Drawing upon an extensive review of the literature, this chapter presents the main
theoretical and methodological perspectives utilized in the study of children's everyday …

This collection emerges from the intersection of two vibrant, dynamic and expanding
academic endeavours. The papers are situated within 'new'social-scientific studies of …

This volume brings together a range of contributions exploring the diverse ways in which
children and young people experience movements, im/mobilities and journeys at different …

This article proposes the need for a critical examination of the notion of children's
'independent mobility', a concept rather uncritically accepted by social science and human …

Within a context of rapidly changing environments and increased understanding of the
complex relationship between environments and health, child independent mobility has …

This special edition of Global Studies of Childhood reports on the global research currently
under way to replicate the original seminal work by Mayer Hillman on children's …

How children interact with their neighbourhood environment has changed substantially over
the last few decades. Children are frequently now driven to common destinations (eg …

Migration has long been an important area of study in geography and related disciplines.
Yet, it has only relatively recently gained some analytical status in children and young …

In the field of early childhood research children's mobility is usually discussed only in terms
of physical activity in the preschool yard. More seldom is it discussed in terms of mobility …

In June 2011 the Australian government announced a softening of its much-criticised
attempts to send un-accompanied child asylum seekers to Malaysia, as part of its …