with many believing that thirty years of democracy hadn&rsquo;t delivered. The power of youth collective action to bring about change became apparent to me when in 2019 secondary school students refused to pay the increased metro fare, catalyzing mass protests throughout the country. Coming from a development background, I believe that while not a perfect system, democracy is the best tool we have for tackling the most pressing issues of our time, such as combating the climate crisis, eliminating poverty and ending conflict. As long as everyone within a society feels that they have a voice and agency, which goes beyond just voting, we can be sure that democracies function at their best. A fundamental part of this is youth participation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Personality Ellie admires most<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Samantha-Power-YRN.png\" alt=\"Samantha Power\" class=\"wp-image-7152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Samantha-Power-YRN.png 624w, https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Samantha-Power-YRN-322x319.png 322w, https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Samantha-Power-YRN-161x161.png 161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Since reading her memoir a few years ago, I\u2019ve really admired <strong>Samantha Power<\/strong> because of her idealism and determination, both as a war correspondent and a diplomat. She\u2019s also incredibly accomplished as a woman in a male-dominated field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fun fact about Ellie<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I love learning languages and am studying Spanish, French and Japanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Get to know Ellie<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links aligncenter has-icon-color has-icon-background-color is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li style=\"color:#fefefe;background-color:#c2dedc;\" class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-linkedin  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ellie-catherall\/\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M19.7,3H4.3C3.582,3,3,3.582,3,4.3v15.4C3,20.418,3.582,21,4.3,21h15.4c0.718,0,1.3-0.582,1.3-1.3V4.3 C21,3.582,20.418,3,19.7,3z M8.339,18.338H5.667v-8.59h2.672V18.338z M7.004,8.574c-0.857,0-1.549-0.694-1.549-1.548 c0-0.855,0.691-1.548,1.549-1.548c0.854,0,1.547,0.694,1.547,1.548C8.551,7.881,7.858,8.574,7.004,8.574z M18.339,18.338h-2.669 v-4.177c0-0.996-0.017-2.278-1.387-2.278c-1.389,0-1.601,1.086-1.601,2.206v4.249h-2.667v-8.59h2.559v1.174h0.037 c0.356-0.675,1.227-1.387,2.526-1.387c2.703,0,3.203,1.779,3.203,4.092V18.338z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"82\" src=\"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Powered-by-European-Union.png\" alt=\"Powered by the European Union\" class=\"wp-image-8296\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Powered-by-European-Union.png 427w, https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Powered-by-European-Union-322x62.png 322w, https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Powered-by-European-Union-161x31.png 161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a London-based policy researcher at Wilton Park, an Executive Agency of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, where I support the design and delivery of policy dialogues on topics such as global health, development, human rights and good governance, including an upcoming series on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"story-category":[92],"project-category":[242],"project-region":[314],"story-tag":[93],"class_list":["post-7146","storiesprojects","type-storiesprojects","status-publish","hentry","story-category-individual","project-category-wyde-civic-engagement","project-region-europe-central-asia","story-tag-young-researchers-network"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/storiesprojects\/7146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/storiesprojects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/storiesprojects"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/storiesprojects\/7146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22097,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/storiesprojects\/7146\/revisions\/22097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"story-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story-category?post=7146"},{"taxonomy":"project-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project-category?post=7146"},{"taxonomy":"project-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project-region?post=7146"},{"taxonomy":"story-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story-tag?post=7146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}