CREAN Conference Postdam
Interdisciplinary and Intersectional Challenges in Childhood Studies and Children's Rights
26-27 March 2020
University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam, Germany
Recently, intersectionality has started to be an important approach in interdisciplinary human and children’s rights oriented research. The term was introduced in the late 1980s by Kimberlé Crenshaw. Discussions on intersectionality as an important concept in contemporary research and activism have been placed mainly in women’s studies, gender studies, sex and race studies and increasingly in discriminatory practices due to class, religion, language and education. However, until today, in childhood and children’s rights studies intersectionality has not received only limited attention. There is wide agreement, that childhood and children’s rights can only be meaningfully researched from several, overlapping disciplines - similarly, children rights (violations) need to be looked at through the intersection of various factors. The conference therefore aims to unravel and discuss the contemporary interdisciplinary and intersectional challenges faced by childhood and children’s rights scholars today. It aims at creating conditions for dialogue as well as exchange of experiences and ideas from research and of activism connected with children’s rights and childhoods in different contexts, space and places.
Audience
This scientific conference, which is part of the activities developed by the Children’s Rights European Academic Network (CREAN), is open to CREAN members as well as for other interested participants. We particularly invite researchers, teachers and students, activists and policy-makers, staff members of NGOs and international organizations who work on themes related to intersectionality, interdisciplinarity, childhood, children’s rights, human rights studies and cognate academic fields.
Children´s Rights European Academic Network (CREAN)
This is the bi-annual conference of the Children´s Rights European Academic Network (CREAN). CREAN aims to further enhance the academic field of children's rights as an interdisciplinary field of studies.
The network is composed of European higher education institutions that work together to support the development of education, research and outreach activities. Through its networking activities, CREAN acts as a platform for the promotion and exchange of information on scientific research and fosters research collaborations between its members.
Speakers
- Prof. Dr. Manfred Liebel, TU Berlin (emer.); Patron MA Childhood Studies and Children’s Rights
- Prof. Dr. Ton Liefaard, UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights, Leiden University
- Dr. Spyros Spyrou, European University Cyprus
- Dr. Afua Twom-Danso Imoh, University of Sheffield
Organizing and Scientific Committee
- MA Childhood Studies and Children's Rights, University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam
- Dr. Rebecca Budde
- Dr. Urszula Markowska-Manista
- Prof. Dr. Manfred Liebel
CREAN Steering Committee
- Prof. Dr. Natália Fernandes, Institute of Education, Universidade do Braga
- Prof. Dr. Karl Hanson, Centre for Children’s Rights Studies, University of Geneva Prof.
- Dr. Ton Liefaard, UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights, Leiden University
- Dr. Roberta Ruggiero, Centre for Children’s Rights Studies, University of Geneva
- Prof. Dr. Kay Tisdall, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh
- Dr. Rebecca Budde, Department of Social-and Educational Sciences, University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam
Administrative support
University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam; Students of the MA Childhood Studies and Children’s Rights; CREAN Coordination Office
