Thursday 5th December, 2-4.30pm GMT
Room 5.11, Charteris Land, Holyrood Campus
University of Edinburgh EH8 8AQ
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We warmly welcome you to attend our forthcoming event. There is every-increasing interest in participatory research methods with children, and growing consideration of their ethical and practical dilemmas. The event will be an opportunity to consider their use with young children in children’s rights research, with practical examples from recent fieldwork in Brazil, Greece, South Africa and Scotland.

The seminar will:

• share participatory methods that have been used with young children in children’s rights research
• consider their ethical, methodological and practical implications, including their applicability across the diversity of young children and contexts and suitability for children’s rights research
• provide opportunities for exchange of experiences, resources and networks

This seminar is primarily aimed at early career and emerging children’s rights researchers across disciplines and organisations, including PhD students. We also welcome established children’s rights researchers with research interests related to young children and non-academic practitioners and professionals who work with young children directly or indirectly.

Plenary speakers will include:

• Rhona Matheson, Starcatchers, Dr Rachel Drury, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Dr Cara Blaisdell, Queen Margaret University
• Prof Kate Wall and Dr Zinnia Mevawalla, University of Strathclyde

Presentations will be followed by interactive workshops. We strongly encourage in-person attendance where possible. A hybrid option will be offered for the plenary sessions.

Contact us with any questions at childrens.rights@ed.ac.uk.

The seminar is a collaboration between:

• The Research Network on Children’s Human Rights, which is part of The Observatory on Children’s Human Rights Scotland. We appreciate the funding from the Royal Society of Edinburgh in supporting this Network.
• The Children’s Rights European Academic Network (CREAN). We appreciate the funding from CREAN, which is supporting this seminar.
• The Children and Young People Thematic Hub, MHSES at the University of Edinburgh.