Spotlight

In order to mark the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth has developed a project which aims to assess the progress of the concept of children's participation within the Yorkshire Region

Latest News

4th International Conference: Go to our Centre conference page for further information.

** Next Reseach Seminar** will be held on Friday 8th October 2010 entitled African Families and Child Protection. For futher information to to our events page.

For postgraduate research students Go to Postgrad pagefor a copy of abstracts and presentations from our event held on 3rd March 2010

Annual Report

A copy of the CSCY Annual Report 2008/09 can be downloaded here.

Informal Seminars

A copy of the presentation from our latest informal seminar on Experiential landscape can be downloaded here. Go to our events page and see our ongoing series of research seminars.

Childhoods Today

CSCY E-journal Childhoods Today, is available on-line. CSCY are offering a £100 prize for the best article published.

ESRC Festival of the Social Sciences Report 2009.

A copy of the above report can be downloaded here. Further information is on our events page.

International Workshop

Download a copy of the report on the "Models of Childhood and their Cultural Consequences". Further information is on our events page.

Welcome to the Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth

The ICOSS building, the Centre's home

The Centre aims to be a multidisciplinary Centre of international excellence in the study of childhood and youth that can contribute to theory and its application to policy and practice.

The Centre has seven core objectives:

to bring together multidisciplinary 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

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