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 research students 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 Samantha Friedman  Events Coordinator & Social Convenor Leadsamantha.friedman@ed.ac.uk
Alkisti KallinikouPGR Student Representative (On-course PGR students)alkisti.kallinikou@ed.ac.uk
Dr Kristina KonstantoniHub Co-lead / Knowledge Exchange and Impact Co-Leadkristina.konstantoni@ed.ac.uk
Boshi LiuPGR Student Representative (external events)B.Liu-14@sms.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
Dr Fiona MorrisonEthics LeadFiona.Morrison@ed.ac.uk
Dr Sabina SavadovaKnowledge Exchange and Impact Co-Leadsabina.savadova@ed.ac.uk
Kirsty ShandHub Research Administratorkirsty.shand@ed.ac.uk
Dr Tracy StewartHub Co-lead / Research Capacity Leadtracy.stewart@ed.ac.uk
Dr Laura WrightKnowledge Exchange and Impact Co-Lead (on maternity leave 2024-25)laura.wright@ed.ac.uk
Yi YanPGR Student Representative (Internal events)Y.Yan-68@sms.ed.ac.uk

Primary affiliation

NameRoleEmail
Kawla AlhamadPhD Students2254429@sms.ed.ac.uk
Ruth BarnesPhD Studentruth.barnes@ed.ac.uk
Hanan BedaydiPhD StudentH.Bedaydi@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Shereen BenjaminSenior Lecturer in Primary Educationshereen.benjamin@ed.ac.uk
Dr Josie BoothSenior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Developmental Psychologyjosie.booth@ed.ac.uk
Dr Katie CebulaSenior Lecturer in Developmental Psychologykatie.cebula@ed.ac.uk
Yin ChanPhD Studenty.chan-11@sms.ed.ac.uk
Justina (Tina) ChikeziePhD Studenttina.chikezie@ed.ac.uk
Dr Kirsten Darling-McQuistanLecturerkirsten.darling-mcquistan@ed.ac.uk
Miranda EodanablePhD Students0125784@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Sarah FoleyLecturer in Development Psychologysarah.foley@ed.ac.uk
Professor Deborah FryDirector of Data, Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute / Personal Chair, International Child Protection Researchdebi.fry@ed.ac.uk
Dr Maureen FinnDirector of STEPMaureen.Finn@ed.ac.uk
Dr Ian FyfeSenior Lecturerian.fyfe@ed.ac.uk
Dr Liam HillTeaching FellowLiam.Hill@ed.ac.uk
Fanshu HuangPhD StudentF.Huang-20@sms.ed.ac.uk
Rimin JohnsonPhD Studentr.johnson-15@sms.ed.ac.uk
Sherzod Makhmudovich KhaydarovPhD StudentS.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
Dr Ashleigh McFeetersLecturer in Child Protection Administrative Dataa.mcfeeters@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 McGinneyPhD Studentr.mcginney@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Christina McMellonSenior Research Fellowchristina.mcmellon@ed.ac.uk
Dr Lynn McNair OBELecturer in Early Childhood and Froebellynn.mcnair@ed.ac.uk
Kyleigh MelvillePhD StudentK.M.K.Melville@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Colin MorrisonTeaching Fellowcolin.morrison@ed.ac.uk
Dr Maggie MorrisonCo-Programme Director: BA Childhood Practice / Teaching Fellow in Childhood Studiesmaggie.morrison@ed.ac.uk
Ewajesu OkewumiPhD Studente.o.okewumi@sms.ed.ac.uk
Konstantina PapaspyropoulouPhD Studentk.papaspyropoulou@sms.ed.ac.uk
Zoe PitmanAssociate Director of Strategy with Childlightzoe.lambourne@ed.ac.uk
Xuanyi RenPhD Students1818728@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Andie ReynoldsProgramme Director: MSc Social Justice and Community Action / Teaching Fellow in Learning in Communitiesandie.reynolds@ed.ac.uk
Fatemeh SadeghiPhD Students2114251@sms.ed.ac.uk
Elena SantiPhD Students2271583@sms.ed.ac.uk
Pavithra SarmaPhD Studentp.sarma@sms.ed.ac.uk
Priyambada SealPhD Studentpriyambada.seal@ed.ac.uk
Carleigh SlaterPhD Studentc.b.slater@sms.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 TroncosoPhD StudentW.L.A.Stuardo-Troncoso@sms.ed.ac.uk
Felicia SzlobodaPhD Studentf.szloboda@sms.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
Rennie WangPhD StudentY.Wang-722@sms.ed.ac.uk
Laura WeinerPhD Students1826618@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Cara WilsonLecturer Children and Technologycara.wilson@ed.ac.uk
Zoe (Rong) YanPhD Studentzoe.yan@ed.ac.uk
Yue ZhuPhD Students1909962@sms.ed.ac.uk

Further affiliations

NameRoleEmail
Alison AdamsPhD Students0924170@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Fatih AktasLecturerfatih.aktas@ed.ac.uk
Bashaer AlotaibiPhD Students2135192@sms.ed.ac.uk
Ayça AtabeyPG Online Tutora.atabey@ed.ac.uk
Dr Davies BandaLecturer - Sport Policy; Deputy Director - Academy of Sportdavies.banda@ed.ac.uk
Liron BlajwajsPhD StudentL.Blajwajs@sms.ed.ac.uk
Maggie ChanPhD StudentM.K.Chan@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Kuang-Hsu ChiangLecturer in Higher Educationkuang-hsu.chiang@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 ErgulPhD StudentC.Ergul@sms.ed.ac.uk
Dr Omolabake FakunleSenior Lecturer, Chancellor's Fellowomolabake.fakunle@ed.ac.uk
Jianing FuPhD StudentJ.Fu-11@sms.ed.ac.uk
Jen HarrisPhD StudentJ.J.Harris-5@sms.ed.ac.uk
Niamh HartPhD Studentniamh.hart@ed.ac.uk
Lala IndrawagitaPhD StudentL.Indrawagita@sms.ed.ac.uk
Hazhari IsmailPhD StudentH.B.Ismail@sms.ed.ac.uk
Hao LiPhD StudentH.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 Tutorpkaranas@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Dr Kristina LindemannLecturer in Education and Social Statisticskristina.lindemann@ed.ac.uk
Professor Gale MacleodProfessorgale.macleod@ed.ac.uk
Professor Andrew ManchesProfessor of Children and Technologya.manches@ed.ac.uk
Dr Geetha MarcusSenior Lecturer in Teacher Educationgeetha.marcus@ed.ac.uk
Professor Gillean McCluskeyDeputy Head of School (Academic and Community Life), Moray House School of Education and Sport; Interim Director, Centre for Research in Education, Inclusion and Diversity (CREID)gillean.mccluskey@ed.ac.uk
Dr Callum McGregorProgramme Director: MSc Social Justice and Community Action / Lecturer in Educationcallum.mcgregor@ed.ac.uk
Dr Stuart MoirLecturerstuart.moir@ed.ac.uk
Professor Marie MurphyDirector of the Physical Activity for Health Research CentreMarie.Murphy@ed.ac.uk
Dr Rovincer NajjumaLecturer in Digital Education and the Global Southrovincer.najjuma@ed.ac.uk
Zixuan NiuPhD StudentZ.Niu-6@sms.ed.ac.uk
Meijun (Emma) QuPhD StudentM.Qu-5@sms.ed.ac.uk
Yurieke RahmatPhD StudentY.N.Rahmat@sms.ed.ac.uk
Professor John RavenscroftChair of Childhood Visual Impairmentjohn.ravenscroft@ed.ac.uk
Professor Sheila RiddellChair in Inclusion and Diversity/Director of CREIDsheila.riddell@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
Yi TianPhD StudentYi.Tian.Lucky@ed.ac.uk
Dr Patricio TroncosoLecturer in Youth StudiesPatricio.Troncoso@ed.ac.uk
Inga VermeulenResearch Fellow (Quantitative) Childlight)Inga.Vermeulen@ed.ac.uk
Dr Sarah WardLecturer in Learning in Communitiessarah.ward@ed.ac.uk
Dr Samaneh ZandianLecturer in Language Educations.zandian@ed.ac.uk