Upcoming Event
Exploring environmental sustainability: what issues matter to the lives of children and young people?
Wednesday 22nd January, 11.30-12.30
The SSRP and CIRCY, two University of Sussex 'Centres of Excellence', are hosting a workshop on sustainability research important to the lives of children and young people, with the support of the Widening Participation team. It brings together young people and researchers. Four presenters will give short inputs on their research, and participants will be invited to share their own ideas, responses, and questions. The event offers the opportunity to collaborate on exploring complex sustainability issues where answers are not straightforward, as well as to contribute to an idea for a new sustainability game.
- Eco-anxiety and the relationship between climate change and human and children rights – Dr Emanuela Orlando (Associate Professor in Environmental Law)
- Citizen science for sustainable menstrual health, Dr Chi Ezifula (Associate Professor in Infection, Brighton & Sussex Medical School)
- Nurturing Nature with(in) Children – Nature in Education, Kathleen Bailey (Postgraduate researcher, Department of Education)
- Sustainable Futures and Not-So-Serious Play, Dr Jo Walton (Research Fellow in Arts, Climate and Technology)
Centre of Excellence
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How can the voices of children be heard?
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CoE - Liam [Childhood + Youth] - Social Cut – TRANSCRIPT
[MUSIC: Whoosh sound effect into building strings]
[TITLE CARD: ‘Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth’]
Dr Liam Berriman: Voices of children remain amongst the most marginalised in policy and decision making in the UK.
[MUSIC: Whoosh sound effect into old detuned piano playing nostalgic chords]
Dr Liam Berriman: How children and young people experience society in this data driven and digital era is a key element of our work. We need to explore their perspective on the world and to do that in a very creative and innovative way.
[ON SCREEN TEXT: ‘Dr Liam Berriman Director, Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth’]
[MUSIC: Whoosh sound effect into staccato piano twinkling]
Dr Liam Berriman: My research involves gathering the voices of children and young people, as well as their families and carers and those who work with them, to improve how they’re treated, how they can access specialist services and how policies can be developed to best meet their needs.
Since so much of their lives involves data being gathered about them, we’re also concerned with how this information is used, particularly for the purpose of safeguarding. At our centre we can make the world a better place in terms of wanting meaningful change in their lives.
[MUSIC: A final positive chord plays on a keyboard]
[END CARD: University of Sussex logo ‘Impossible until it’s done ’ with URL sussex.ac.uk/impossible]
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