Children’s experiences, expressions and practices of citizenship and rights

15 May at 3:12 pm

Children's Rights, Children's Voice

PhD Viva Success for the Voice, Agency and Rights in Education (VARiE) research group at School of Education UCD.

Incredibly proud of VARiE member Jessica Daminelli who this week successfully defended her doctoral thesis “Children’s experiences, expressions and practices of citizenship and rights: an exploration through culture circles in Brazil and Ireland”.

Her doctoral research explores how children experience, make sense of, and practise citizenship and rights within everyday social spaces. The study is situated within ongoing debates in childhood studies and critical citizenship studies that challenge the positioning of children as “not-yet-citizens” and instead recognise them as citizens-in-the-now.

A big thank you to her amazing examiners Professor Deirdre Horgan and Dr Declan Fahie.

5 Mar at 9:57 am

International Forum on ‘Youth Human Rights Education’

It was a pleasure to host the Thematic Forum ‘Youth Human Rights Education’ funded by the UCD Geary Institute For Public Policy, with researchers and practitioners exploring how acknowledging diverse…

May 31, 2022

Assessing knowledge of children’s rights

How can we know what children know about their rights? Is it possible to assess this knowledge? If so, what is the best way to do it? Dr Aida Urrea…

June 25, 2021

Understanding children’s rights to peaceful assembly in the digital era

Children’s activities and education increasingly take place online, to the point that distinguishing between the online and offline worlds of children is increasingly challenging. While it is not uncommon for…