Researcher of the Month
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Dr Victoria Goodyear
Associate Professor in Pedagogy in Sport, Physical Activity and Health, University of Birmingham
Dr Victoria Goodyear's key focus is how smartphones and social media inform young people’s mental health, wellbeing and physical activity.
Along with an international group of co-authors, Dr Goodyear has recently published a paper which argues that there is a need to shift debates, policies and practices from a sole focus on restricting smartphone and social media access toward an emphasis on nurturing children’s digital skills for healthy technology use.
Dr Victoria Goodyear
Associate Professor in Pedagogy in Sport, Physical Activity and Health, University of Birmingham
Looking beyond smartphone bans
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UKRI Future Leaders Fellows
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Professor Judy Hutchings OBE
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Fostering a school culture against bullying: the KiVa Programme

Dr Kim Sylwander
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Digital Futures for Children Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science
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When is the right age? Searching for age-appropriate ways to support children's online lives

Professor Li Zhao
Professor of Psychology, Hangzhou Normal University, China
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Professor Saloni Krishnan and Professor Pablo Ripollés
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Intrinsic reward and word learning

Dr Natalie Brown
Research Officer, Welsh Institute of Performance Science, Swansea University
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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
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Supporting children's transition to secondary school