Global Studies of Childhood
Global Studies of Childhood was conceptualized as a multidisciplinary space for researchers to share work that interrogates and challenges the complexities inherent to young people’s lives in the 21st century. Over seven years it has been at the forefront of innovation from its inception as an online-only journal with alternative and cutting edge papers from authors in the disciplines of Education, the Social Sciences and Humanities. GSC is a discussion forum for ideas and empirical examples of the ways in which globalization and the associated conditions are experienced by children in multiple locations. Our Aims and Scope detail the wide range of interests that we have and this is also reflected in the depth of our Editorial Board. We are seeking papers from researchers who work with children and young people in a world context, where the impact of global imperatives on the lives of children has yet to be fully understood.
Global Studies of Childhood is a peer-reviewed, internationally focused, online research journal. GSC aims to present opportunities for scholars and emerging researchers to interrogate the ways in which globalization and new global perspectives impacts on childhoods. We hold a broad view of childhoods that goes beyond the traditional biological and chronological age definitions. We are interested in alternative conceptualisations of childhoods and the challenges inherent to young peoples contemporary and future lives in increasingly complex globalised world contexts.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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Global Studies of Childhood publishes peer-reviewed research about issues that pertain to contemporary childhoods in a globalised era. The impact of global imperatives on the lives of children has been significant. The experiences of childhood that take place within the situated spaces of geographic locales and culturally specific frames of reference are subject to global forces that complicate, disrupt and reconfigure the meanings associated with childhood/s on the local and global stage.
Our conceptualisation of childhood refers to a socially constructed category whose parameters are not necessarily fixed by factors such as biological development or chronological age. GSC is therefore interested in issues that pertain to childhood, here broadly conceived, and the challenges these pose to children’s lives and futures in an increasingly complex world. Issues around what constitutes childhood are therefore fundamental to discussions, as are ways in which we need to ensure that all children have basic human rights and are protected from exploitation. We are therefore interested and concerned about the lives of children, young people and young adults in a globalised context.
In canvassing and promoting quality research we hope to be better able to understand childhoods and extend our notions about the ways in which Global Studies of Childhood can make a contribution to educational, cultural and social theory in strategic and significant ways. GSC will enable the significant issues to be showcased and interrogated in a dedicated space. This will include interdisciplinary research, using various research design and methodologies.
We encourage the submission of a relevant high quality manuscripts that will include: reports of research and conceptual pieces; commentaries on published research articles, literature reviews; book reviews; colloquia and from time to time we will commission special editions and commentaries.
The primary audience for Global Studies in Childhood will be those in Education, Social Science and Humanities Programs, as well as professional educators and those involved in associated family and community services (for example, social welfare workers, health workers, and those working for NGOs). The journal aims to assist readers from a range of disciplinary and professional fields towards a better understanding of the substantive issues facing children globally. The multi-disciplinary focus ensures that the journal is relevant to professionals from a wide variety of inter-related disciplines that consider issues related to the lives of young children. For example, these may include social workers, allied health professionals and policy-makers as well as professionals who conduct research into the social contexts of education, literacy and numeracy, the new information technologies, the sciences and the arts. Additionally, it has a broad appeal to teachers and researchers interested in specific aspects and applications of curriculum, popular culture and social issues related to children and youth.
| Nicola Yelland | University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Samyia Ambreen | Manchester Metropolitan University, UK |
| Ame Christiansen | The University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Adam Coustley | The University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Vina Adriany | Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia |
| Ebru Aktan | Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey |
| Sonja Arndt | The University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Eugenia Arvanitis | The University of Patras, Greece |
| Clare Bartholomaeus | The University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Cassie Brownell | Ontario Institute of Education, Canada |
| Kathryn Coleman | The University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Jayson Cooper | University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Patrick Cox | Rutgers University, USA |
| Eyueil Abate Demissie | Kotebe University of Education, Ethiopia |
| Sue Grieshaber | La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia |
| Catherine Hamm | La Trobe University, Australia |
| Anette Hellman | The University of Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Allison Sterling Henward | Penn State University, USA |
| Rachel Holmes | Manchester Metropolitan University, UK |
| Andreas Jacobsson | The University of Gothenburg, Sweden |
| HongJu Jun | Sungshin Women’s University, South Korea |
| Anna Kilderry | Deakin University, Sydney, Australia |
| Rajani Konantambigi | Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India |
| Claudia Mitchell | McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
| Angela Molloy Murphy | University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Karen Nairn | The University of Otago, New Zealand Aotearoa |
| Bekisizwe S. Ndimande | The University of Texas, San Antonio, USA |
| John Nimmo | Portland State University, USA |
| John Potter | University College London, UK |
| Chen Shuangye | East China Normal University, PRC |
| Kylie Smith | The University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Marek Tesar | University of Auckland |
| Mark Vicars | Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia |
| Debbie Watson | University of Bristol, UK |
| Karen Wells | Birkbeck College, University of London, UK |
| Dylan Yamada-Rice | Royal College of Art, UK |
| Yan Zhu | University College, London, UK |
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