Researchers of the University of Oslo (UiO), the Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) and the Childwatch International Research Network (CWI) welcome you to a global conference addressing modern childhood and youth.
The title of this conference refers to a world where new ethno-cultural encounters, technology and globalization shape the structure of social change, new childhoods and the lives of children and young people. The purpose of this event is to situate modern childhood and youth in a global perspective and provide an opportunity to present and learn from child researchers in various countries and regions of the world. All plenary sessions and presentations will be related to the conference theme; "Children and Youth in Emerging and Transforming Societies".
The conference will be made up of parallel sets of sessions hosted by different thematic networks. The thematic networks will constitute the main part of the program. Parallel sessions will host both individual keynote speakers, as well as thematic paper presentations and work shops. Most of the thematic sessions and workshops are strongly related to international groups and networks which have been working together from fall 2003 developing analysis on a variety of different themes. These groups and networks consist of researchers from different regions and disciplines, and each group has a coordinator who reports to the conference committee and is involved in developing the conference as a whole. Besides active participation at the event and being co-organizers of conference sessions, the work of the various groups can be directed towards research projects, research publications as well as basic research. In this way the conference will strengthen and increase the international scientific co-operation between researchers within different disciplines.
