Our events and knowledge exchange activities
The Children and Young People Thematic Hub facilitates a range of thematic virtual activities. All that are listed here are open to all. If you are interested, please check details of individual events or email us at childrenandyoungpeople@ed.ac.uk for details.
Browse events organised by the Children and Young People Thematic Hub.
The Children and Young People Thematic Hub is running three themed Seminar Series in the 2022-23 academic year. The themes are:
- Child and Youth Activism (September to December 2022)
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Health and Mental Wellbeing of Children and Young People (January to April 2023)
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Research, Policy and Practice on Education with Children & Young People (May to August 2023)
Seminar Series on Child and Youth Activism
Please find below Semester 1 events themed on Child and Youth Activism for your calendars.
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12 Oct 2022 12:30-13:30 GMT |
Building a Capabilities Framework with Children and Young People |
Dr Sarah Ward, Lecturer in Learning in Communities at MHSES, University of Edinburgh |
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15 Nov 2022 13:30-15:00 GMT |
Skills, Knowledge, and Values in Youth Voter Activism: an Informal Civic Education Case Study |
Laura Weiner, PhD researcher at MHSES, University of Edinburgh |
Seminar Series on Health and Mental Wellbeing of Children and Young People
Please find below Semester 3 events themed on health and mental wellbeing of children and young people for your calendars.
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18 May 2023 14:30-15:30 GMT Zoom |
Seminar Series on Research, Policy and Practice on Education with Children and Young People
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31 May 2023 13:30-14:30 GMT SJL 4.22 & Zoom |
Seminar Series on Health and Mental Wellbeing of Children and Young People
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27 Jun 2023 13:30-15:30 GMT PL G.42 |
Seminar Series on Health and Mental Wellbeing of Children and Young People
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The Children and Young People Thematic Hub at Moray House School of Education and Sport is delighted to invite you to this webinar series titled: Engaging Children and Young People: Participatory Research Methods and Ethical Complexities. This webinar series will bring together researchers from the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences ─ University of Edinburgh, who are researching with children and young people. The webinar series welcomes all researchers interested in the field. In alignment with participatory methods, our intention is that these seminars will be lively, interactive events, with opportunities for group discussion and connecting with other researchers.
Join us! And find out more information about the seminar series!
| Seminar | Date | Time | Speaker(s) | Presentation title |
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| 1 | Wed 17 Nov 2021 | 13:00 | Dr Andrew Manches | |
| 2 | Wed 2 Feb 2022 | 13:00 | Dr Autumn ROESCH-MARSH and Dr Emma DAVIDSON |
Creative participatory research in practice: finding sources of inspiration |
| 3 | Wed 16 Mar 2022 (RESCHEDULED, date tbc) | 15:30 | Dr Sarah Foley |
The Childhood and Youth Studies Research Group, MHSES is delighted to invite you to its 6 weeks online seminar series titled: Engaging Children and Young People: Participatory Research Methods and Ethical Complexities. This seminar series will bring together researchers from the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences- University of Edinburgh, who are researching with children and young people. The seminar series welcomes all researchers interested in the field. In alignment with participatory methods, our intention is that these seminars will be lively, interactive events, with opportunities for group discussion and connecting with other researchers.
Our next seminar will be coming up on Wednesday 17th November 2021. Dr Andrew Manchez will present on From gestures to the design of early learning technologies. Stay tuned to learn more!
Join us! And find out more information about the seminar series!
| Seminar | Date | Time | Speaker(s) | Presentation title |
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| 1 | Wed 9 Dec | 15:30 | Antonella Sorace |
Connecting the linguistic, cognitive, and social dots in research on child bilingualism |
| 2 | CANCELLED (to be rescheduled) |
A balanced approach to ethics in ethnography |
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| 3 | Wed 3 Mar | 15:30 |
Simona Di Folco and Vernon Gayle |
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| 4 | Wed 21 Apr | 13:00 | Claire Houghton, Lesley McCara and Kay Tisdall |
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| 5 | Wed 26 May | 15:30 | Rachel O'Neill, Kieran Gemmel and Sumin Zhao |
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| 6 | Wed 9 Jun | 13:00 | Emily Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, School of Health in Social Science |
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