Our Stories of Impact
10 Sep 2024
Professor Hannah Smithson (Manchester Metropolitan University) - 'What next for youth justice?'
On Tuesday 10th September the UCC Futures: Children Cluster welcomed Dr. Hannah Smithson who is Professor of Youth Justice at the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies, at the Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). Hannah shared her expertise on participatory practice in youth justice and met with UCC colleagues and students to present a seminar titled “What Next for Youth Justice?”
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23 May 2024
General Comment No. 17 and a Scottish perspective on incorporating the right to play in Scottish law in 2024
On Friday 23rd May, the UCC Futures: Children Cluster, in collaboration with the Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century and the P4Play Joint Doctoral Network Programme Horizon 2020, welcomed Theresa Casey and Marguerite Hunter Blair to discuss the background of General Comment No. 17 and a Scottish perspective on incorporating the right to play in Scottish law in 2024.
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21 May 2024
Professor Ursula Kilkelly (UCC), Dr Louise Forde (Brunel University London), Dr Sharon Lambert (UCC), and Dr Katharina Swirak (UCC) present new book 'Children in Conflict with the Law: Rights, Research and Progressive Youth Justice'
On the 21st May, Professor John Cryan, VP for Research and Innovation, hosted the launch of ‘Children in Conflict with the Law: Rights, Research and Progressive Youth Justice’, published by Palgrave Pivot as part of their series ‘Palgrave Critical Studies in Human Rights and Criminology’.
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10 May 2024
Dr Noel O’Connell presents the Science Foundation Ireland – Irish Research Council funded CODA (Children of Deaf Adults) Project.
UCC Futures: Children in collaboration with Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century welcomed Dr Noel O’Connell, to present on the Science Foundation Ireland – Irish Research Council funded CODA (Children of Deaf Adults) Project.
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