Connections and smooth pathways between research, policy and practice are essential to ensure that researchers can play a part in achieving social justice and making a difference to children’s lives. Professor Smith will argue that the recognition of children as active citizens and participants in research rather than the passive objects of concern is one way to promote positive change for them. While there are widespread demands for evidence-based policies, the translation of research into practice and policy is often haphazard, due to competing paradigms and varying political agendas. She will argue that “evidence-based practice” is justifiable, but that this should not be narrowly interpreted.
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Speaker: Professor Anne Smith, New Zealand-UK Link Foundation Visiting Professor 2013 and Emeritus Professor, College of Education, University of Otago
Chair: Professor Virginia Morrow, Department of International Development, Oxford University
Respondent: Professor Nigel Thomas, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Central Lancashire
Date and Time: 19 June 2013, 18:00 – 20:00
Venue: The Chancellor’s Hall (Senate House, first floor)