The Childhood, Law & Policy Network (CLPN)

Academic job: Associate Professor in children's well-being at the University of Southern Denmark. Applications are due by 18 November. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Academic job: Visiting Lecturers in Early Childhood Studies/Education at the University of Roehampton (UK). Applications are due by 31 December. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTI586/v...

Call for conference papers: Children's Play in the 21st Century. Abstracts are due by 15 December. The conference will take place at Oxford Brookes University (UK) in June 2027. sites.google.com/brookes.ac.u...

Call for conference papers, panels & other contributions: "Imagining Children’s Rights Otherwise: Critical Scholarship & Decolonial Practice." Abstracts due 1 November. The conference will take place at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in June 2027. www.ntnu.no/ipl/imaginin...

Call for articles: Adolescent experiences of sleep across cultures and contexts. For a special issue of the Journal of Research on Adolescence. Abstracts are due by 30 November. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Academic job: Associate Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at Southern Cross University (Australia). Applications are due by 2 November. www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...

Academic job: Endowed Professorship in Child Health and Well-Being at the University of Tennessee (US). Priority consideration will be given to applications submitted by 15 January, 2027, though review may continue until an appointment is made. apply.interfolio.com/192283

Call for papers for the 21st annual 'Child and the Book' conference. Abstracts are due by 15 December. The conference will take place at the University of Szeged (Hungary) in May 2027. ieas-szeged.hu/childlit/cbc...

Call for chapters for an edited collection: "Mapping Childhoods: Creative Co-Design of Space and Place." Abstracts are due by 29 November.

Conference: "Global Childhood(s) and Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine." When: 16-18 November. Where: Online and at the University of Leeds (UK). www.childhoodshstm.com

Call for conference papers/sessions: "Art in Early Childhood." The 3-day conference will take place at Capilano University (Canada) in July 2027. artfulness.capilanou.ca/artconferenc...

The latest issue of the Journal of Applied Youth Studies is available online. The special issue, co-edited by our member Judith Bessant, is dedicated to the subject of "Youth Studies in Australia and the Climate Crisis." link.springer.com/journal/4315...

Academic job: Associate Professor in Child Developmental and Educational Psychology at Aarhus University (Denmark). Applications are due by 2 November. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTD358/a...

The latest issue of the journal Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood is out: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ciea/27/3

The latest issue of the journal Childhood in the Past is out: www.tandfonline.com/toc/ycip20/c...

The Anthropology of Childhood and Youth Interest Group (ACYIG) of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) is inviting applications for several positions on its board. Applications are due by 1 December. acyig.americananthro.org/2026/10/05/c...

Call for articles: "Energy Perspectives on Children's Literature." For a special issue of the journal International Research in Children's Literature. Abstracts are due by 15 December. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/107245

The European Early Childhood Education Research Journal is inviting applications for its College of Reviewers. Applications are due by 30 October. eecera.org/wp-content/u...

We're delighted to interview Judith Bessant and Rob Watts about their new book, The Politics of Deception: Youth Political Participation in an Age of Global Crises: www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...

A special issue of the journal Children, Youth and Environments is out: "A Decade in Review." muse.jhu.edu/issue/57042

The latest issue of the journal Children's Geographies is out: www.tandfonline.com/toc/cchg20/2...

Academic job: Lecturer in Youth Work at the University of Greater Manchester. Applications are due by 4 October. jobs.greatermanchester.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Call for conference papers: "Displacement, Transnationality, Separation, and Longing in Narratives for Young Readers." Proposals are due by 25 September. The conference will take place on 26–27 November at the University of Wrocław (Poland).

Call for conference papers and panels: "The Invisible, Hidden, and Emerging within Children’s Cultures." The multidisciplinary conference will be held at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) in May, 2027. www.jyu.fi/en/events/bi...

Call for papers: "Childhood, Youth and Aging in Generational Narratives." For an online seminar at the annual conference of the American Comparative Literature Association. Proposals are due by 22 September. The conference will take place in May 2027. www.acla.org/seminar/dc53...

Call for nominations for leadership positions in the Children & Youth (C&Y) Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA). Nominations are due by 1 November.

Call for nominations for the Board of the Association of Middle East Children and Youth Studies (AMECYS). Applications are due by 9 November.

Academic job: Associate Professor in Childhood Studies at the University of Geneva (Switzerland). Applications are due by 15 October. jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...

Call for papers: "Children and Youth Geographies – Critical Perspectives on Everyday Life." For a session at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Abstracts are due by 5 October. The conference will take place in New York in February 2027.

A special issue of the journal Historical Social Research is out: "Violated Childhoods: Histories of Children in Europe since 1945." www.gesis.org/en/hsr/curre...

A special issue of the journal Strenae is out, dedicated to the theme of "Children's Fabrics: Forms, Sensorialities, Imaginaries": journals.openedition.org/strenae/1262...

Call for conference papers and panels: "Researching Children’s Literature in the 21st Century." Abstracts are due by 1 December. The conference will take place in July 2027 at the University of São Paulo (Brazil). irscl2027.org

Call for chapters on childhood and youth for The Bloomsbury Handbook of Transecology. Abstracts are due by 15 November. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Academic job: Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Primary and Childhood Education at Edge Hill University (UK). Applications are due by 9 September. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSQ639/l...

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

Call for conference papers and panels: "Children’s Literature in a Changing World." Proposals are due by 30 September. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/106354

The latest issue of the journal Child: Care, Health and Development is out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652214...

Academic job: Assistant Professor of Youth Work at Maynooth University (Ireland). Applications are due by 17 September. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSR559/a...

Call for articles for a special issue of the European Early Childhood Education Research Journal (EECERJ): "Nurturing Slowness within Outdoor Play and Learning." Abstracts are due by 16 November. www.linkedin.com/posts/europe...

Call for chapters for an edited collection: "Kids and Blue Humanities: Critical Frameworks for a Blue Children’s Culture." Abstracts are due by 1 November.

Call for articles: "Children and Young People's Food Practices in Organisational Settings: The Potential of 'Anchor Institutions' for Promoting Inclusivity." For a special issue of the journal Children & Society. Abstracts are due by 31 August. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Call for papers for twenty child-focused sessions at the annual conference of the International Sociological Association. Abstracts are due by 14 October. The conference will take place in South Korea in July 2027. isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc20...

Call for applications for the Fellowship Program of the International Youth Library in Munich (Germany). Applications are due by 30 September. www.ijb.de/en/fellowshi...

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

Call for articles: "Exploring Freedom of Expression and Identity Through the Lens of Children's Rights." For a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Children's Rights. Submissions are due by 1 September. drive.google.com/file/d/1BJFm...

A special issue of the Canadian Journal of Children's Rights is out, dedicated to the topic of "Children's Rights Across the Generations: Experience and Transformational Engagement": ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/cj...

Webinar series (September-December): "Conversations from the Global South on Childhoods." Co-organized by our members Deevia Bhana, Valeria Llobet, Vina Adriany, and Yuwei Xu. www.globalsouthchildhoods.com/events/2026-...

Call for conference papers: "The Politics of Future-Making: Childhood, Youth and the Global South." Abstracts are due by 7 September. The conference will be held at BML Munjal University (India) in February 2027.

Call for articles: " Digital Childhoods at the Margins: Children's Engagements with AI Across Global Contexts." For a special issue of the journal Children & Society, co-edited by our member Tanu Biswas. Abstracts are due by 28 September. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Call for articles: "Advancing Early Childhood Systems in an Era of Macro-Level Change." For a special issue of the Early Childhood Research Quarterly. Letters of intent are due by 31 October, and the full manuscripts are due by 31 January 2027. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...