Welcome to the Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth
The ICOSS building, the Centre's home
CSCY is an interdisciplinary research centre for the study of childhood and youth.
It has seven core objectives:
•to bring together interdisciplinary perspectives on the study of childhood and youth that can inform policy and academic debates
•to break new theoretical ground in childhood and youth studies informed by the diverse experiences and perspectives of children and youth
•to develop methodological approaches to the study of childhood and youth that can cross disciplinary boundaries and epistemologies
•to become a Centre of excellence for postgraduate research in childhood and youth studies
•to maintain and further develop partnerships with policy and user communities, locally, nationally and internationally
•to build international collaborations for the comparative academic study of childhood and youth
•to disseminate research findings to children and young people.
