CYP Hub members

The Hub team and members.

The Hub welcomes people across the University of Edinburgh and outwith to join our mailing list and join in our activities. 

We have a Coordinating Team at Moray House School of Education and Sport. Postgraduate researchers and staff are welcome to sign up as Hub members. 

Leadership Team

This group works in collaboration to support the Hub to function and flourish.

NameHub roleEmail
Dr Katie Cebula PGR Leadkatie.cebula@ed.ac.uk
Dr Kirsten Darling-McQuistanKnowledge Exchange and Impact Co-Leadkirsten.darling-mcquistan@ed.ac.uk
Dr Sarah FoleyEthics Lead (on Maternity Leave 2026-27)Sarah.Foley@ed.ac.uk
Dr Samantha Friedman  Events Coordinator & Social Convenor Leadsamantha.friedman@ed.ac.uk
Dr Liam HillEthics LeadLiam.Hill@ed.ac.uk
Dr Kristina KonstantoniHub Co-lead / Knowledge Exchange and Impact Co-Leadkristina.konstantoni@ed.ac.uk
Tao LiuPGR Student Representative (On-course PGR students)T.Liu-56@sms.ed.ac.uk
Professor Catherine MaternowskaPublishing Lead for PGRcatherine.maternowska@ed.ac.uk
Subhashree PattanayakPGR Student RepresentativeS.Pattanayak@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Andie ReynoldsKnowledge Exchange and Impact Co-Leadandie.reynolds@ed.ac.uk
Kirsty ShandHub Research Administratorkirsty.shand@ed.ac.uk
Dr Tracy StewartHub Co-lead / Research Capacity Leadtracy.stewart@ed.ac.uk
Rennie WangPGR Student RepresentativeY.Wang-722@sms.ed.ac.uk
Yi YanPGR Student Representative (Internal events)Y.Yan-68@sms.ed.ac.uk

Primary members

NameRoleEmail
Marit BootDirector of CALL Scotlandmboot@ed.ac.uk
Dr Josie BoothSenior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Developmental Psychologyjosie.booth@ed.ac.uk
Yin ChanPostgraduate Researchery.chan-11@sms.ed.ac.uk
Miranda EodanablePostgraduate Researchers0125784@sms.ed.ac.uk
Professor Deborah FryDirector of Data, Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute / Personal Chair, International Child Protection Researchdebi.fry@ed.ac.uk
Fanshu HuangPostgraduate ResearcherF.Huang-20@sms.ed.ac.uk
Rimin JohnsonPostgraduate Researcherr.johnson-15@sms.ed.ac.uk
Sherzod Makhmudovich KhaydarovPostgraduate ResearcherS.M.Khaydarov@sms.ed.ac.uk
Konstantinos Kosmas GaitisGlobal Data Fellow with Childlightkgaitis@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Anna KrzeczkowskaResearch Assistant (Quantitative) with ChildlightAnna.Krzeczkowska@ed.ac.uk
Dr Minkyung KwonAssociate Tutorminkyung.kwon@ed.ac.uk
Dr Marlies KustatscherSenior Lecturer in Childhood Studies / Director of Ethicsmarlies.kustatscher@ed.ac.uk
Maria LamondResearch Assistant Intern with Childlightmlamond@ed.ac.uk
Dr Jennifer LavoieChancellor's Fellow - Global Challenges/ Depute Head of Institute for Education, Community & Society (Research)jennifer.lavoie@ed.ac.uk
Mengyao LuResearch Fellow with ChildlightMengyao.Lu@ed.ac.uk
Qirong LuoPostgraduate ResearcherQ.Luo-5@sms.ed.ac.uk
Elena MartellozzoProfessor of CSEA Research and Director of European Hubemartell@ed.ac.uk
Marie McGarrolLecturerMarie.McGarrol@ed.ac.uk
Dr Sarah McGeownCo-Deputy Director of Research, Knowledge Exchange and Impact (RKEI) / Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychologys.mcgeown@ed.ac.uk
Becky McGinneyPostgraduate Researcherr.mcginney@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Lynn McNair OBELecturer in Early Childhood and Froebellynn.mcnair@ed.ac.uk
Kyleigh MelvillePostgraduate ResearcherK.M.K.Melville@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Fiona MorrisonProgramme Director for Childhood Practice / Lecturer in Childhood StudiesFiona.Morrison@ed.ac.uk
Patience MulungiPostgraduate ResearcherP.Mulungi@sms.ed.ac.uk
Ewajesu OkewumiPostgraduate Researchere.o.okewumi@sms.ed.ac.uk
Konstantina PapaspyropoulouPostgraduate Researcherk.papaspyropoulou@sms.ed.ac.uk
Zoe PitmanAssociate Director of Strategy with Childlightzoe.lambourne@ed.ac.uk
Fatemeh SadeghiPostgraduate Researchers2114251@sms.ed.ac.uk
Pavithra SarmaPostgraduate Researcherp.sarma@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Sabina SavadovaTeaching Fellow in Childhood Studies and Practicesabina.savadova@ed.ac.uk
Priyambada SealPostgraduate Researcherpriyambada.seal@ed.ac.uk
Ruibing ShaResearch Fellow (Systems Strengthening) with Childlightrsha@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Dr Julie SmithDirector of Quality Assurance and Enhancement / Lecturer Developmental Psychologyjulie.smith@ed.ac.uk
James StevensonResearch Assistant Intern with ChildlightJames.G.Stevenson@ed.ac.uk
Wanda Stuardo TroncosoPostgraduate ResearcherW.L.A.Stuardo-Troncoso@sms.ed.ac.uk
Felicia SzlobodaPostgraduate Researcherf.szloboda@sms.ed.ac.uk
Aya TamuraResearch Fellow (Administrative Data) with ChildlightAya.Tamura@ed.ac.uk
Professor Kay TisdallChair of Childhood Policyk.tisdall@ed.ac.uk
Dr Martin Toye, CPsychol, FRSALecturer; Education, Teaching & Leadershipmartin.toye@ed.ac.uk
Dr Cara WilsonLecturer Children and Technologycara.wilson@ed.ac.uk
Zoe (Rong) YanPostgraduate Researcherzoe.yan@ed.ac.uk

Secondary members

NameRoleEmail
Alison AdamsPostgraduate Researchers0924170@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Fatih AktasLecturerfatih.aktas@ed.ac.uk
Dr Davies BandaLecturer - Sport Policy; Deputy Director - Academy of Sportdavies.banda@ed.ac.uk
Hanan BedaydiPostgraduate ResearcherH.Bedaydi@sms.ed.ac.uk
Liron BlajwajsPostgraduate ResearcherL.Blajwajs@sms.ed.ac.uk
Michael (Zhenyang) CaiPostgraduate Researcherzhenyang.cai@ed.ac.uk
Dr Audrey CameronChancellor's Fellow (Science Education and BSL)audrey.m.cameron@ed.ac.uk
Kexin ChengResearch Assistantkcheng3@ed.ac.uk
Dr Kuang-Hsu ChiangLecturer in Higher Educationkuang-hsu.chiang@ed.ac.uk
Sakie Chiba-MooneyPostgraduate ResearcherS.Chiba-Mooney@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Seongsook ChoiHead of Institute for Education, Community & Society (IECS) / Senior Lecturer in Interdisciplinary StudiesS.Choi@ed.ac.uk
Professor Laura Colucci-GraySenior Lecturer in Science and Sustainability Educationlaura.colucci-gray@ed.ac.uk
Dr Huw DaviesLecturer in Digital Education (Data and Society)huw.davies@ed.ac.uk
Dr Pauline DuncanProject Coordinator and Research Associatepauline.duncan@ed.ac.uk
Cagla ErgulPostgraduate ResearcherC.Ergul@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Omolabake FakunleSenior Lecturer, Chancellor's Fellowomolabake.fakunle@ed.ac.uk
Rosemary GradyLecturer in Educational Leadership & LearningRosemary.Grady@ed.ac.uk
Dr Jonathan HancockPostdoctoral Research Fellowjonathan.hancock@ed.ac.uk
Danielle HotzPostgraduate ResearcherD.L.Hotz@sms.ed.ac.uk
Lala IndrawagitaPostgraduate ResearcherL.Indrawagita@sms.ed.ac.uk
Fang Jackson-YangTeaching Fellow in Language Educationfang.jackson-yang@ed.ac.uk
Haoyu JinPostgraduate ResearcherH.Jin-17@sms.ed.ac.uk
Hao LiPostgraduate ResearcherH.Li-150@sms.ed.ac.uk
Professor Grant JarvieUniversity of Edinburgh Professor, Chair of Sport and Director (Academy of Sport) - Visiting Professor - University of Torontogrant.jarvie@ed.ac.uk
Penny KaranasiouAssociate Tutor
pkaranas@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Jingyi LiSenior Lecturer in International and Comparative Education/ Senior Tutor (PGT)Jingyi.Li@ed.ac.uk
Xuan LiPostgraduate ResearcherX.Li-329@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Kristina LindemannLecturer in Education and Social Statisticskristina.lindemann@ed.ac.uk
Ruijia LiuPostgraduate ResearcherR.Liu-106@sms.ed.ac.uk
Kerr LumsdenPostgraduate ResearcherK.Lumsden-1@sms.ed.ac.uk
Professor Gale MacleodProfessorgale.macleod@ed.ac.uk
Professor Andrew ManchesProfessor of Children and Technologya.manches@ed.ac.uk
Dr Callum McGregorProgramme Director: MSc Social Justice and Community Action / Lecturer in Educationcallum.mcgregor@ed.ac.uk
Dr Rovincer NajjumaLecturer in Digital Education and the Global Southrovincer.najjuma@ed.ac.uk
Zixuan NiuPostgraduate ResearcherZ.Niu-6@sms.ed.ac.uk
Liang PengPostgraduate Researcherv1lpeng@ed.ac.uk
Yurieke RahmatPostgraduate ResearcherY.N.Rahmat@sms.ed.ac.uk
Professor John RavenscroftChair of Childhood Visual Impairmentjohn.ravenscroft@ed.ac.uk
Professor Judy RobertsonChair in Digital Learningjudy.robertson@ed.ac.uk
Dr William C SmithSenior Lecturer in Education and International Development & Director of Internationalisationw.smith@ed.ac.uk
Dr Patricio TroncosoLecturer in Youth StudiesPatricio.Troncoso@ed.ac.uk
Inga VermeulenResearch Fellow (Quantitative) Childlight)Inga.Vermeulen@ed.ac.uk
Jingjing WangPostgraduate ResearcherJ.Wang-442@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Sarah WardLecturer in Learning in Communitiessarah.ward@ed.ac.uk
Yurou WeiPostgraduate Researcheryurou.wei@ed.ac.uk
Dr Samaneh ZandianLecturer in Language Educations.zandian@ed.ac.uk