Childhood & Youth
Theme overview
| CRFR is a leader in research on childhood and youth issues, including: children’s rights; child and youth participation; child protection; diversity; and cross-cultural work on childhoods. Through our large body of empirical research, the Centre has contributed to the new social studies of childhood and the view of children as competent social actors. More recent work has focused on relational understandings of childhood, focusing on interdependencies and social networks; relationality in care practices; intergenerational relationships; and children and young people’s role on political processes and decision-making. Underpinning our approach to childhood and youth research is our commitment to innovative approaches and, in particular, participatory research. We seek to work collaboratively with research participants, service users, practitioners and policymakers, and are committed to challenging rather than reinforcing current hierarchies and exclusions to inform policies and practices that shape the lives of children and families. |
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| Contact Director: Emma Davidson and Associate Director: Samantha Punch |
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