Browse events organised by the Children and Young People Thematic Hub. Event listing Search Event date Date from Date to May 21 2025 14.00 - 15.00 CYP Hub Multimodal Gathering: Diffractive Approaches to Analysing Multimodal Data Material and Creative Methods to Engage Youth in Data Analysis You are warmly invited to join us for the next CYP Hub Multimodal Gathering, which will take place in Charteris Land 5.02 and on Zoom. Children and Young People Research centres, groups and networks Research events Conferences, seminars and lectures Further information Further information Apr 28 2025 16.00 - 17.00 CYP Hub Stewart Alan Robertson Public Lecture: Creating Neurodiversity-affirming Environments in Schools This public lecture, co-hosted by the Children and Young People Thematic Hub and the Centre for Research in Education Inclusion and Diversity (CREID), is part of the Stewart Alan Robertson Lecture Series funded by the Robertson Endowment. Education events Equality Diversity and Inclusion events Conferences, seminars and lectures Children and Young People Further information Further information Seminar slides and recordingsView slides and recordings of our previous seminars. Child and youth activism seminar series Building a capabilities framework with children and young peopleSpeaker: Dr Sarah Ward, Lecturer in Learning in Communities at MHSES, University of EdinburghAlmost a quarter of Scottish children live in poverty. This has a profound effect on wellbeing, as they face inequalities in employment, learning and health. This presentation explored how children and young people conceptualise wellbeing and how processes of collective agency can develop through group dialogue. Download the 'Building a capabilities framework' presentation slides Skills, knowledge and values in youth voter activism: An informal civic education case studySpeaker: Laura Weiner, PhD researcher at MHSES, University of EdinburghThis presentation drew on youth perspectives of an informal learning programme case study within an American youth civic engagement organisation. The space functions as a youth activist group which provides a context for young people to develop, learn and negotiate 'activist competencies' ─ the skills, knowledge and values that drive being/becoming an activist.Download the 'Youth voter activism' presentation slides Engaging children and young people: Participatory research methods and ethical complexities From gestures to the design of early learning technologiesSpeaker: Professor Andrew ManchesHave you have ever wondered why you move your hands when you're talking, even when you’re on the phone? Professor Andrew Manches, Co-director of the Centre for Research in Digital Education explains why.View a recording of Andrew Manches's presentationCreative participatory research in practice: finding sources of inspirationSpeakers: Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh and Dr Emma DavidsonIn this seminar, Emma and Autumn discussed their interest in creative participatory methods, what inspired them in this work and how they planned to develop these methods further through the newly formed Binks Hub.Connecting the linguistic, cognitive, and social dots in research on child bilingualismSpeaker: Antonella SoraceIn my talk I will present some of our recent research showing that linguistic and cognitive aspects of child bilingualism interact in important ways with social factors and social attitudes. Much more interdisciplinary research is needed to put together a complete picture of the effects of early bilingual experiences.Watch the Zoom recording of Antonella Sorace's seminarAssessing attachment representations in children and young peopleSpeaker: Simona Di FolcoThis presentation provides an overview of the current debate around attachment measures in middle childhood and adolescence. Moreover, the current lack of research focused on the importance of child-father attachment and the implication of the absence of representation in measurement will be examined.Watch the Zoom recording of Simona Di Folco's seminar Download Simona's presentationYouth data: Past, present and future Speaker: Vernon GayleIn this presentation we outline a potential blue print for collecting data on young people that is suitable for contemporary high-quality social science research.Download Vernon Gayle's presentationKnowledge exchange and impact with children and young people in action researchSpeaker: Claire HoughtonEthical dilemmas in participatory researchSpeaker: Lesley McCaraMoving online: learnings from involving children and young people through social mediaSpeaker: Kay TisdallDeaf researchers as co-enquirers Speakers: Rachel O'Neill, Kieran GemmelSocial media and migrant childrenSpeaker: Sumin ZhaoGatekeepers or facilitators: navigating consent with young people in specific contextsSpeaker: Emily Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, School of Health in Social Science Health and mental wellbeing of children and young people seminar series Young people creating a mentally healthy societySpeakers: Christina McMellon (University of Edinburgh) and Isla Jamieson Mackenzie (TRIUMPH Youth Advisory Group)The presentation shared findings and reflections from TRIUMPH Fest, an event for over 60 young mental health researchers and activists including the outputs from a workshop exploring the concept of a ‘mentally healthy society’. Download the presentation slidesView a recording of McMellon's presentationYouth work as initial mental health support for children and young people across Scotland and EnglandSpeakers: Andie Reynolds (University of Edinburgh) and Alison Ni Charraighe (Northumbia University, Newcastle)Youth work as a profession is arguably well placed to provide much needed initial mental health support to young people, and youth workers already have many of the necessary skills needed to meet current demand. However, youth work is often overlooked in policy and service provision reforms that aim to address young people’s mental health. This presentation discussed the initial results from a survey of a sample of Youth Work professionals in Central Scotland and the North-East of England that aims to identify the range of mental health issues youth workers are currently supporting young people with, and to highlight training needs of workers to support them in this work.Download the 'Youth Work' presentation slidesView a recording of the 'Youth Work' presentation'I thought I was normal': Meanings of weight and bodies in children: Preliminary findings of a qualitative study in Santiago, ChileSpeaker: Cecilia Prieto Bravo (University of Edinburgh)In Chile, 54.1% of children are classified as overweight or obese. However, there is a limited understanding of children's experiences with their weight and how these experiences might inform public health policy in Chile. Through interviews with children aged 10-12 and their mothers, I found that children's meanings of growth and weight have been affected by medicalisation processes (surveillance and monitoring at the clinics), interactions in the family context and peers (discrimination and victimisation), and their own body experiences.Download the 'I thought I was normal' presentation slidesView a recording of the 'I thought I was normal' presentationExploring views and understanding of wellbeing and harm in children’s competitive sport: Reflections from a youth rugby clubSpeaker: Ruth Barnes (University of Edinburgh)Children’s participation in competitive sport can be hugely beneficial to health and wellbeing, bringing positive physical and development outcomes, satisfaction and happiness. At the same time, there is increasing awareness and discussion of wellbeing risks associated with sport, including non-accidental harms and maltreatment, painful injury and excessive exertion. My doctoral research focuses on a contact sport, rugby, exploring children, parents’ and coaches’ constructions of wellbeing and harm in a context in which some may consider physical pain inevitable, not necessarily unacceptable and perhaps even contributory to positive wellbeing.Download the 'Youth rugby club' presentation slidesWatch a recording of the 'Youth rugby club' presentation Research, policy and practice on education with children and young people seminar Manifesto making with young people: environmental politics in educationSpeakers: Lynda Dunlop (University of York) and Lizzie Rushton (IOE & UCL)In the conclusion of COP26, education and environment ministers committed to the integration of sustainability and climate change in formal education systems, but what might this look like, what processes might be appropriate for identifying educational futures, and what is obstructing action in this area? This seminar - based on the 2021 BERA Research Commission on Education for Environmental Sustainability - will present a manifesto-making process for understanding what young people see as priorities for environmental sustainability education, and specifically will explore the place for politics and civic participation in relation to environmental issues in educational contexts.Download the 'Manifesto with young people' presentation slidesWatch a recording of the 'Manifesto with young people' presentation Cross-College Childhood and Youth Studies Research Webinar Series From gestures to the design of early learning technologiesSpeaker:Prof Andrew Manches, Centre for Research in Digital EducationWatch a recording of Prof Manches's presentationCreative participatory methods in practice: Finding sources of inspirationSpeakers: Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh and Dr Emma Davidson, Co-directors of the Binks HubWatch a recording of Drs Roesch-Marsh's and Davidson's presentation Previous events 2021 Discourse analysis in practice: Illuminating childhood and youth policies | 28 Sept 2021Speakers:Alexandra Jundler, fourth year PhD student in Social Work at the University of EdinburghRuth Friskney and Fiona Morrison, from the Centre for Child Wellbeing and Protection at the University of StirlingLaura Weiner, second-year PhD student at Moray House School of Education and SportRecordings and slidesDownload Alexandra Jundler's presentation slidesWatch Alexandra Jundler's presentation: Introducing discourse analysisDownload Ruth Friskney and Fiona Morrison's presentation slidesWatch Ruth Friskney and Fiona Morrison's presentation: Contested concepts - Domestic abuse and children’s participation rights in family lawWatch Laura Weiner's presentationChild activism to end child marriage | 11 Oct 2021Watch the recording of the 'Child activism to end child marriage webinar' (Access password: Ybds69g&) CYP Hub pre-Christmas research social | 6 Dec 2021 2022 Children and young people’s voices in research: The example of World Vision UK | 19 Jan 2022Speaker: Dr Carine Le BorgneDownload the World Vision presentation slidesWatch a recording of the World Vision presentationWatch: Group discussion - End child violence (YouTube)Watch: Child marriage (YouTube)The exceptions to child exceptionalism: Migrant deservingness in the UK's free school meal debates | 1 Feb 2022Presenters: Rachel Rosen and Eve Dickson from the UCL Social Research Institute Download the Exceptions to Child Exceptionalism slidesWatch a recording of the Exceptions to Child Exceptionalism presentationCYP Hub Ambivalent Activism webinar series ─ Seminar 1 | 4 March 2022Series coordinators:Prof. Akwugo Emejulu, University of WarwickDr. Marlies Kustatscher, University of EdinburghDr. Callum McGregor, University of EdinburghAnnual Childhood Studies Jamboree 2022 | 14 March 2022Promoting Transformative Competencies and Employability in Young People Through Outdoor Learning | 5 April 2022Presenter: Dr Jule HildmannDownload Dr Hildemann's presentation slidesCYP Hub Ambivalent Activism webinar series ─ Seminar 2 | 6 May 2022Series coordinators:Prof. Akwugo Emejulu, University of WarwickDr. Marlies Kustatscher, University of EdinburghDr. Callum McGregor, University of EdinburghCYP Hub in-person Workshop: Participatory music and movement with children and young people | 3 May 2022Demonstrators: Juan Manuel Gomez, Yeiner Belalcazar and Julian Garcia, Mr Klaje Musician CollectiveCYP Hub-CREAN Online Webinar ─ Building Back Better? Learning from crises for children’s human rights | 10 May 2022Speakers: Prof. Philip D. JafféTon LiefaardProf. Kay TisdallKarl Hanson#CovidUnder19PhD presentation: Children's experiences of living with cleft lip and palate, by Dr Liliana Arias Urueña | 26 May 2022CYP Hub Webinar: Transforming communities through youth-led social change, social innovation and social enterprises | 28 June 2022Speakers:Wee Chan Au, Monash University Malaysia Andreana Drencheva, King's College LondonTony Evanko, Fundacion Casa Tres Patios Juan Manuel Gomez, Mr Klaje CollectiveSukanya Krishnamurthy and Loritta Chan, University of EdinburghVideos:Watch the Cambodia and Malaysia team presentationWatch the Columbia team presentationWatch the Brazil and India team presentationWatch the panel discussion (part 1)Watch the panel discussion (part 2) CYP Hub Ambivalent Activism webinar series ─ Seminar 3 | 1 July 2022Series coordinators:Prof. Akwugo Emejulu, University of WarwickDr. Marlies Kustatscher, University of EdinburghDr. Callum McGregor, University of EdinburghCYP Hub Ambivalent Activism webinar series ─ Seminar 4 | 9 Sept 2022Speakers:Karen Nairn and Carisa Showden, ‘The Emotional Labour of Ambivalent Activism: Why Act When Others Aren’t?’Nicole Anderson, ‘Working with Discomfort: Contesting Ambivalence through Care and Accountability in Edinburgh University’s “Skull Room”Series coordinators:Prof. Akwugo Emejulu, University of WarwickDr. Marlies Kustatscher, University of EdinburghDr. Callum McGregor, University of EdinburghCYP Thematic Hub Opening In-person Meeting | 12 Oct 2022Children and Young People Thematic Hub Holiday Research Presentations & Social | 1 Dec 2022 2023 Book launch - Children, Education and Geography: Rethinking intersections | 26 Jan 2023Speakers:Dr Mary Biddulph, formerly Senior Lecturer in Geography Education at the University of NottinghamSimon Catling, Emeritus Professor of Geography Education at Oxford Brookes University Dr Susan Pike, Assistant Professor in Geography Education at Trinity College DublinDr Ria Dunkley, Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of GlasgowDr Helen Clarke and Dr Sharon Witt from Attention2PlaceDr Lauren Hammond, Lecturer in Teacher Education at the University of EdinburghGrace Healy, Education Director (Secondary) at David Ross Education Trust and Honorary Research Fellow, University of OxfordPeter Kraftl, Professor of Human Geography at the University of BirminghamDavid Lambert, Emeritus Professor of Geography Education at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and SocietyKelly León, a high school human geography teacher in South San Diego County and Lecturer at San Diego State UniversityJohn McKendrick, Professor of Social Justice at Glasgow Caledonian UniversityDr David Mitchell, Associate Professor in Geography Education at IOE, UCL’s Faulty of Education and Society Tine Béneker, Professor of Geography and Environment at Utrecht UniversityJohn Morgan, Professor of Education and Head of School (Critical Studies in Education), University of AucklandFatmakhanu (Fatima) Pirbai-Illich, Professor of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Regina (Canada) Dr Fran Martin, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of ExeterJo Sharp, Professor of Geography at the University of St Andrews and Geographer Royal for Scotland Hina Robinson Acting Head of Geography and Diversity and Rights Respecting School Lead at Southend School of GirlsCYP Thematic Hub: Annual Childhood Studies Jamboree 2023 | 13 March 2023CYP Thematic Hub Opening Event and Methods Matching | 11 Oct 2023Book Launch Webinar: Critical Childhood Studies - Global Perspectives | 9 Nov 2023Speakers:Sarada Balagopalan (Rutgers University-Camden)Irene Rizzini (PUC-Rio and International Centre for Research and Policy on Childhood)Spyros Spyrou (European University Cyprus)Michael Wyness (Warwick University)Critical Childhood Studies: Global PerspectivesIn conversation with Professor Genevieve Dingle | 24 Nov 2023Speaker: Genevieve Dingle, Professor at the School of Psychology, University of Queensland.CYP Thematic Hub Research and Social Winter Festive Event | 30 Nov 2023 2024 CYP Hub Annual Childhood Studies Jamboree 2024 | 11 March 2024SIPP Project Final Dissemination ─ Working with low-income communities to improve early childhood education: Lessons from an international action research project | 23 April 2024SIPP Project websiteChildren and Society Special Issue Launch: Conceptualising and Researching Child and Youth Activism | 24 April 2024Read the special issueWatch a recording of the launch eventMaking Space for Coproduction with Children and Young People in Research | 2 May 2024PresentersChristina McMellonKay TisdallLaura WrightChild-led and free play in Non-Governmental Organisations/Third Sector and Community based initiatives: Opportunities and Challenges | 15 May 2024Speakers‘Play cafes and Froebelian approaches in community and public spaces’Dr Kristina Konstantoni and Dr Reyhaneh Mozaffar, University of Edinburgh‘Pop Up Play: Expectations, Experiences and Impact’Kathryn Lawrence, Kin Collective Family WellBeing CIC‘Child-led initiatives in a community-based NGO: From theory to practice’Aggeliki Dimoulia and Ioanna Mosxouri, Network for Children’s Rights, Greece‘Learning, Playing, Working: Play and After-School Learning in India’Manasa Gade, Institute of Geography, University of EdinburghFacilitatorsSimon Bateson, Froebelian Futures Co-Director, Cowgate Under Fives/University of EdinburghDr Laura Wright, University of EdinburghChildren and Young People Multimodal GatheringsFacilitatorsPriyambada Seal Kristina Konstantoni‘Schooling the World: The White Man’s Last Burden’Watch the Schooling the World Video (YouTube)Watch the Schooling the World trailer (YouTube)Children and Young People Thematic Hub End of Year Research Presentations and Social | 8 June 2024CYP Thematic Hub event: Research Collaborations and Summer Social event | 25 June 2024CYP Thematic Hub event: Opening Event and Sharing 2024-2025 Plans | 30 Oct 2024 This article was published on 2025-02-07