Societal changes and political support for children's rights have coupled with theories on
childhood to establish a new understanding of children as competent social actors …

The article focuses on emotions in participatory research with children and young people.
We approach emotions as a generative site for exposing assumptions about participation, as …

A strong rationale for the collective participation of young people in care regarding decisions
related to their care experience is evident in literature and statutory reports. However …

Embedded in Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), and in
Irish national law since the Child Care Act 1991, is a child's right to participate in decisions …

This literature review represents the output of the first strand of a 3-year project whose
overall goal is to develop a framework for the evaluation of teachers' professional learning …

This article explores the impacts of participation in local and national child and youth
councils in the Republic of Ireland. It is based on an original research study for which 300 …

Mentoring for Young People in Care and Leaving Care offers a rich exploration of the theory,
research and practice relating to youth mentoring as a means of essential social support …

This paper presents the findings of research into children and young people's experiences
of participating in their communities in Ireland. Using a social and relational understanding …

Children's right to be heard is expressed in Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of
the Child. Mechanisms and methods to facilitate the inclusion of young people's views have …

ABSTRACT How well the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are achieved will greatly
influence the lives of today's children and decisively shape the rest of the twenty-first century …