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Welcome to the International Childhood and Youth Research Network (ICYRNet)

This website aims to inform organizations and individuals who are interested in childhood and youth research. The website is supported by the member organizations of the International Childhood and Youth Research Network.



The Network’s mission is to promote, internationally, the inter-disciplinary study of children and young people in order to further awareness and understanding of issues that affect their well being. more...

 

  • Progress for Children: A report card on adolescents examines the lives and prospects of the 1.2 billion adolescents in the world using latest available statistical data from a variety of sources, including UNICEF’s own databases. More . . .
  • New Book: The Changing Faces of Ireland:Exploring the Lives of Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Children. more....
  • Children Who Use Drugs: The Need for More Clarity on State Obligations in International Law. International Journal on Human Rights and Drug Policy, vol. 1 (2010).more.... 
  • New Book: You Can Help Your Country: English children´s work during the Second World War. more....
  • UNICEF´s New Publication: The State of the World’s Children 2011. more....
  • You Respond: Promoting Effective Project Participation by Young People who have Experienced Violence: A Guide to Good Practice through Training and Development. more...
  • The Centre for the  Study of Childhood and Youth at the University of Sheffield  established a network of global childhood studies researchers in 2009. more...
  • NEW BOOK: Rethinking Children and Research: Attitudes in Contemporary Society , London: Continuum. New paperback book by Mary Kellett (2010) more…
  • NEW BOOK: A Handbook of Children and Young People’s Participation  more...

  • Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada offers an innovative new Master of Arts program leading to a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Early Childhood Studies more...  

  • European Master in Childhood Studies and Children’s Rights (Qualification). The course deals with all aspects of childhood, viewed as a socio-cultural construct, and with theories of children’s rights and practice in adult-child relationships more...

  • HandsOnScotland is an online resource for anybody working with children and young people. The website provides practical information and techniques on how to respond helpfully to children and young people s troubling behaviour, build up their self-esteem and promote their positive mental wellbeing more...

  • MSc.in International Childhood Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London more...

  • Prof. Dr. Brian K. Barber is pleased to announce his new book titled "Adolescents and war: How youth deal with political violence". The book  will come out in few weeks more...

  • Job Announcement: Lesley University - Assistant/Associate Professor, Part-Time, Child Studies  More . . .

  • Research Report by Knowing Children - Everyday fears: Childrens perceptions of living in the southern border area of Thailand more...
  • NEW BOOK: HIV Testing attitudes and behaviours: -An analysis of adolescents and young-adults in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean by Beverly Andrews and published by Lamber Academic Publishers.  More . . .


  • Call for Abstracts for a Special Issue of Children, Youth and Environment: “Children, Violence, Community and the Physical Environment” more . . .

  • New Book Announcement: Recess Battles: Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling (University Press of Mississippi, 2010) by Dr. Anna Beresin.  For more information see recessbattles.com or amazon.

  • Educational Programs at The School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria. more....

 

  • 2nd International Conference of the International Childhood and Youth Research Network. Second announcement and Call for Papers: Children, Young People and Adults: Extending the Conversation, University of Central Lancashire, UK, 5th to 7th September, 2012  More...
  • Inter-Congress of International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES): “Children and Youth in a Changing World”, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India, November 26-30, 2012

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