2nd International Children and Youth Perspectives Conference
18 – 19 September 2025
Prague, Czechia
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About
The International Children and Youth Perspectives Conference is organised biennially by the Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University. It is an interdisciplinary space for academics, researchers, policymakers and practitioners to discuss innovative research, policy, and practice fostering child-centred (participatory) and rights-based approaches. It aims to probe the categories of 'child', 'children' and 'childhood' as socially constructed and explore children and young people's everyday experiences of social and cultural phenomena across multiple childhood contexts globally. Our mission is to provide a regular forum for furthering debate in childhood studies and related disciplines, address the gaps, inform relevant policies and practices, and spot emergent themes in the field.
For the 2025 iteration, we have partnered with the WONDRE project funded by the European Union (ERC StG 101114939). The conference is facilitated by Dr. Tereza Javornícky Brumovská, Dr. Anežka Kuzmičová and Dr. Markéta Supa, with assistance from Kristýna Gajová and Karolína Šimková.
2025 Theme: What Persists?
There seems to be an omnipresent emphasis in children and youth-related discourse on ongoing large-scale transformations - social, cultural, political, environmental, technological, and more. The 2025 iteration of the Children and Youth Perspectives Conference asks instead what remains in children and youth’s lived experiences, in childhood and youth studies, and in research and practice with children and youth, that has yet to be brought to the fore. What has been long present and is ongoing and remains to be addressed? What aspects of children and youth’s lived experience may seem generally known, taken for granted, solved, or well functioning, but are not? What does persistence mean and how is it practised in diverse situations and contexts?
Alongside theoretically and empirically based papers, we welcome thought-provoking critical commentaries and reflections from varied geographical locations and diverse contexts. Together with internationally and globally relevant topics and issues, we also wish to zoom in on niche and locally specific phenomena. Contributions from all disciplines and areas of practice are most welcome, but this time we would particularly like to encourage (1) papers bridging childhood and youth studies with arts, literature, and media studies, and/or (2) contributions focused on higher and professional education in childhood, children’s, and youth studies.
Keynotes
Dr. Macarena García-González
Dr. Macarena García-González
Macarena García-González is Ramón & Cajal Senior Researcher at the Communication Faculty of Pompeu Fabra University, where she coordinates the research group JOVIS on interdisciplinary approaches to youth and childhoods. She has authored, e.g., Origin Narratives. The Stories We Tell Children about Immigration and International Adoption (Routledge, 2017) and co-edited Children’s Cultures After Childhood (John Benjamins, 2023).
Prof. John Potter
Prof. John Potter
John Potter is Professor of Media in Education at University College London. His research, teaching and publications are in the fields of participatory research, new literacies, media education, and play, on and offscreen. He is the director of the UCL ReMAP Centre (Researching Media, Arts and Play). In his work, he argues for an inclusive definition of literacy for the digital age which encompasses the culture, interests and agency of young learners, their families and their teachers.
Prof. Sarah McGeown
Prof. Sarah McGeown
Sarah McGeown is Professor of Literacy at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on understanding and enhancing children and young people’s reading motivation, engagement, and affective reading experiences. Her work is participatory in nature and often involves practitioners and other stakeholders alongside child participants.
Registration
Registration is now closed as of 19 May 2025. Please note that due to the limited capacity of the venue, only accepted first presenters can attend the conference.
Venue
The Hybernská Campus
Centre of culture, innovation, science and education.
The Hybernská Campus was created by the Prague City Hall and Charles University with the aim of establishing a joint project for the development of intensified cooperation. The innovative potential of the disciplines of all seventeen faculties of the Charles University and many other university units comes to the Campus, uniting students, artists, scientists, researchers, creatives and innovators with the public and the city of Prague.
More information here.
1st Children and Youth Perspectives International Conference 2023 at the Hybernská Campus
Address: Hybernská 998/4, 110 00 Praha 1, Czechia
Conference venue: Building A, 3rd floor
Underground: B NÁMĚSTÍ REPUBLIKY and A&B MŮSTEK
Tram station Jidřišská: 3, 9, 14, 5, 6
Tram station Náměstí Republiky: 15, 8, 6, 26
Contacts
Email:
childrenandyouth.conference@gmail.com
Organising institution
Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism
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