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The ICOSS building, the Centre's home
The Centre aims to be a multidisciplinary Centre of international excellence in the study of childhood and youth that can contribute to theory and its application to policy and practice.
The Centre has seven core objectives:
- to bring together multidisciplinary perspectives on the study of childhood and youth that can inform policy and academic debates
- to break new theoretical ground in childhood and youth studies informed by the diverse experiences and perspectives of children and youth
- to develop methodological approaches to the study of childhood and youth that can cross disciplinary boundaries and epistemologies
- to become a Centre of excellence for postgraduate research in childhood and youth studies
- to maintain and further develop partnerships with policy and user communities, locally, nationally and internationally
- to build international collaborations for the comparative academic study of childhood and youth
- to disseminate research findings to children and young people
