The Childhood, Law & Policy Network (CLPN)
@clpn.bsky.social
A global & cross-disciplinary network of scholars & practitioners researching social, political & legal issues relating to children & childhood.
qmul.ac.uk/clpn
qmul.ac.uk/clpn
We're delighted to interview Hege Stein Helland, Marit Skivenes, and Siri Gloppen about their edited collection -
Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights: Lessons from Norway in the Development and Contestation of Children’s Rights:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights: Lessons from Norway in the Development and Contestation of Children’s Rights:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We're delighted to interview Hege Stein Helland, Marit Skivenes, and Siri Gloppen about their edited collection -
Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights: Lessons from Norway in the Development and Contestation of Children’s Rights:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights: Lessons from Norway in the Development and Contestation of Children’s Rights:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Call for conference papers: "Marginalised Youth: Power, Precarity & Possibilities."
Abstracts are due by 9 January, 2026.
The conference will take place at Durham University (UK) in March 2026.
Abstracts are due by 9 January, 2026.
The conference will take place at Durham University (UK) in March 2026.
November 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Call for conference papers: "Marginalised Youth: Power, Precarity & Possibilities."
Abstracts are due by 9 January, 2026.
The conference will take place at Durham University (UK) in March 2026.
Abstracts are due by 9 January, 2026.
The conference will take place at Durham University (UK) in March 2026.
Call for papers: "Multimodal Research Methodologies with Children and Youth."
For a 2-day colloquium that will take place online and at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in March 2026.
Abstracts are due by 30 November.
www.dropbox.com/request/EtZd...
For a 2-day colloquium that will take place online and at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in March 2026.
Abstracts are due by 30 November.
www.dropbox.com/request/EtZd...
November 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Call for papers: "Multimodal Research Methodologies with Children and Youth."
For a 2-day colloquium that will take place online and at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in March 2026.
Abstracts are due by 30 November.
www.dropbox.com/request/EtZd...
For a 2-day colloquium that will take place online and at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in March 2026.
Abstracts are due by 30 November.
www.dropbox.com/request/EtZd...
Call for chapters for an edited collection: "Analysing Leading Works in Children's Rights."
The book is co-edited by our member, Elizabeth Faulkner.
Abstracts are due by 30 January, 2026.
The book is co-edited by our member, Elizabeth Faulkner.
Abstracts are due by 30 January, 2026.
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Call for chapters for an edited collection: "Analysing Leading Works in Children's Rights."
The book is co-edited by our member, Elizabeth Faulkner.
Abstracts are due by 30 January, 2026.
The book is co-edited by our member, Elizabeth Faulkner.
Abstracts are due by 30 January, 2026.
Call for nominations for leadership roles in the Children & Youth (C&Y) section of the American Sociological Association (ASA):
• 1 Graduate Student Representative position (2-year term);
• 2 Council Member positions (3-year term);
• Chair Elect (3-year term).
• 1 Graduate Student Representative position (2-year term);
• 2 Council Member positions (3-year term);
• Chair Elect (3-year term).
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Call for nominations for leadership roles in the Children & Youth (C&Y) section of the American Sociological Association (ASA):
• 1 Graduate Student Representative position (2-year term);
• 2 Council Member positions (3-year term);
• Chair Elect (3-year term).
• 1 Graduate Student Representative position (2-year term);
• 2 Council Member positions (3-year term);
• Chair Elect (3-year term).
A list of child-related papers and panels at the upcoming annual conferences of two academic associations: MESA (the Middle East Studies Association) and ASA (the African Studies Association).
The list has been compiled by AMECYS (the Association of Middle East Children and Youth Studies).
The list has been compiled by AMECYS (the Association of Middle East Children and Youth Studies).
October 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A list of child-related papers and panels at the upcoming annual conferences of two academic associations: MESA (the Middle East Studies Association) and ASA (the African Studies Association).
The list has been compiled by AMECYS (the Association of Middle East Children and Youth Studies).
The list has been compiled by AMECYS (the Association of Middle East Children and Youth Studies).
We're delighted to interview our members, Aoife Daly, Pernilla Leviner, and Rebecca Thorburn Stern, about their edited collection -
Treated Like a Child: Age Discrimination and Children's Rights:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Treated Like a Child: Age Discrimination and Children's Rights:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
October 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We're delighted to interview our members, Aoife Daly, Pernilla Leviner, and Rebecca Thorburn Stern, about their edited collection -
Treated Like a Child: Age Discrimination and Children's Rights:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Treated Like a Child: Age Discrimination and Children's Rights:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
We're delighted to interview our member Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak and her co-editors, Terri Doughty & Janet Grafton, about their edited collection -
Children's Literatures, Cultures & Pedagogies in the Anthropocene: Multidisciplinary Entanglements:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Children's Literatures, Cultures & Pedagogies in the Anthropocene: Multidisciplinary Entanglements:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
September 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
We're delighted to interview our member Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak and her co-editors, Terri Doughty & Janet Grafton, about their edited collection -
Children's Literatures, Cultures & Pedagogies in the Anthropocene: Multidisciplinary Entanglements:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Children's Literatures, Cultures & Pedagogies in the Anthropocene: Multidisciplinary Entanglements:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
We're delighted to interview our member Anastasia Todd about her book, Cripping Girlhood (University of Michigan Press, 2024):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
September 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We're delighted to interview our member Anastasia Todd about her book, Cripping Girlhood (University of Michigan Press, 2024):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
We're delighted to announce that we now have more than 700 members across dozens of countries around the world!
Our members are researchers working on various social, political, and legal issues relating to children and childhood.
Their profiles are available here:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/members
Our members are researchers working on various social, political, and legal issues relating to children and childhood.
Their profiles are available here:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/members
September 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
We're delighted to announce that we now have more than 700 members across dozens of countries around the world!
Our members are researchers working on various social, political, and legal issues relating to children and childhood.
Their profiles are available here:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/members
Our members are researchers working on various social, political, and legal issues relating to children and childhood.
Their profiles are available here:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/members
We're delighted to interview our member, María Florencia Amigó, about her new book -
Infants, Children, and Youth: Multi-sited Stories of Adversity from South Asia to Australia (Lived Places Publishing, 2025):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Infants, Children, and Youth: Multi-sited Stories of Adversity from South Asia to Australia (Lived Places Publishing, 2025):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
September 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
We're delighted to interview our member, María Florencia Amigó, about her new book -
Infants, Children, and Youth: Multi-sited Stories of Adversity from South Asia to Australia (Lived Places Publishing, 2025):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Infants, Children, and Youth: Multi-sited Stories of Adversity from South Asia to Australia (Lived Places Publishing, 2025):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
We're delighted to publish our interview with our member, Deevia Bhana, about her edited collection -
Gender and Young People's Digital Sexual Cultures (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Gender and Young People's Digital Sexual Cultures (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
August 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We're delighted to publish our interview with our member, Deevia Bhana, about her edited collection -
Gender and Young People's Digital Sexual Cultures (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Gender and Young People's Digital Sexual Cultures (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
We're delighted to interview our member, Macarena García-González, about her book -
The Borders of Empathy in Children’s Fiction (Routledge, 2025):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
The Borders of Empathy in Children’s Fiction (Routledge, 2025):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
August 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We're delighted to interview our member, Macarena García-González, about her book -
The Borders of Empathy in Children’s Fiction (Routledge, 2025):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
The Borders of Empathy in Children’s Fiction (Routledge, 2025):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Calls for articles for three special issues of the journal Youth:
1. "Sport, Physical Activity, Young People & Criminal Justice."
2. "Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences."
3. "Youth Participation, Leadership & Agency for Decolonial Health Equity."
Links & details - in the comments below.
1. "Sport, Physical Activity, Young People & Criminal Justice."
2. "Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences."
3. "Youth Participation, Leadership & Agency for Decolonial Health Equity."
Links & details - in the comments below.
August 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Calls for articles for three special issues of the journal Youth:
1. "Sport, Physical Activity, Young People & Criminal Justice."
2. "Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences."
3. "Youth Participation, Leadership & Agency for Decolonial Health Equity."
Links & details - in the comments below.
1. "Sport, Physical Activity, Young People & Criminal Justice."
2. "Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences."
3. "Youth Participation, Leadership & Agency for Decolonial Health Equity."
Links & details - in the comments below.
We're delighted to interview our member, Susan Groundwater-Smith, about her edited collection -
Hope, Wisdom and Courage: Teaching and Learning Practices in Today’s Schools and Beyond (Peter Lang, 2025):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Hope, Wisdom and Courage: Teaching and Learning Practices in Today’s Schools and Beyond (Peter Lang, 2025):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
August 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
We're delighted to interview our member, Susan Groundwater-Smith, about her edited collection -
Hope, Wisdom and Courage: Teaching and Learning Practices in Today’s Schools and Beyond (Peter Lang, 2025):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Hope, Wisdom and Courage: Teaching and Learning Practices in Today’s Schools and Beyond (Peter Lang, 2025):
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
We've created a detailed list of 139 films on childhood, which can be used for teaching these subjects:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/media/c...
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/media/c...
August 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
We've created a detailed list of 139 films on childhood, which can be used for teaching these subjects:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/media/c...
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/media/c...
We're delighted to interview our member, Heather Montgomery, about her new book -
Familiar Violence: A History of Child Abuse:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Familiar Violence: A History of Child Abuse:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
August 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We're delighted to interview our member, Heather Montgomery, about her new book -
Familiar Violence: A History of Child Abuse:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Familiar Violence: A History of Child Abuse:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Call for articles: "Children’s Rights & Representations."
For a special issue of the journal Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures.
Manuscripts are due by 6 July, 2026.
For a special issue of the journal Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures.
Manuscripts are due by 6 July, 2026.
July 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Call for articles: "Children’s Rights & Representations."
For a special issue of the journal Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures.
Manuscripts are due by 6 July, 2026.
For a special issue of the journal Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures.
Manuscripts are due by 6 July, 2026.
We're delighted to interview our member, Salvador Santino Regilme, about his edited collection, Children's Rights in Crisis: Multidisciplinary, Transnational, and Comparative Perspectives:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
July 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
We're delighted to interview our member, Salvador Santino Regilme, about his edited collection, Children's Rights in Crisis: Multidisciplinary, Transnational, and Comparative Perspectives:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
We're delighted to interview our members, Valeria Llobet, Didier Reynaert, Afua Twum-Danso Imoh, and Wouter Vandenhole, about their edited collection, Critical Children’s Rights Studies: A Research Companion:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
July 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We're delighted to interview our members, Valeria Llobet, Didier Reynaert, Afua Twum-Danso Imoh, and Wouter Vandenhole, about their edited collection, Critical Children’s Rights Studies: A Research Companion:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Call for articles: "Migration, Liminality, and the Reimagining of Childhood in Global Children’s Literature."
For a special issue of the journal International Research in Children's Literature.
Manuscripts are due by 1 November.
For a special issue of the journal International Research in Children's Literature.
Manuscripts are due by 1 November.
July 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Call for articles: "Migration, Liminality, and the Reimagining of Childhood in Global Children’s Literature."
For a special issue of the journal International Research in Children's Literature.
Manuscripts are due by 1 November.
For a special issue of the journal International Research in Children's Literature.
Manuscripts are due by 1 November.
GCYFRG (the Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society) is inviting applications for two positions on its committee:
1. Early Career Officer;
2. Postgraduate Officer.
Applications are due by 22 August.
1. Early Career Officer;
2. Postgraduate Officer.
Applications are due by 22 August.
June 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
GCYFRG (the Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society) is inviting applications for two positions on its committee:
1. Early Career Officer;
2. Postgraduate Officer.
Applications are due by 22 August.
1. Early Career Officer;
2. Postgraduate Officer.
Applications are due by 22 August.
We're delighted to interview our members, Marilyn Freeman and Nicola Taylor, about their edited book -
Children’s Right to Identity, Selfhood and International Family Law:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Children’s Right to Identity, Selfhood and International Family Law:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
June 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
We're delighted to interview our members, Marilyn Freeman and Nicola Taylor, about their edited book -
Children’s Right to Identity, Selfhood and International Family Law:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Children’s Right to Identity, Selfhood and International Family Law:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
We're delighted to interview our member @dryuweixu.bsky.social and his co-editors - David Brody, Kari Emilsen, and Laetitia Coles - about their edited collection -
Young Children’s Perspectives on Teacher Gender:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Young Children’s Perspectives on Teacher Gender:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
June 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We're delighted to interview our member @dryuweixu.bsky.social and his co-editors - David Brody, Kari Emilsen, and Laetitia Coles - about their edited collection -
Young Children’s Perspectives on Teacher Gender:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Young Children’s Perspectives on Teacher Gender:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Call for colloquium papers: "Acknowledge Place and More-than-Human: Conceptualisation of Children and Youth’s Living Spaces in the Anthropocene."
Abstracts are due by 25 August.
The colloquium will take place online in October.
Abstracts are due by 25 August.
The colloquium will take place online in October.
June 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Call for colloquium papers: "Acknowledge Place and More-than-Human: Conceptualisation of Children and Youth’s Living Spaces in the Anthropocene."
Abstracts are due by 25 August.
The colloquium will take place online in October.
Abstracts are due by 25 August.
The colloquium will take place online in October.