International Child and Family Conference 2025 at the University of Bristol, UK

Several team members presented at the first International Child and Family Conference  (external link) in Bristol from June 17–19, 2025. The conference, coordinated by Afua Twum-Danso Imoh, gathered more than 200 specialists from 28 countries to explore pressing issues related to children’s rights, protection, and participation. The event emphasized interdisciplinary collaboration and global perspectives, creating a platform for innovative research and policy dialogue. 

Michelle Andrina, Emilia Gonzalez, Abdul-Rahim Mohammed, and Mónica Ruiz-Casares organized and presented findings from the Who Minds the Children? project in the panel Child Supervision in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An International Collaboration to Enhance Research & Inform Action. Afua Twum-Danso Imoh convened, among others, a panel discussion on critical children’s rights involving several of the editors and contributors to the new open access book Critical Children’s Rights Studies: A Research Companion (external link)  (Routledge). Geneviève Grégoire-Labrecque shared some of her doctoral work on students’ environmental mobilization in schools. Mónica Ruiz-Casares also convened a panel with other members of the International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership (ICCRP). Participation was possible with funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.