For the best dissertation on any issue relating to: The geographies of children, youth and families

DETAILS: The dissertations should usually be 10,000 words or more and should be submitted, along with a copy of the appropriate departmental dissertation regulations, to: Dr Lorraine Van Blerk/ Dr. Ruth Evans, Department of Geography, School of Human and Environmental Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AH. (l.c.vanblerk@reading.ac.uk or r.evans@reading.ac.uk)

Please also include a (post-September) contact address for the student. A department may not submit more than one entry.

CLOSING DATE: 30th September 2009

FIRST PRIZE: The dissertation judged to be the best will be awarded a prize of £50 and a complimentary subscription to the journal Children’s Geographies.

RUNNER-UP PRIZE: The runner-up will be awarded a prize of £25 and a complimentary subscription to the journal Children’s Geographies.

Part of the cash prize and subscriptions to Children’s Geographies are awarded courtesy of Routledge, Taylor and Francis.

A special edition on social determinants of child health and wellbeing has been edited in Health Sociology Review

Health Sociology Review Special Issue: Social Determinants of Child Health
and Wellbeing Volume 18 Issue 1 / 2009

Guest Editors: Jianghong Li, Anne McMurray, Eugen Mattes, Clyde Hertzman,
Fiona Stanley

The Editorial and the abstracts of individual papers can be accessed through
this link:

http://hsr.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/18/issue/1/social-determinants-of-child-health-and-wellbeing

If anyone would like to access full papers, please use her/his university
library system to access the journal and the special issue or contact the
authors.

Content

Editorial: Social determinants of child health and well-being
Jianghong Li, Eugen Mattes, Fiona Stanley,  Anne McMurray, Clyde Hertzman

Inequalities in infant mortality: Patterns, trends, policy responses and
emerging issues in Canada, Chile, Sweden and the United Kingdom
Ken Judge

Silent witnesses: Child health and well-being in England and Australia and
the health transition 1870–1940
Janet McCalman

Parental work schedules and adolescent depression
Wen-Jui Han, Daniel P Miller

The relationship between policy and place: The role of school meals in
addressing health inequalities
Jo Pike, Derek Colquhoun

School-based cognitive-behavioural interventions: A systematic review of
effects and inequalities
Josephine Kavanagh, Sandy Oliver, Theo Lorenc, Jennifer Caird, Helen Tucker,
Angela Harden, Adele Greaves, James Thomas, Ann Oakley

Kids’ lives in adult space and time: How home, community, school and adult
work affect opportunity for teenagers in suburban Australia
Philippa Williams, Barbara Pocock, Kennedy Bridge

Investment in early childhood in Australia: International comparisons and
recent trends
Ilan Katz, Gerry Redmond

Family Law as a determinant of child health and welfare: Shared parenting,
breastfeeding and the best interests of the child
Linda Sweet, Charmaine Power

Moorn (Black)? Djardak (White)? How come I don’t fit in Mum?: Exploring the
racial identity of Australian Aboriginal children and youth
Cheryl Kickett-Tucker

Book Reviews:

Seeing Red: Critical Narrative in ADHD Research
Prosser, Brenton
Reviewed by Adam Rafalovich

Social determinants of indigenous health
Bronwyn Carson, Terry Dunbar, Richard Chenhall and Ross Bailie (eds)
Reviewed by Phyll Dance

Society, culture and health: an introduction to sociology for nurses
Karen Willis and Shandell Elmer
Reviewed by Annette J Browne

Doing health policy in Australia
Paul Dugdale
Reviewed by Gavin Mooney

Risks, Identities and the Everyday
Julie Scott Jones and Jayne Raisborough (eds)
Reviewed by Matthias Gross

International Drug Control into the 21st Century
Hamid Ghodse (ed)
Reviewed by Alison Ritter

For more details,  please follow the link:  http://www.liv.ac.uk/law/cscfl/children/index.htm

The Vienna Institute of Demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences is
pleased to announce the Call for Papers for its conference on “Education and
Demography” to be held in Vienna, Austria, on 30 Nov. and 1 December 2009. I
would appreciate if you could have this Call for Papers announced on the
RC53 website and share it with colleagues who might be interested in the
topic. The deadline for submitting abstracts/papers is 1 June 2009. For
details see: http://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/educ/

Dear colleagues,

attached you find the Newsletter March 2009

Attached you find  a flyer for a new book by Ruth Evans and Saul Becker:

Ruth Evans /Saul Becker: Children caring for parents with HIV and AIDS.

Ghent (Belgium) 13-16 April, 2010 / Network: Education and Childhood

Panel Title:
Ensuring a Particular Childhood for All: the Movement towards a Global  Childhood

Panel Abstract
Over the past 100 years or so, there has been a movement towards a particular  childhood around the world. This has increasingly led people to talk of childhood, as opposed to childhoods both at the national and international level, as well as roles expected of children, without much  questioning. A number of factors have facilitated this process during the past century, including missionary education, colonial rule, the development of international law focusing on setting standards for all children and the strategies of international agencies such as UNICEF, the World Bank and others.

Thus, the aims of this panel are three-fold: 1) to critically demonstrate how these different movements have sought to create a particular notion of childhood within national boundaries as well as more internationally; 2) to critique these efforts and show how certain sectors of the population have reacted to, sought to compromise, resist or manipulate these historical
movements and 3) to assess the impact of these movements and what their implications are for understanding childhoods today.

Therefore, this panel will explore the movement towards ensuring a particular childhood for all children around the world. Papers can focus on different phenomena in recent history that have facilitated this process; for example, the impact  of Western-style education in colonies in the early part of the 20th century,  the impact of Christianity and the influence of missionaries,
especially missionary education, the role of colonial social welfare departments in different colonies, assimilation programmes introduced in countries such as Australia and Canada, international children’s rights law and the policies of international agencies and non-governmental organisations in the majority south.

Please submit abstracts of between 100 and 500 words to Afua Twum-Danso by 1st April 2009. Once you have received confirmation that your abstract has been accepted on the panel, presenters will need to individually submit their abstracts and complete the conference
pre-registration form by 1st May 2009, making sure to mention the name of the panel on the form. Website of the conference is:
http://www.iisg.nl/esshc/callforpapers2010.php

The panel convenors are Afua Twum-Danso, The University of Sheffield, UK and Robert Ame, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

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Afua Twum-Danso, PhD
Lecturer in the Sociology of Childhood
Department of Sociological Studies
University of Sheffield
Sheffield S10 2TU
Tel: (0114 22) 26444
Email: a.twum-danso@sheffield.ac.uk

The official Call for Papers for RC53 Sociology of Childhood is now available, along with other details on the Congress Web Site.

Please send your paper proposal by 15 September to Doris Bühler-Niederberger and to the organizer of the session you would like to choose for your paper.

Any individual may participate on up two sessions. Once your presentation is approved by the session chair, you must then submit an abstract of your paper on-line (instructions will be made available in due course). Abstracts are only accepted by the system from those who are already registered for the Congress. The deadline for submission of approved abstracts is May 1, 2010.

This conference aims to establish and continue a dialogue between specialists from a variety of academic disciplines in order to explore the phenomenon of children and teens as consumers in today’s society.

The first international conference was held at the European Centre for Children’s Products, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Poitiers, France 2004. The conference hosted 200 participants representing researchers and practitioners as well as students. Due to the success of this first meeting, it was agreed to make this a biannual event. The Copenhagen Business School hosted the second conference 2006 and the Norwegian Centre for Child Research the third 2008. The Department of Child Studies at Linköping University in Sweden now welcomes you to join us in creating a tradition worthy of the growing academic interest in the field.

The conference will take place June 16-18, 2010, at the beautiful historical industrial settings of Campus Norrköping.

Structure: Panels and sessions with commentators.

Language: English.

Submission of abstracts for session proposals, individual papers, (around 1000 words) and newly published book sessions, October 2, 2009.

Submission of full papers, May 1, 2010.

Details at:

http://www.tema.liu.se/tema-b/ctc2010

Correspondence: ctc2010@liu.se

Anna Sparrman, PhD, Assistant Professor
Tema Barn/Department of Child Studies
Linköpings universitet/Linköping University
SE-581 83 Linköping
Sweden
Ph: +46(0)13-28 29 64
Fax: +46 (0)13-28 29 00
E-Mail: anna.sparrman@liu.se

Dear Colleagues,

Claudio Baraldi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia is looking for international cooperation partners in a project on: International Cooperation on Peace Education and Children Empowerment

Proposal of research project (FP 2009)

Peace Education And Children Empowerment (PEACE). A research on CISV international group activities to analyse the effectiveness of educational values and methodologies.

Claudio Baraldi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)

1. Concepts and Objectives

The problematic achievement of intercultural communication and intercultural education in Europe is increasingly seen as a topical issue. The awareness of Europe as multicultural society leads to new and urgent programs, in particular addressed to children, in order to promote their competence and sensitivity in intercultural relations, both inside the specific countries and in the international relationships.

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