Children, Young People and Education
Our research brings together scholars working on the geographies of children, young people and education. We work with and for children and young people across diverse and global communities. Our work addresses the most pressing concerns facing today’s (and tomorrow’s) children – including social justice, environmental change, wellbeing, housing, play and education.
We have been at the forefront of nonrepresentational, new materialist, posthuman and neuro-geographical theories of childhood and education. We have also developed creative, participatory, interdisciplinary and digital methods – from apps to arts-based interventions and from biological sampling to social media analyses – that have opened out new possibilities for exploring children’s voice, agency and participation about issues that matter to them.
We work with communities globally, with recent projects in Brazil, China, India, Peru, South Africa and the UK.
Research areas
Research areas
- Planning, childhood and youth
- Housing insecurity and childhood
- Youth mobilities and futures
- Young people and Covid
- Children, Young People, Families and Public Health
- Children and Environmental Change
People who work in these areas
People who work in these areas
Academic Staff
Professor Sophie Hadfield-Hill