2025 International Symposium on Children and Youth Health and Well-being

The 3rd International Symposium on Children and Youth Health and Well-being is a interdisciplinary symposium aimed to promote the healthy growth and social integration of children and youth, comprehensively improve their social well-being and health, and effectively address current regional and global challenges facing children and youth protection,

We had a great success on both the 1st and 2nd international Symposium on Children and Youth Health and Well-being held at University of Saint Joseph Macao, China. This year’s 3rd International Symposium on Children and Youth Health and Well-being will be held at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (Guangzhou, China) on 13 – 14 December, 2025.

This two-day event, co-organised by the School of Public Administration of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, the Faculty of Health Sciences, of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ), the Macao Observatory for Social Development of USJ, and the School of Social Work of Rutgers University, will be dedicated to scholarly contributions.

This symposium will serve as an interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral, and cross-regional platform for academic exchange and knowledge production, bringing together policymakers, experts, scholars, and practitioners from relevant fields to discuss important issues related to children and youth health and well-being. Experts, scholars, and practitioners from social work, psychology, education, public health, medical science, and other related fields are warmly welcome to submit papers. The call for papers is hereby notified as follows.

Call For Papers >

Important Dates:

Deadline for submission of abstracts in English: 25 September, 2025
Deadline for admission feedback of English abstracts: 12 October, 2025
Deadline for submission of full papers in Chinese/English: 16 November, 2025
Symposium dates: 13 – 14 December, 2025