Researcher of the Month
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Dr Kim Sylwander
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Digital Futures for Children Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science
Dr Sylwander's current research projects focus on children’s rights in the digital world. She is currently researching the impact of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General comment no. 25; the evolving capacities of children in relation to their rights in the digital environments, and she is also involved in projects on children’s visions of digital futures and AI.
Along with co-author, Professor Sonia Livingstone, Dr Sylwander has recently published a paper which deploys a children’s rights framework to evaluate milestone birthdays as they are applied to the digital environment and the digital 'age of consent'. They highlight emerging alternatives that seek to redesign digital policy and practice in age-appropriate and child-rights-respecting ways.
Dr Kim Sylwander
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Digital Futures for Children Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science
When is the right age? Searching for age-appropriate ways to support children's online lives
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Professor Li Zhao
Professor of Psychology, Hangzhou Normal University, China
January 2025
Showing faith and trust in children nurtures integrity

Professor Saloni Krishnan and Professor Pablo Ripollés
Professor Krishnan is Associate Professor in Developmental Language Sciences at University College London and Professor Ripollés is Assistant Professor of Psychology at New York University
December 2024
Intrinsic reward and word learning

Dr Natalie Brown
Research Officer, Welsh Institute of Performance Science, Swansea University
November 2024
Delivering effective menstrual education

Dr Margarita Panayiotou
Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology at the University of Manchester
October 2024
How influential is social media on young people's mental health?

Dr Caoimhe Dempsey
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Economic and Social Research Institute
September 2024
How do young children’s relationships with parents and teachers impact their adjustment to school?

Dr Aurelie Lange
Senior Researcher, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
August 2024
Supporting children's transition to secondary school

Dr Kasia Kostyrka-Allchorne
Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Queen Mary University of London
July 2024
The impact of digital experiences on teens with mental health vulnerabilities

Dr Gill West
Lecturer in Language Sciences: Development and Disorders at University College London
June 2024
NELI Preschool: a new oral language enrichment programme for preschools and nurseries

Dr Julie Moote
Freelance research and evaluation consultant.
May 2024
"More is more”: the impact of careers education on later outcomes