About ISCI 2019

The 7th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators will be held on 27-29 August 2019 in the Dorpat Convention Centre in Tartu, Estonia. The conference will be hosted by the University of Tartu.

‘Children of the World: The Touch of Change.
Theories, Policies and Practices’

Child indicators research has advanced enormously since the International Society for Child Indicators was launched in Oslo in 2005. Six ISCI international conferences [here] have been held in different parts of the world. The 7th ISCI conference will be an opportunity to reflect on progress and to envisage the future of child indicators research in an increasingly complex world.

We invite researchers, practitioners, policy makers and child advocates from across the world to share and discuss original research and their implications for policy and interventions. Presentations will encompass a broad range of topics related to child indicators research that bridges research, policy and practice in time and space. We welcome new approaches to understanding children’s wellbeing and to enhancing the connections between theory, policy and practice.

Themes

  • ’Cross-world’ approaches to child wellbeing and child indicator work
  • Comparative methodologies for understanding children’s wellbeing
  • Measurement issues related to child wellbeing and understanding children’s lives
  • Children’s rights, wellbeing and indicators
  • Child indicators and advocacy in justice systems
  • Research- and knowledge-minded social work, educational and behavioural practices with children
  • Bridging research, policy and practice: conceptualisation and communication issues

Topics

  • Everyday lives of children
  • Children – the bearers of rights
  • Children’s and practitioners’ voices in the context of justice
  • Child wellbeing development practices
  • Children’s welfare and children at risk (e.g., poverty, maltreatment, etc)
  • Childhood vulnerabilities: research-policy-practice
  • Social media and wellbeing
  • Child wellbeing and social and educational services
  • Participation, protection and provision in children’s perspectives
  • Children in migration

Abstract submission is open until 15 March 2019!