We are pleased to present the June 2026 issue of the ISA RC53 Sociology of Childhood newsletter! 📖🎉 Click the link below to explore the latest insights and updates in our field. www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...

Here is our new podcast, a very interesting interview with the former president of our RC53: Loretta Bass! 👂🎓 open.spotify.com/episode/0wp7...

Interview with former presidents - Loretta Bass

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We are pleased to present the December 2025 issue of the ISA RC53 Sociology of Childhood newsletter! 📖🎉 Click the link below to explore the latest insights and updates in our field. www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...

Excited to share the first episode of our Presidential Interviews series for RC53 Sociology of Childhood! Our current RC53 President, Valeria Llobet, sits down with Robert Van Krieken, who served as our second President, for a lively conversation. Tune in here: open.spotify.com/episode/0aNP...

Interview with Robert Van Krieken

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In this inaugural episode of the RC53 Sociology of Childhood Podcast Channel, we sit down with Spyros Spyrou, keynote speaker at the V ISA Forum Rabat 2025 @isa-sociology.org. He explores transformative potential of childhood research in times of global crisis. 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/18Vx...

What does it mean to rethink childhood across borders, exclusions, and activism? Conversation with Spyros Spyrou

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We are delighted to present the July 2025 issue of the ISA RC53 newsletter! 📖🎉 Click the link below to explore the latest insights and updates in our field. www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...

RC53 just delightfully hosted one of the busiest sessions “Sociological Insights into Children’s Relationships with the Environment”, organised by Hamide Elif Üzümcü, featuring five fantastic papers and vibrant discussion!🌿 #ISAForum2025 #ChildhoodStudies #SociologyOfChildhood

Our Poster Session is live now at the entrance of the Faculty of Educational Sciences! Come explore our thought-provoking posters on childhoods.✨ #ISAForum2025 #ChildhoodStudies #SociologyOfChildhood

The session “Intergenerational Justice as Radicalized Democracy”, organised by Lucia Rabello de Castro and Paülah Shabel, offered such deep insights into rethinking justice and democracy across generations.🌿 Sincere thanks to the speakers.✨ #ISAForum2025 #ChildhoodStudies #SociologyOfChildhood

RC53, Research Committee on Sociology of Childhood, is very happy to host the session “Asian European Childhoods Beyond the ‘Model Minority’ Myth: Perils, Paradoxes, and Potentials” thoughtfully organised by Xiaorong Gu.✨ #ISAForum2025 #ChildhoodStudies #SociologyOfChildhood

This morning, RC53 hosted two fantastic consecutive sessions, “Child Well-Being, Education, and School”, organised and chaired by our board member Tobia Fattore -brilliant presentations from around the world!🌏✨ #ISAForum2025 #ChildhoodStudies #SociologyOfChildhood

Massive thanks to our incredible RC53 Program Coordinators, Anne Ramos (RC53 Secretary) and Valeria Llobet (RC53 President), for putting together such a rich, diverse, and thought-provoking programme on #SociologyOfChildhood and wider #ChildhoodStudies at #ISAForum2025.🎉💜🌻

The session 'A Dialogue from the South(s): Research Agendas on Childhood Studies' organised by Tobia Fattore and Lucia Rabello de Castro, provided an excellent platform for rich discussions on childhoods in the South! #ISAForum2025 #ChildhoodStudies #SociologyOfChildhood

This morning at #ISAForum2025, childhood scholars discussed "Childhood and Migration" in two consecutive sessions, organised and chaired by Anne Ramos, Vida Cesnuityte, and Dainius Bernotas. #ChildhoodStudies #SociologyOfChildhood

We are so pleased to welcome Spyros Spyrou as our keynote speaker: "What Kind of Knowledge for a Critical Childhood Studies? Reflections on Epistemic Justice, Humility, and the Politics of Knowing/Not-Knowing." Our RC's president, Valeria Llobet, is chairing the session. #ISAForum2025

'Reimagining Justice in Early Childhood Education: Multispecies Pedagogies for the Anthropocene', organised by Türkan Fırıncı Orman and hosted by RC53 Sociology of Childhood and RC04 Sociology of Education. 🌱📚 Thank you for such a great collaboration! #ISAForum2025 #SociologyOfChildhood

Our first couple of sessions 'Methodological and Ethical Challenges in Qualitative Fieldwork with Children' organised and chaired by L. Mogensen and T. Fattore sparked such rich conversations! #ISAForum2025 #ChildhoodStudies #SociologyOfChildhood

Our research committee RC53 just kicked off the ISA Forum 2025 in Rabat, Morocco at Mohammed V University — Room FSE006! 🎉 Come find us and join the conversation! #ISAForum2025 #ChildhoodStudies #SociologyOfChildhood

📣 The countdown is on! Only two weeks left until #ISAforum25 in Rabat, Morocco! We’re excited to announce that the Forum App is now available for download. Google Play @ play.google.com/store/apps/d... App Store @ apps.apple.com/us/app/isa-f...

🌱 Yesterday was 23 April—Children’s Day in Türkiye. Gifted to children by Atatürk, this day reminds us to honour children as full members of society—holders of agency, dignity, and voice. #ChildhoodStudies #ChildrensDay #23Nisan #ÇocukBayramı

We are excited to present the Spanish edition of the December 2024 issue of the ISA RC53 newsletter, translated by Rossana Pérez del Águila! Share it with your Spanish-speaking childhood scholar networks for updates in our field. www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...

It is a great pleasure to present the French edition of the December 2024 issue of the ISA RC53 newsletter, translated by Amalie Kolegar and Camille Boino! Share it with your French-speaking childhood scholar networks for updates in our field. www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...

We are pleased to present the December 2024 issue of the ISA RC53 newsletter! 🎉Use the link below to explore the latest insights and updates in our field. 📖 www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...