Dr. Asef Bayat will be the keynote speaker at this year's Youth Transitions Global Interdisciplinary Policy Research Conference and Network. The conference takes place in February 2020 at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. The conference brings together academia, researchers and think tanks, from global North and South, working on youth policies across disciplines, with policy and action partners, including government, international organizations, private sector and civil society. Dr. Bayat has authored multiple publications on youth politics globally and will be presenting "Youth and Politics: A View from the Global South" on the first night of the conference.