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
Prof Laura Colucci-GrayPersonal Chair in Science and Sustainability Education
Dr Patricio Cuevas-ParraHonorary Fellow
Prof Deborah FryDirector of Data, Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute / Personal Chair, International Child Protection Research
Eloïse di GianniSenior Policy Officer Observatory of Children's Human Rights
Dr Kristina KonstantoniSenior Lecturer in Childhood Studies
Minkyung KwonResearch Fellow
Dr Marlies KustatscherSenior Lecturer in Childhood Studies
Dr Jennifer LavoieChancellor's Fellow
Dr Callum McGregorSenior Lecturer in Education
Dr Lynn McNair OBELecturer in Early Childhood and Froebel
Colin MorrisonTeaching Fellow in Childhood Studies
Dr Fiona MorrisonReader in Childhood Studies
Prof John RavenscroftChair of Childhood Visual Impairment
Dr Andie ReynoldsLecturer in Learning in Communities
Dr Sabina SavadovaTeaching Fellow in Childhood Studies and Practice
Professor Kay TisdallProfessor of Childhood Policy
Dr Patricio TroncosoLecturer in Youth Studies
Dr Sarah WardLecturer in Learning in Communities
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
Bethan DaviesHow has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted on Scottish childminders and their services?
Carla ErgulExploring the impact of Additional Support Needs (ASN) labels on children and young people in Scotland
Fanshu HuangECE quality through the lens of policy, practice and parental perspectives: A critical analysis in mainland China
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
Qirong LuoYoung people's identities in Chinese high schools
Ewajesu OkewumiChildren's participatory rights and decision making
Subhashree PattanayakAgainst All Odds: Academic Resilience and Educational Journeys of Urban Disadvantaged Children in India
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
Felicia Szloboda Developing children's human rights indicators for Scotland
Iffah Humaira Eri TantawiResisting universal scholarships in defining quality education for indigenous children in Sarawak, Malaysia
Wanda TrocosoEarly childhood sexuality education “from below”: Reimagining the right to sexuality education with young children from Chilean public early childhood centres
Rennie WangAnti-racism for, with, and by children and young people: An exploration of their racial learning in a hybrid social world
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