Call for chapters for an edited collection: "Analysing Leading Works in Children's Rights." The book is co-edited by our member, Elizabeth Faulkner. Abstracts are due by 30 January, 2026.

Ever heard of #Youthwashing? It's when governments, corporations, NGOs, or researchers use young people's voices, images, or causes to look good – while ignoring, or even undermining, their real concerns. Here's what the first academic study on #youthwashing reveals 🧵 1/15

The latest issue of the Journal of Youth and Adolescence is out, on the theme of "Family Processes, Parent–Child Relationships, and Adolescent Outcomes." link.springer.com/journal/1096...

Academic job: Professor / Reader in Child Psychology at the University of East London (UK). Applications are due by 23 November. jobs.uel.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

The latest issue of the journal Child Protection and Practice is out: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/chil...

Call for articles: "21st-Century Child Abuse." For a special issue of the journal Child Protection and Practice. Manuscripts are due by 30 September, 2026. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Academic job: Lecturer in Youth and Community Work at the University of Greater Manchester (UK). Applications are due by 11 November. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPF745/l...

Academic job: Professor in Youth Health Care at KU Leuven (Belgium). Applications are due by 15 January, 2026. www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

The latest issue of the Journal of Child and Family Studies is out: link.springer.com/journal/1082...

Call for articles: "Adverse Childhood Experience." For a special issue of the journal Cogent Social Sciences. Manuscripts are due by 15 December. think.taylorandfrancis.com/article_coll...

Academic job: Senior Teaching Fellow in Education, Childhood and Communities at Liverpool John Moores University (UK). Applications are due by 7 November. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPB894/s...

Academic job: Assistant Professor: Youth Advocacy and Educational Studies at Texas Christian University (US). Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled. www.higheredjobs.com/region/detai...

Academic job: Senior Lecturer in early childhood education at Monash University (Australia). Applications are due by 3 November. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPA544/s...

Call for conference papers: "Youth Writers and Their Worlds." Abstracts are due by 1 November. The conference will be held at Valparaiso University (US). juveniliastudies.com/wp-content/u...

Call for papers: "Queer Child: Histories and Representations in Global Contexts." For a panel at the Queer History Conference, which will take place at the University of Michigan (US) in June 2026. Abstracts are due by 29 October. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Academic job: A 2-year research assistant for a project titled "Exploring the child arrangements of separated families." The project is led by our member, Rajnaara Chowdhury Akhtar, and is based at the University of Warwick (UK). Applications are due by 23 October. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPC200/r...

The latest issue of the journal Global Studies of Childhood is out: journals.sagepub.com/toc/gsca/15/3

Call for articles: "Infant mental health and attachment." For a special issue of the journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. Submissions are due by 29 October. www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...

The journal Child: Care, Health and Development is seeking an associate editor based in China. Applications are due by 30 November. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

A new issue of the journal Children & Society is out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990860...

Call for nominations for leadership roles in the Children & Youth (C&Y) section of the American Sociological Association (ASA): • 1 Graduate Student Representative position (2-year term); • 2 Council Member positions (3-year term); • Chair Elect (3-year term).

Call for chapters for an edited volume: "Early childhood education between differences and convergences since the mid-20th century: Towards a European model?" Abstracts are due by 1 December. www.unige.ch/fapse/erhise...

Call for papers / panels for the conference "Diaspora(s), Exile, Nomads and Children's literature." Abstracts are due by 15 December. The conference will be held at the University of Crete (Greece) in May 2026. www.kinderundjugendmedien.de?view=article...

A list of child-related papers and panels at the upcoming annual conferences of two academic associations: MESA (the Middle East Studies Association) and ASA (the African Studies Association). The list has been compiled by AMECYS (the Association of Middle East Children and Youth Studies).

Academic job: Assistant professor at Elizabeth City State University (US). The desirable specialties include juvenile justice. Applications are due by 13 October. www.higheredjobs.com/fouryear/det...

A call for papers and panels for the fifth biennial conference of the Children's History Society. Abstracts are due by 14 December. The conference will be held at the University of Sheffield (UK) in July 2026. www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi...

We're delighted to interview our members, Aoife Daly, Pernilla Leviner, and Rebecca Thorburn Stern, about their edited collection - Treated Like a Child: Age Discrimination and Children's Rights: www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...

Call for papers for a workshop leading to an edited volume: "Citizenship Challenges for Children & Young People: Barriers, Borders & Bureaucracy." Abstracts due by 20 October. The workshop will take place in Barcelona in May 2026. hidden-costaction.eu/call-for-pap...

Academic job: Postdoctoral research fellow for a project on the legal regulation of the parent/child link at University College Dublin (Ireland). Applications are due by 10 October. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOV609/u...

A new issue of the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth is out: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55485

Call for essays: "Defiant, Untamed, and Outspoken: Reimagining Girlhood in Asian Youth Literature." For a special issue of the journal Research on Diversity in Youth Literature. Essays are due by 1 December. drive.google.com/file/d/1-ajz...

Call for conference papers and panels: "The Citizen-Child: Global Perspectives on Children’s Literature and the Making of Modernity." Abstracts are due by 1 December. The conference will be held at the University of Antwerp (Belgium) in June 2026. barnebokinstituttet.no/nbi-call-for...

Call for chapters for an edited collection on girls' literacy in 19th-century transatlantic literature and culture. Abstracts are due by 1 December. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/09/...

We're delighted to interview our member Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak and her co-editors, Terri Doughty & Janet Grafton, about their edited collection - Children's Literatures, Cultures & Pedagogies in the Anthropocene: Multidisciplinary Entanglements: www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...

Call for papers and sessions for the 11th Conference on Childhood Studies at the University of Eastern Finland. Abstracts are due by 3 November. The conference will take place in May 2026. sites.uef.fi/childhood-co...

Bloomsbury Academic is inviting proposals for books on transgender and nonbinary youth: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Academic job: Assistant Professor in Childhood Studies at Rutgers University (US). Applications received by 1 December will receive the fullest consideration. jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/260...

The 23rd Annual Conference of Youth Studies will be held at Tampere University (Finland) on 13–14 November: nuorisotutkimus.fi/en/events-an...

Call for articles: "Early Years Policy and Activism: Optimism in Im/possible Times." For a special issue of The International Critical Childhood Policy Studies Journal. Abstracts are due by 31 October. journals.sfu.ca/iccps/index....

Call for articles for three special issues of the journal Children: 1. "Children’s Behaviour & Social-Emotional Competence". 2. "Promotion of Physical Activity in Children". 3. "Children with Specific Neurodevelopmental Disorders". Links & deadlines - in the comments below.

Academic job: Part-time lectureship in child and adolescent mental health at the University of Northampton (UK). Applications are due by 18 September. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOL482/l...

Call for articles: "Self-Translation in Children's and Young Adult Books." For a special issue of the journal Strenæ - Research on Children’s Books and Cultural Objects. Abstracts are due by 1 December. journals.openedition.org/strenae/11837

Academic job: Assistant Professor in Early Childhood Education at Maynooth University (Ireland). Applications are due by 2 October. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO815/a...

We're delighted to interview our member Anastasia Todd about her book, Cripping Girlhood (University of Michigan Press, 2024): www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...

The Journal of Children's Services is inviting proposals for special issues: www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...

Academic job: Assistant Professor in juvenile justice at the University of South Carolina. Review of applications begins on 26 September. The position will remain open until filled. uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/193...

We're delighted to announce that we now have more than 700 members across dozens of countries around the world! Our members are researchers working on various social, political, and legal issues relating to children and childhood. Their profiles are available here: www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/members

We're delighted to interview our member, María Florencia Amigó, about her new book - Infants, Children, and Youth: Multi-sited Stories of Adversity from South Asia to Australia (Lived Places Publishing, 2025): www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...

The Journal of Children's Services is seeking a new editor: www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/jcs/...

Call for articles for three special issues of the journal Youth (links and deadlines - in the comments below): 1. Youth Disability & Access to Opportunities. 2. Hybrid Media, Youth Identity, Behaviour & Beliefs. 3. Youth Gun Violence as a Public Health Crisis.