On Tuesday 10th September the UCC Futures: Children Cluster welcomed Dr. Hannah Smithson who is Professor of Youth Justice at the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies, at the Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). Hannah shared her expertise on participatory practice in youth justice and met with UCC colleagues and students to present a seminar titled “What Next for Youth Justice?”

University College Cork’s INFANT Centre, Ireland’s first translational research hub dedicated entirely to pregnancy, birth, and early childhood, marks over a decade of groundbreaking work.

On Friday 23rd May, the UCC Futures: Children Cluster, in collaboration with the Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century and the P4Play Joint Doctoral Network Programme Horizon 2020, welcomed Theresa Casey and Marguerite Hunter Blair to discuss the background of General Comment No. 17 and a Scottish perspective on incorporating the right to play in Scottish law in 2024.