Conferences

Over the last 20 years or so childhood studies has grown significantly, especially within Europe and North America. However, although a number of theoretical and methodological publications have been produced situated within this field, very few of these studies focus on childhood in the global south. Instead, the majority of studies that focus on the global south have been empirical, often situated within theoretical frameworks that have been developed in the global North.

eLearning Africa is the continent’s largest gathering of high-level policy makers, decision makers and practitioners from education, business and government. It is the key networking event for developing eLearning capacities in Africa. Deadline for receipt of all proposals is Friday, December 9th, 2011.

The choice of the theme for the Fifth IPC was based on the growing interest in the adoption of children from Africa to other continents, and the ostensible lack of comprehensive regulation on the subject currently prevailing in the continent, which sometimes leads to discrepancies in the system, and abuse or exploitation of children. The situational analysis of intercountry adoption has not been comprehensively documented in Africa, creating a vacuum on the status of the system in the continent.

The aim of the conference is to perceive and create futures through the eyes of today’s youth, adults and decision makers for the young people of the future. The course of a youth’s life, both today and toward the future, covers an entire spectrum of reality. Focusing on faith in young people, their ability and determination to build an inevitably different and in many ways an improved world for us all to live in is the focal point of this conference.

Deadline for abstracts: January 31, 2012

The University of Chicago and the French Development Agency are pleased to announce this one and one half day conference to be held in Paris.

Call for paper proposals, deadline 15th February 2012.

The European Sociological Association, Sociology of Children and Childhood Research Network is organising a Mid-term Symposium in June 18-20, 2012, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Please submit your abstract and full contact details as electronic files no later than the 28th February 2012.

Motivations for, and modes of migration are diverse and often overlapping: from voluntary labor migration to family migration to forced migration due to climate change, lack of food security, war, or ethnic and religious conflict. Common to all forms of migration, though, is that the economic, social and cultural relations in both sending and destination countries are altered as a result.

Deadline for submitting the application form is 15th February 2012.

The 2012 Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum will examine the role and responsibility of the media with their images and   messages. How can media contribute constructively to cultural diversity? How can they serve to enhance awareness of the essential importance of education for sustainable development? Can media themselves carry out educational activities? Do they serve as a role model for presenting and conveying educational content?   

Papers are invited on all aspects of the representation of youth, including issues of cultural expression and recognition, image construction and stereotyping, as well as ‘political’ representation and participation. Papers which foreground young people's own voices are particularly welcome, as are those which address how the politics of representation reflect the diversity and heterogeneity of ‘youth’.

Deadline for receipt of abstracts (300 words maximum): Friday 2nd March 2012

Social Welfare, Social Work and Social Development: Policy Options for a Sustainable Future

The Joint Biennial World Conference of the International Association of Schools of Social Work, the International Council on Social Welfare and the International Federation of Social Workers in cooperation with Swedish partners is set for Stockholm, Sweden in 2012.

To celebrate the 10th year of the establishment of the Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth at Sheffield University, this conference addresses the theme of diversity in the lives of children and young people.

Deadline for Abstracts: 31st January 2012.

The theme for this congress, represents a shift in focus from ‘processes’ for child mental health advancement, which formed the basis of the themes for the last three congresses in the previous decade and the first in this one, to scientific advancement and breakthroughs that will lay the foundations for better understanding of and caring for the mental health problems of children in future.

Deadline for abstract submissions: 29 February 2012

Societies are facing increasing levels of risk and uncertainty in disaster situations. This makes delivering humanitarian aid in disaster situations a complicated and controversial subject. Whilst there are numerous examples of good practice that re-lief workers can point to, there are also countless instances of exploitative and/or inappropriate interventions that those receiving aid have to contend with. This con-ference asks whether it is time for a paradigm shift in the manner in which aid is delivered and who can be legitimately involved in such work. Deadline for submitting abstracts: 4 May 2012

The ISA Forum will provide an array of opportunities for a global dialogue about transformative change.

The theme of the 22nd EECERA conference: Pre-Birth To Three: Identities, Learning, Diversities flows from the ethical stance of the Association which sets out a democratic commitment to work with diversities from birth and to share research, practices and policies around a network of themes related to very young children's life, learning and development.

"Positive Experiences, Successful Outcomes for Looked After and other Vulnerable Children" is the focus of the 12th conference organised by European Scientific Association for Residential and Foster Care for Children and Adults (EUSARF)

Opening Date for Abstract Submission: 31 January

Closing Date for Abstract Submission: 20 February

2nd International Conference of the International Childhood and Youth Research Network The international research conference is aimed at researchers (both new and experienced), policy-makers and practitioners from all around the world.

Abstracts (up to 150 words) are invited to be submitted by 5pm on 31st March 2012.  

Theme: Every Child Matters: Promoting Local, National and International Partnerships for Child Protection

Decades of work on child abuse and neglect have shown that the most effective way to deal with this multifaceted problem is through integrating our resources and efforts. The goal for this congress will be to focus on partnerships and allow us to discover the best ways to integrate human resources to prevent, to detect and to effectively intervene with child abuse and neglect around the globe.

The first Biennial Anglia Ruskin Childhood and Youth Research Institute International Conference. The Childhood and Youth Research Institute is a multi-disciplinary initiative, bringing together the diverse expertise of academics from a variety of scholarly backgrounds, all of whom share an interest in childhood and youth. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words and should be submitted by 29 February 2012.

Child in the city 2012 is an international conference where scientists, (urban)planners and authorities gather. Together they have a great deal of knowledge and they see it as their task to spread the word. 

The 6th ESFR Congress will focus on the implications of contemporary social, cultural and economic changes, and the challenges these raise for family relations, family practices and family policy. We also invite contributors to reflect on the implication of these changes for research methods.

Deadline for submission of abstracts 15 March 2012

The Association of Schools of Social Work in Africa  invites you to its first ever International Social Work Conference to be hosted in one of the most beautiful parts of Africa – the Ingwenyama Conference and Sport Resort, White River, South Africa.

Abstract deadline : 31 May 2012  

The “V World Congress for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, San Juan, Argentina 2012” shall focus on Childhood and Adolescence and the social changes processes involved: childhood as a possibility of change and emancipation and at the same time, the way in which childhood and adolescence are affected by these ongoing social changes.

Deadline ABSTRACTS: 30 April 2012  

The International Juvenile Justice Observatory is pleased to announce that the 5th Biennial Conference will be held at the London 2012 Olympic Park on Monday 5 to Wednesday 7 November 2012.