Call for symposium papers: "Digital Geographies of Childhood and Youth." The international symposium will take place at Heidelberg University (Germany) from 22 to 24 June. Among the organizers is our member, Peter Kraftl. Abstracts are due by 8 March. www.transient-spaces.org/cfp-digital-...

Call for conference papers: "More-than-human dimensions of learning and children's geographies." For a session at the annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society, which will take place in London (UK) in September. Abstracts are due by 25 February.

Call for conference papers: "Family, discipline, and the making of unequal childhoods." For a session at the annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society, which will take place in London (UK) in September. Abstracts are due by 28 February.

The latest issue of the Journal of Childhood, Education & Society is out: www.j-ces.com/index.php/jc...

CFP: "Towards just places through children’s geographies in, of, and for, education." For a session at the annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society (London, September). The session is co-organized by our member, Lauren Hammond. Abstracts are due by 2 March.

Academic job: Senior Research Fellow for a project on "Child Online Harms Policy" at the University of East London (UK). Applications are due by 17 February. www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...

Call for papers: "Geographies of Crisis: Youth Perspectives." For a session at the Nordic Geographers Meeting, which will take place at the University of Iceland in June. Abstracts are due by 9 March.

Call for conference papers: "New Frontiers in Youth Participation." The conference will take place in June at the University of Galway (Ireland). Abstracts are due by 6 March. universityofgalwayunesco.clr.events/event/139308

Call for nominations: the Neil Sutherland Prize for articles / chapters on the history of children and youth. Nominations are due by 15 February. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

CFP: "Climate justice, creativity & humour: learning with & from children & young people." For a session at the conference of the Royal Geographical Society, which will take place in September in London (UK). The session is co-organized by our member Catherine Walker. Abstracts due 23 February.

Call for conference panels: Children in the Middle East, North Africa, the Gulf & their diasporic communities. Sponsored by @amecys.bsky.social for the annual conference of the Middle East Studies Association in Boston in November. Proposals due by 9 February. www.amecys.org/amecys-at-mesa

Call for book proposals for the series Sociological Studies of Children and Youth.

The latest issue of the journal Strenæ: Research on Children’s Books and Cultural Objects is out: journals.openedition.org/strenae/1147...

Call for articles: "Childhood, Gender and Crises." For a special issue of the journal Gender & History. Abstracts are due by 31 May. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/gen...

The latest issue of the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth is out: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56180

Calls for papers: 1. "Postcolonial Fantasy for Young People"; 2. "Reframing Adoption Narratives in Children's Literature." For sessions at the Modern Language Association conference (January 2027, Los Angeles). Abstracts are due by 1 March. Links - in the comments below.

CFP: "Place, Space & Mobilities in Young People’s Everyday Life." For a session at the annual Nordic Youth Research conference, which will take place at Stockholm University (Sweden) from 20 to 22 October. Abstracts due 30 Jan. The conference website is www.su.se/english/divi...

Call for conference papers: "Social Radicalism, Wanderlust, and Utopianism in Children’s and Young-Adult Literature." The conference will take place at the University of Zagreb (Croatia) in June. Abstracts are due by 20 February. www.childlitassn.org/assets/CfA_B...

Call for articles in English or Italian: "The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Children's and Young-adult Literature." For a special issue of the Italian journal Pagine giovani. Abstracts are due by 31 January. www.childlitassn.org/assets/CALL%...

Call for articles: "Girls Authoring Change: Creativity, Voice, and Social Justice." For a special issue of the journal Girlhood Studies. Abstracts are due by 16 February. www.berghahnjournals.com/fileasset/GH...

Academic job: Research Associate in Young People’s Care Mobilities at the University of Oxford. Applications are due by 20 February. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQF438/r...

Call for articles: "Youth With Disabilities in Chinese Society." For a special issue of the journal Social Inclusion. Abstracts are due by 15 March. www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...

Call for articles: "Sport, the Body and Discourses Aimed at Children and Young People." For a special issue of the journal Strenæ: Research on Children’s Books and Cultural Objects. Abstracts are due by 15 April. journals.openedition.org/strenae/12538

Call for conference papers: "Children and Young People in Everyday Life and Professional Practices." The conference will take place at Oslo Metropolitan University (Sweden) in September. Abstracts are due by 1 March. www.oslomet.no/en/about/eve...

The eighth international summer writing retreat of the Geographies of Children, Youth & Families Research Group (@gcyfrg.bsky.social) of the Royal Geographical Society: When: 22–26 June. Where: Flagstone Farm Cottages (UK). Applications are due by 24 February: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Call for conference papers / panels: The history of childhood & youth. Organized by the Childhood & Youth Network of the Social Science History Association (chaired by our members Elizabeth Dillenburg & MJ Maynes). The conference will take place in Atlanta (US) in November. Proposals due 1 March.

A webinar series on the history of childhood. Where: online and at the University of Oxford. When: January-March.

Call for colloquium papers: "Charity, Humanitarianism, and Childhood." The colloquium will take place both online and at the University of Oxford (UK) on 22 June. Abstracts are due by 13 March.

CFP: "Digital Lifeworlds: Childhood, Youth, Intergenerational Futures." For a research stream co-organized by our member, Seran Demiral, for the European Sociology Association conference (Poland, August). Abstracts due by 30 Jan. Submissions via this website: europeansociology.org/event/72289c...

Call for papers: "Children’s Literature in a Time of Crisis." For the annual conference of the Australasian Children’s Literature Association for Research (ACLAR), which will be held at Deakin University (Australia) in November. Abstracts are due by 27 February: aclarlit.org/conferences

Call for conference papers: "Interdisciplinary Pathways into Italian Children’s Studies." For three child-focused panels at the conference of the American Association for Italian Studies, which will be held at the University of Sassari (Italy) in June. Abstracts are due 15 January.

Call for conference papers: "Children, Emotions, and Relations." For the annual conference of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past, which will be held at the University of Oulu (Finland) in June. Abstracts are due by 15 February. www.oulu.fi/en/events/ch...

Academic job: Research fellow for a project at Liverpool John Moores University (UK) on drug prevention for adolescents. Applications are due by 18 January. jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

A special issue of the journal Children & Society is out: "Sexuality Through Children's Eyes: Experiences, perceptions, and meanings." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990860...

The latest issue of the journal Global Studies of Childhood is out: journals.sagepub.com/toc/gsca/15/4

The latest issue of the Australasian Journal of Early Childhood is out: journals.sagepub.com/toc/aeca/50/4

Call for chapters on "Childhood and Public Memory," for a book edited by our member, J. Marshall Beier. Abstracts are due by 30 April. marshallbeier.com/wp-content/u...

Call for papers for the 17th Nordic Youth Research Symposium (NYRIS). Abstracts are due by 2 February, 2026. The symposium will take place at Stockholm University (Sweden) from the 20th to the 22nd of October 2026. www.su.se/english/divi...

Call for articles: "Voices of Children in the Present and for the Future: Inspirations for Education and Human Rights." For a special issue of the International Journal of Early Childhood. Papers are due by 31 December, 2026. link.springer.com/collections/...

Call for sessions on the geographies of children, youth & families, for the 2026 annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG). Proposals are due by 23 January 2026. The conference will be held online & in London in September 2026.

A special issue of the Canadian Journal of Children's Rights is out, titled 'Children's Rights and Decolonial Perspectives: Challenging dominant modes of knowledge production': ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/cj...

Call for chapters on youth climate politics in Asia and Africa, for an edited book co-edited by our member Laura Bullon Cassis. Abstracts are due by 15 January, 2026.

CFP: "Corporal Punishment, School Discipline & Children’s Rights in the History of Education." For a workshop (in July 2026 at the University of Sydney) & special issue of The History of Education Review. Abstracts due 28 Feb. 2026. www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...

Call for articles: "Peace in Early Childhood." For a special issue of the International Journal of Early Childhood. Abstracts are due by 31 January 2026: link.springer.com/collections/...

Call for articles: "The Historical Construction of Diversity in Western Children's Literature." For a special issue of the journal Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures. Manuscripts are due by 31 December. utppublishing.com/journals/jeu...

Call for articles for two special issues of the journal Childhood: 1. "Parenting a Child with Disabilities" - manuscripts due 9 March 2026: www.mdpi.com/journal/chil... 2. "Child & Adolescent Health in Urban Environments" - manuscripts due 4 February 2026: www.mdpi.com/journal/chil...

Call for conference papers: "Reframing Adoption Narratives in Children's Literature." For a panel at the conference of the Modern Language Association, which will take place in January 2027, in Los Angeles (US). Abstracts are due by 1 March, 2026. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/12/...

CFP: "Children & young people's agency: intersectional & subalternate perspectives on resistances & futurities across time & spaces of conflict." For a special issue of the International Social Science Journal. Abstracts are due by 6 March, 2026. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Call for articles: "Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study: 25th Anniversary." For a special issue of the Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. Abstracts are due by 7 January, 2026. www.russellsage.org/publications...

The latest issue of the journal Girlhood Studies is out: www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...