CYS members

Learn more about our research group's members.

Staff members 

NameRole
Luke AddisonTeaching Fellow in Childhood Practice
Simon BatesonCo-Director (Froebelian Futures) and Research Associate (Froebel MSc)
Molly BrooksResearch Fellow
Dr Claire BynnerLecturer in Social Justice and Community Action
Dr Laura Colucci-GraySenior Lecturer in Science and Sustainability Education
Dr Patricio Cuevas-ParraHonorary Fellow
Dr Deborah FryDirector of Data, Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute / Personal Chair, International Child Protection Research
Dr Ian FyfeSenior Lecturer in Youth Studies
Eloïse di GianniSenior Policy Officer Observatory of Children's Human Rights
Alexandra JundlerResearch Fellow
Dr Kristina KonstantoniSenior Lecturer in Childhood Studies
Dr Marlies KustatscherSenior Lecturer in Childhood Studies
Dr Liz LattoTeaching Fellow in Childhood Practice
Dr Jennifer LavoieChancellor's Fellow
Professor Gillean McCluskeyInterim Director of CREID / Deputy Head of School (Academic and Community Life)
Dr Christina McMellonSenior Research Fellow
Dr Lynn McNair OBELecturer in Early Childhood and Froebel
Dr Fiona MorrisonLecturer in Childhood Studies
Professor John RavenscroftChair of Childhood Visual Impairment
Dr Andie ReynoldsProgramme Director: MSc Social Justice and Community Action / Teaching in Communities
Dr Sabina SavadovaTeaching Fellow in Childhood Studies and Practice
Professor Kay TisdallProfessor of Childhood Policy
Dr Sarah WardLecturer in Learning in Communities
Dr Camille WarringtonSenior Research Fellow
Dr Debby WasonHonorary Fellow
Dr Laura WrightLecturer in Childhood Studies

PhD students

NameThesis title
Sara AbahussainExploring the impacts of public kindergarten expansion project in relation to class equity in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ruth BarnesExploring children’s agency, parental consent and children's views and experiences of wellbeing in elite sport
Bethan DaviesHow has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted on Scottish childminders and their services?
Minkyung KwonGender perspectives of South Korean students in designing sex education
Boshi LiuSix-to-eight-year-old Chinese children's participation in choosing hobbies
Tao LiuA study on children's human rights under the kindergarten education context in China
Ewajesu OkewumiChildren's participatory rights and decision making
Joyce Serwaa Oppong Balancing the benefits against the challenges for children in the e-waste industry in Ghana
Xuanyi RenThe understandings and practices of Chinese young people's participation in the context
Priyambada SealImpact of climate change on school education: Perspectives and voices of adolescent Adivasi girls in India
Laura WeinerUnderstanding American out-of-school youth development policies and practice through young people, practitioners and discourse theory
Yi YanInvolving children from minority ethnic groups in constructing children's human rights indicators: Take Scottish Chinese children as an example