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Childhood

A journal of global child research

eISSN: 14617013 | ISSN: 09075682 | Current volume: 31 | Current issue: 1 Frequency: Quarterly


Childhood is a major international peer reviewed journal and a forum for research relating to children in global society that spans divisions between geographical regions, disciplines, and social and cultural contexts. Childhood publishes theoretical and empirical articles, reviews and scholarly comments on children's social relations and culture, with an emphasis on their rights and generational position in society.

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Childhood is a major international peer reviewed journal and a forum for research relating to children in global society that spans divisions between geographical regions, disciplines, and social and cultural contexts. Childhood publishes theoretical and empirical articles, reviews and scholarly comments on children's social relations and culture, with an emphasis on their rights and generational position in society.

Editors
Tatek Abebe Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Sarada Balagopalan Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA
Karl Hanson University of Geneva, Switzerland
Spyros Spyrou European University, Cyprus
Managing Editor
Ragnhild Berge Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Editorial Board
Kristine Alexander University of Lethbridge, Canada
Claudio Baraldi Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Sharon Bessell Australian National University, Australia
David Buckingham Loughborough University, UK
Fina Carpena-Méndez Oregon State University, USA
Kristen Cheney International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands
Ning de Coninck-Smith Danish University of Education, Denmark
Dympna Devine University College Dublin, Ireland
Florian Eßer Universität Osnabrück, Germany
Marjorie Faulstich Orellana University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Claudia Fonseca Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande do Sol, Brazil
Pascale Garnier Université Paris 13, France
Afua Twum-Danso Imoh University of Bristol, UK
Peter Kraftl University of Birmingham, UK
Johanna Mierendorff Martin Luther University, Germany
Heather Montgomery The Open University, UK
Yaw Ofosu-Kusi University of Education, Ghana
Samantha Punch University of Stirling, UK
Lucia Rabello De Castro Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rebecca Raby Brock University, Canada
Rachel Rosen University College London, UK
Anna Sparrman Linköping University, Sweden
Rachael Stryker California State University, USA
Former Editors
Leena Alanen University of Jyvaskyla, Finland (2009 - 2022)
Daniel Thomas Cook Rutgers University-Camden, USA (2008-2020)
Ivar Frønes University of Oslo, Norway (founding editor, 1993-1999)
Chris Jenks Brunel University, UK (1996-2006)
Virginia Morrow University of Oxford, UK (2006-2016)
Olga Nieuwenhuys University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (2005-2013)
Jens Qvortrup Norwegian Centre for Child Research, Norway (1998-2007)
Irene Rizzini Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sharon Stephens University of Michigan, USA (1994-1998)
Barrie Thorne University of California at Berkeley, USA (1999-2009)
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