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Events, Training/Education

Education and Armed Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Education and Armed Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa
Arnhold Symposium 2015 in New York City

When?            October 29 to 30, 2015
Where?          German Center for Research and Innovation and The New School for Social Research, NY, NY

The Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, the German Center for Research and Innovation and The New School for Social Research are pleased to invite all interested parties to the Arnhold Symposium on Education for Sustainable Peace 2015, at which critical scholars from a broad spectrum of disciplines working on the complex relationship between education and armed conflict in sub-Saharan Africa will gather in New York City to present their research.  Continue reading Education and Armed Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa →

Events, Resources

Exploring Childhood Studies in the Global South

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The ‘Exploring Childhood Studies in the Global South’ project seeks to bring together researchers exploring childhood and children’s lives in diverse contexts in the Global South to engage in theory development using the various empirical studies that have been produced on Southern childhoods as a starting point for dialogue and action.

The central questions of this project are:  

  1. How, if at all, do theoretical concepts relating to childhood research in the North transfer to various social, cultural and political contexts in the Global South?
  2. What are the key theoretical priorities for child-focused researchers working in diverse contexts in the Global South and why?/What theoretical concepts do childhood researchers focusing on Southern childhoods find most useful and why?
  3. How can these theoretical priorities identified by child-focused researchers working on Southern childhoods be better reflected in dominant discourses within the interdisciplinary field of childhood studies?
  4. What challenges exist which may prevent the incorporation of theories developed by academics focusing on Southern childhoods into more dominant discourses relating to childhood studies?

These questions will be addressed through two initiatives in particular:

  1. The organisation of a three-day workshop in January 2016 for childhood academics and researchers with various levels of experience working within diverse Southern contexts including those based within institutions in the South.

    Dates: 19-21 January 2016
    Venue: The University of Sheffield

  2. The development of a website which will host the following:
    1. The Southern Childhoods Network which is a virtual network of childhood scholars, policy-makers and practitioners which seeks to facilitate dialogue, action and collaboration.
    2. An online database of childhood researchers and academics focusing on the Global South.
    3. A database of open access articles in English, French and Spanish with a particular focus on childhood and children’s lives in the Global South.
    4. Webinars facilitated by key academics in the area of global childhood studies.

      The website will be launched by the end of September 2015.

The project is managed by Dr. Afua Twum-Danso Imoh at the University of Sheffield, hosted by the Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth and funded by the British Academy Rising Star Scheme.

Calls for Papers: Conferences, Events

Call for Proposals | Global Summit on Childhood

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San José, Costa Rica | 31 March – 02 April 2016

A sustainable world begins with childhood. Join us and other individuals concerned about the status and outlook of childhood in a changing world.

Share your perspectives. The Call for Proposals deadline is 28 September 2015.

The 2016 Global Summit on Childhood will be held in San José, Costa Rica, from31 March – 02 April 2016. Participants at the summit will have the opportunity to explore the status and outlook of childhood from diverse perspectives and disciplines such as childhood studies, education, sociology, anthropology, public health, nutrition, architecture and design, neuroscience, and social work. The theme of the summit, “Creating a Better World for Children and Youth through Sustainability, Social Innovation, and Synergy,” is particularly timely, as 2016 marks the official implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals that will be adopted by the United Nations this September. These goals intend to guide a path toward inclusive and shared prosperity in a peaceful and resilient world. Since children and youth will be the torchbearers of this new world vision, we must embrace a shared vision of a better world for our children.

The Call for Proposals can be accessed here. Please feel free to share with your colleagues and networks.

Flexible sponsorship opportunities are also available to promote your program or organization.

For more information on the Global Summit on Childhood, visit www.acei.org, or email globalsummit@acei.org.

Calls for Papers: Conferences, Events

Tackling school sports injury Royal Society of Medicine

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We would be very interested to know of anyone researching children’s and young people’s views and experiences of sport and of sports-related injuries, and adults’ perceptions of these topics.

The attached file gives details of an open conference at the Royal Society of Medicine London on 14th September Tackling school sports injury (6 CPD points)

Book your place here: www.rsm.ac.uk/events/EPF04

Registration is now open for this highly-anticipated meeting which will examine the latest research on childhood injury resulting from sport participation.

You will hear a leading panel of interdisciplinary specialists examine governmental policy, socio-cultural aspects and injury surveillance and prevention strategies. You also have the chance to join in with a debate on children’s autonomy and choice in competitive or alternative sports.

If you are working in these areas in any discipline, we hope you will contact us to tell us about your research.

Professor Priscilla Alderson UCL Institute of Education p.alderson@ioe.ac.uk

Professor Allyson Pollock Queen Mary University London allyson.pollock@GMAIL.COM

Events, Training/Education

Workshop at King’s College London: Children’s benefit or burden?

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Children’s benefit or burden?

A workshop about how young people have been used to promote ideas of the future and why this matters today

3 September 2015, King’s College London
NGOs, academics, museum professionals and policy makers working with, on and for children are invited to explore how and why children were mobilised and represented in the past – and what lessons this history offers us today. 
 

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Events, Training/Education

Conference: young people affected by sexual violence as change-makers in prevention efforts

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Cumberland Lodge – ‘Young people affected by sexual violence as change-makers in prevention efforts’ a one day international colloquium on participatory practice and the ethical challenges it presents

Monday 28th September 2015, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, UK

This unique, inter-disciplinary conference will bring together leading children’s rights advocates, researchers and practitioners to explore the benefits, opportunities and risks of participatory working with young people affected by sexual violence.

Confirmed speakers include: International Child Rights Advocate Gerison Lansdown; leading academics, Professor Jenny Pearce OBE and Dr Kristine Hickle; and expert practitioners from PhotoVoice (UK), ECPAT International (Thailand) and Stichting Alexander (Netherlands).

This inter-institutional, inter-disciplinary event will provide an interactive space for discussions on creative and therapeutic tools for effective practice; ethical dilemmas and legal implications of participatory work; and the opportunities and challenges that social media presents for involving more young people in prevention efforts.

£45 registration fee including lunch and dinner, limited spaces available. Please register here: http://www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/Programme/Forthcoming+events/Participation+for+Prevention

Email: participationforprevention@cumberlandlodge.ac.uk for further details.

Events

Conference – The Great Outdoors? Children, Young People and Families in Natural and Rural Spaces

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The Great Outdoors? Children, Young People and Families in Natural and Rural Spaces

9th-10th September 2015

The University of Northampton, UK

A draft programme for the conference can be found here: http://institute-of-health-and-wellbeing.org.uk/events/call-for-papers-the-great-outdoors-children-young-people-and-families-in-natural-and-rural-spaces, along with details of how to register.