International Conference on Childhood Studies

We invite proposals on topics including, but not limited to:

• Childhood psychology and child development
• Anthropology of children and childhood
• Sociology of childhood
• Children, identity and belonging
• Children's agency and participation
• Children's rights and child advocacy
• Childhood, inequality and social justice
• Children, migration and displacement
• Childhood, conflict and humanitarian crises
• Childhood, disability and inclusion
• Early childhood education and care
• Formal, informal and non-formal education
• Children and digital technologies
• Children, social media and digital childhoods
• Children, media and media representations of childhood
• Contemporary children's culture
• Children's play, creativity and imagination
• Children, family and parenthood
• Childhood and wellbeing
• Children and mental health
• Childhood, memory and intergenerational relationships
• Historical perspectives on childhood
• Children and the law
• Ethics and methodologies of child-centred research
• Children's literature and literature about childhood
• Children and childhood in art, film and popular culture
• Environmental education and children's relationships with nature
• Global and comparative perspectives on childhood

Paper proposals up to 250 words and a brief biographical note should be sent by 1 November 2026 to: childhood-studies@lcir.co.uk.