The Childhood, Law & Policy Network (CLPN)

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A special issue of the journal Childhood is out: "Childhood & Temporality: A Multidisciplinary, Critical Approach to Time."

The editors are our members, Hunter Knight and Shauna Pomerantz.

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Call for articles: "International Perspectives on Secure Childcare."

For a special issue of the journal Social Sciences.

Manuscripts are due by 31 December.

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We've created a detailed list of 139 films on childhood, which can be used for teaching these subjects:

www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/media/c...

We're delighted to interview our member, Heather Montgomery, about her new book -

Familiar Violence: A History of Child Abuse:

www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...

The latest issue of the journal Girlhood Studies is out, dedicated to the theme of "Voices and Agency: Pregnant and Parenting Girls":

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Research Assistant at The University of Edinburgh Apply now for the Research Assistant role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

Academic job: Research assistant for a project on "International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership" at the University of Edinburgh (UK).

Applications are due by 28 August.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC632/r...

Call for articles: "Children’s Rights & Representations."

For a special issue of the journal Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures.

Manuscripts are due by 6 July, 2026.

Academic job: A 4-year postdoctoral fellowship for a research project on early years & childhood studies.

The fellow will work at the University of Melbourne (Australia) under the guidance of our member, Marek Tesar.

Applications due by 28 August.

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Call for papers and panels for the 10th conference of the International Society for Child Indicators: "Child Wellbeing Across Environments."

Abstracts are due by 5 October.

The conference will take place at the University of Oregon (US) from 29 June to 1 July 2026.

isci2026.org/abstracts

Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Primary & Childhood Education at Edge Hill University Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

Academic job: Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Primary & Childhood Education at Edge Hill University (UK).

Applications are due by 4 August.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNZ880/l...

We're delighted to interview our member, Salvador Santino Regilme, about his edited collection, Children's Rights in Crisis: Multidisciplinary, Transnational, and Comparative Perspectives:

www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...

3. "Youth Transitions from Care" - manuscripts are due by 30 September:

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2. "Youth Well-Being and Social Environments" - manuscripts are due by 31 August:
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1. "Exclusionary Discipline and Youth Power in K-12 Education" - manuscripts are due by 15 August:

www.mdpi.com/journal/yout...

Calls for articles for three special issues of the journal Youth:

1. "Exclusionary Discipline and Youth Power in K-12 Education";
2. "Youth Well-Being and Social Environments";
3. "Youth Transitions from Care".

Details and links - in the comments below.

Academic job: Assistant Professor of Law and Advocacy with Children, Youth and Families at Santa Clara University (California, US).

Applications are due by 1 October.

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Call for articles by early-career academics: "Early Childhood Studies: Global Perspectives."

For a special issue of the journal Research in Education, Curriculum, and Pedagogy: Global Perspectives.

Abstracts are due by 10 August.

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Lecturer in Health and Social Care and Child Care, Part Time Hourly… We are seeking to appoint a lecturer to deliver key aspects of both the Health and Social Care and Child Care qualifications such as safeguarding, child…

Academic job: Lecturer in Child Care (part time, hourly paid) at Grŵp Llandrillo Menai - an umbrella organization overseeing the operation of three member colleges in North Wales, the UK.

Applications are due by 12 August.

www.gllm.ac.uk/jobs/lecture...

Academic job: Senior Academic Research Leader in Children's Social Care at the University of Oxford (UK).

Applications are due by 18 September.

www.education.ox.ac.uk/rees-centre/...

Call for conference papers and panels: "Neighbors and Neighborhoods in Children's Literature, Media, and Culture."

Proposals are due by 15 October.

The conference will take place in Pittsburgh (US) in May 2026.

www.childlitassn.org/2026-call-fo...

Professor of Childhood Studies (Based in Copenhagen or Aarhus) at University of Aarhus Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

Academic job: Professor of Childhood Studies at the University of Aarhus (Denmark).

Applications are due by 25 August.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNW367/p...

Call for articles (in English, Spanish, or Portuguese): "The History of Childhood and Youth in Latin America."

For a special issue of the journal Historia Crítica.

Article will be received between 15 December, 2025, and 16 February, 2026.

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The latest issue of the Journal of Childhood, Education & Society is out:

www.j-ces.com/index.php/jc...

Call for chapters for an edited collection published by Routledge: "Children's Literature and Graphic Narrative."

Abstracts are due by 1 October.

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/07/...

Journal of Child and Family Studies Journal of Child and Family Studies is an international, peer-reviewed journal focusing on the behavioral health and well-being of children, adolescents, and ...

The latest issue of the Journal of Child and Family Studies is out:

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MSCA and Frontiers for Young Minds publish call for abstracts for young fellows Would you like to be able to explain your research to your family and friends, even the youngest ones? Then this call for abstracts might be for you!

Call for papers by early-career academics for an edited collection on "Young researchers who will change the world."

Abstracts are due by 31 July.

The abstracts will be reviewed by students aged 8-15.

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We're delighted to interview our members, Valeria Llobet, Didier Reynaert, Afua Twum-Danso Imoh, and Wouter Vandenhole, about their edited collection, Critical Children’s Rights Studies: A Research Companion:

www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...

Research Fellow: Long-term effectiveness of parenting interventions for youth crime and violence at University of Greenwich Recruiting now: Research Fellow: Long-term effectiveness of parenting interventions for youth crime and violence on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top...

Academic job: A research fellow for a project on youth crime and violence at the University of Greenwich (UK).

Applications are due by 8 August.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNW800/r...

The latest issue of the journal NEOS - published by ACYIG (the American Anthropological Association's Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest Group) - is now out:

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Academic job: Postdoctoral researchers for a project on children and youth at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Applications are due by 22 July.

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