Dear Colleagues,

Apologies for cross-posting

We are delighted to invite you to the third event in our seminar series on 'Children's Rights, Social Justice and Social Identities in Scotland: Intersections in Research, Policy and Practice'.
Seminar 3 will take place on 23 June 2014 at the Scottish Universities Insight Institute in Glasgow, ca. 9.30am - 4pm.
The topic of this seminar is 'Children's rights, social justice and intersectionality - challenges, methods and research'. It will explore methodological issues linked to exploring and understanding children and young people’s intersecting identities and inequalities. As previously, the seminar is aimed at practitioners, policy makers, researchers and others with an interest in these issues. Please find the programme attached. 
We are particularly happy about our excellent list of confirmed speakers.
Our keynote speakers in the morning session are:
•         Professor Floya Anthias, University of East London and Roehampton University
•         Professor Peter Hopkins, Newcastle University
In the afternoon session, delegates will be able to choose between workshop sessions run by:
•         Dr Shannon Moore and Dr Richard Mitchell, Brock University, Canada
•         Fiona McHardy, The Poverty Alliance
•         Dr Joan Forbes, University of Aberdeen, and Professor Gaby Weiner, University of Sussex
•         Lesley Kelly, Growing Up in Scotland Study (GUS)
If you are able to attend, could you please register via our website? http://www.scottishinsight.ac.uk/Programmes/Programmes201314/ChildrensRights.aspx  Please note that the deadline for registration is the 5th of June 2014
We would also like to draw your attention to our resources from previous seminars which can be found on our website, particularly our latest video podcast from Seminar 2 involving children and young people: http://vimeo.com/90330067 
Audio podcasts from the talks, presentation slides and more resources are available on our website:http://www.scottishinsight.ac.uk/Programmes/Programmes201314/ChildrensRights.aspx
We would be delighted to welcome you at Seminar 3!
Many thanks!
Best wishes,
 Kristina (on behalf of the programme team)

Programme Director: BA Childhood Practice / Lecturer in Childhood Studies/Practice, 
Co-Director of Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland
Education, Community and Society (ECS)
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Tel: +44 (0)131 651 6305
Location:
 
St John's Land (Rm 2.15)