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Global Childhoods Symposium

Research
Education and learning

Most welcome to Global Childhoods Symposium, an event that concludes our work with ‘strategic research collaboration’ funded by the Faculty of Education 2020-2022. We will present two newly published SI, one anthology and several articles produced by some of our 100 researchers across continents in our international network. The program ends with a session that present our future for Global Childhoods research group – children’s futures in an international perspective.

Conference
Date
16 May 2025
Time
08:00 - 15:00
Location
Pedagogen building B, BE014, Läroverksgatan 15

Good to know
Please register before 5th of May to Bogata Kardos bogata.kardos@gu.se
Don’t forget to tell us if you will participate online or on site at Pedagogen If in place, also note veg/allergies.
Organizer
Global Childhoods, Department of Education, Communication and Learning

Program

8.00 AM – 8.10 Introduction

Head of Department Marcus Nivala,
Directors of Global Childhoods: Professor Anette Hellman & Dr Andreas Jacobsson, University of Gothenburg

8.10 – 9.20 Childhoods, digitalisation & children’s everyday life

Introduction of SI:  Children and Families' Everyday Digital Media Culture, Special Issue for Children & Society 
Dr Ylva Ågren, University of Gothenburg & Prof Susan Danby, Queensland University of Technology,

Weaving smartphones into mother-infant interaction: digital disruptions or participatory possibilities?
Dr Pip Amery, Queensland University of Technology,

“Children say playing and adults say working”: Children negotiating regulations on digital media in a Swedish preschool
Dr Pernilla Lagerlöf, University of Gothenburg,

Digital childhoods and multilingual identities: Preschool children's interactions with a picture book app
Dr Malin Nilsen, University of Gothenburg.  

Discussion: Moderator, Dr. Natalie Davet

9.20 – 10.30 Sexuality, gender & age 

Introduction of SI on The politics of age in sex and sexuality education: Professor Kerry Robinsson, Western Sydney University & Dr. Jenny Bengtsson Gothenburg University,

Child sexuality and interdependent agency in sexuality education texts for Swedish preschool practitioners 1969−2021: three discourses on children’s sexual play
Dr. Magdalena Hult & Asst. Professor Anna Westberg Broström, Stockholm University,

The teaching body in sexuality education – intersections of age, gender, and sexuality
Dr. Rebecka Fingalsson, Malmö University, 

Child sexual assault or curious play? Adults negotiating appropriate behaviour in terms of age, gender and sexuality when responding to an incident in Swedish early childhood education
Dr. Jessica Eng, Malmö University. 

Discussion: Moderator, Professor Eva Reimers

10.30 – 11.30 BRUNCH

11.30 – 12.45 Childhoods & Migration

Introduction: Professor Kerstin von Brömssen & Dr Live Stretmo

Rethinking the Education for children in forced displacement; a specific focus on children under forced displacement in the Horn of Africa
Asst. Prof. Eyueil Abate, Kotebe University of Education, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,

Learning About International Children’s Transnational Experiences in Finland Through Participatory Photography: An Experiment with Limited Success
Assoc. Prof. Mari Korpela, Tampere University, Finland,

Becoming a well-integrated migrant in Sweden. Young Afghans narratives of respectable versus bad migrants
Senior Lecturer Live Stretmo, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Discussion: Moderator Secretary in GC PhD Bogata Kardos

SHORT BREAK

13:00 – 13.45 Childhoods, Sustainability, children’s rights

Introduction: Dr Kassahun Weldemariam, University of Gothenburg

“Promoting Resilience in Early Childhood Education and Care to Prepare Children for a World of Change. 
A Critical Analysis of National and International Policy DocumentsDr. Jonna Larsson, University of Gothenburg

Discussion: Moderator, Secretary in GC PhD Bogata Kardos

SHORT BREAK

14:00 – 14.45 Summary of Global Childhoods and where do we go from here? 
Professor Anette Hellman, Dr Andreas Jacobsson

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