Children and Young People
The Children and Young People Thematic Hub brings together a range of disciplines and interests to address topics relevant to children and young people.
The Hub connects childhood and youth studies, comparative education and international development and developmental psychology in education. In addition, specialist research and knowledge exchange groups are associated with the Hub. These groups study issues related to children’s human rights, early childhood and ending violence against children.
Our Hub provides a community where we can learn from each other, grow our individual and collective research capacity, and take forward research and knowledge exchange, engagement and impact activities. Our remit is to foster children and young people-related research and researchers in MHSES, connecting with the Research Themes in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and other researchers at the University of Edinburgh and beyond.
Learn more about the College's Research Themes
Blog
Join us on our blog, where we discuss how we can all contribute to realising children and young people’s human rights through research, teaching, policy and practice.
CYP Hub members
Our events and knowledge exchange activities
Centres, groups and networks
Childhood and Youth Studies brings together students, researchers and academics at Moray House School of Education and Sport. We are linked across the University of Edinburgh, to maximise the skills and capacity across disciplines and subject areas. We work together with children and young people, practitioners, and policy-makers locally, nationally and globally.
Childlight works with partners around the world to understand the prevalence, nature and scale of child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA).
The CEID Research Group brings together a diverse group of researchers, scholars, and practitioners working on or interested in Comparative Education and/or Education and International Development. It aims to benefit the local and global community as a hub for critical reflection and evaluation, investigating the direct and indirect potential of education by exploring its complex, interdependent relationship with social and political contexts. Projects often have an applied aspect and include collaborations with individuals and institutions within and beyond academia.
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The Developmental Psychology in Education research group is a vibrant and supportive community of academic staff and doctoral students. We have a shared interest in applying psychological theories, research and methods to understand and optimally support the development, learning and wellbeing of children and adolescents.
Visit the Developmental Psychology in Education Research Group's page
Our early years research policy and practice group brings together students, researchers, practitioners, academics and policymakers from across the early years sector. We are working together to make children’s rights real by strengthening and advancing early childhood research, policy and practice and the way they interconnect. We work together with children and young people, practitioners, and policy-makers locally, nationally and globally.
Visit the Early Years Research, Policy and Practice Group's page
We aim to make a transformative contribution to realising children and young people’s human rights by undertaking and promoting inter-disciplinary research, teaching, policy and practice.
Visit the Observatory of Children's Human Rights Scotland's page
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