Child Poverty and Education: Philosophical Reflections seminar series

Anca Gheaus

Anca Gheaus is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Central European University in Vienna. She is a moral and political philosopher whose research focuses on questions of justice, childrearing and the normative significance of personal relationships.

Anca has published widely on issues to do with the special goods of childhood, parenting, and the ethics of the family, and is co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Childhood and Children, Routledge, 2018. She is currently writing a monograph on child-centred childrearing.

Elaine Chase

Elaine Chase is Professor of Education, Wellbeing and International Development at UCL Institute of Education. Her research focuses on the sociological dimensions of health, wellbeing and the rights of individuals and communities, particularly those most likely to experience marginalisation and exclusion.

Elaine has published widely on issues including child migrants, poverty, shame and social exclusion, exploring the interface between policy, practice and context. She has also worked as a health promotion practitioner in the UK and in Namibia.

Rachel Rosen and Eve Dickson

Rachel Rosen is Associate Professor in the Social Research Institute at UCL Institute of Education. Her work is located at the intersections of sociology of childhood and materialist feminist thought, with a focus on unequal childhoods, migration and stratified social reproduction. Her current research is focused on caring practices of and by children, migration journeys, and intersections and antagonisms between feminisms and the politics of childhood.

Rachel is co-leader of the ESRC-funded research project “Children Caring on the Move”. She is co-editor of Feminism and the Politics of Childhood (UCL Press, 2018) and has published widely on issues including the ethics and labour of care, the politics of children and childhood, child and family migration and intergenerational relationships.

Eve Dickson is a Researcher in the Social Research Institute at UCL Institute of Education. Her research focuses on children’s experiences of migration, immigration control and forced destitution.
Jenny Parkes is Professor of Education, Gender and International Development at UCL Institute of Education.

Eve’s research focuses on the relationship between violence, gender and inequalities in young people’s lives, and the role of education, with research studies in South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Mozambique, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Ethiopia, Zambia and Uganda, as well as in the UK.

Eve’s recent research into school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) prevention and response includes innovative partnerships with UN agencies, governments and NGOs. She is the Editor of Gender Violence in Poverty Contexts (Routledge, 2015) and has published widely on issues including school-related gender based violence, poverty and inequality in education.

Jenny Parkes

Jenny Parkes is Professor of Education, Gender and International Development at UCL Institute of Education. Her research focuses on the relationship between violence, gender and inequalities in young people’s lives, and the role of education, with research studies in South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Mozambique, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Ethiopia, Zambia and Uganda, as well as in the UK.

Jenny’s recent research into school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) prevention and response includes innovative partnerships with UN agencies, governments and NGOs. She is the Editor of Gender Violence in Poverty Contexts (Routledge, 2015) and has published widely on issues including school-related gender based violence, poverty and inequality in education.