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About

The Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Research Group (GCYFRG) aims to raise the profile, perceived value and understanding of geographies of children, youth and families within academic geography and beyond.

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Aims

  • Providing a inclusive and international forum to explore the meanings, implications and new directions in the geographies of children, youth and families

  • Stimulating and developing critical debate about geographies of children, youth and families within and beyond geography

  • Building upon the activities of the former RGS-IBG Limited Life Working Party on the Geographies of Children, Youth and Families

  • Establishing collaborative links to research groups and practitioners within other disciplines as well as other RGS-IBG Research Groups

  • Maximising the involvement of postgraduates and new researchers in all of the Research Group’s activities

  • Constituting a sustainable forum and support network that links research on the geographies of children, youth and families with the rapidly-growing number of taught courses and course modules in the field

Committee

Secretary

Sophie Milnes

Loughborough University

s.a.milnes@lboro.ac.uk

Treasurer

Membership Officer

Bala Adreena Lynrah

University of East London
balawansuk@u.nus.edu

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Awards
Officer

Samantha Wilkinson,

Manchester Metropolitan University

Samantha.Wilkinson@mmu.ac.uk

Education
Officer

Conference
Officer

Susanne Börner

University of Birmingham 

S.borner@bham.ac.uk

Postgraduate
Officer

Udita Bose

Brunel University London

udita.bose@brunel.ac.uk

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Haoyue Guo

University of Manchester

haoyue.guo@manchester.ac.uk

Early Career 
Officer

Website &
Social Media Officer

Maria Alfaro-Simmonds

University of Sheffield

m.alfaro-simmonds@sheffield.ac.uk

Writing Retreat
Officer

Alice Menzel

University of Birmingham

a.e.menzel@bham.ac.uk

EDI Officer

Mentor Officer

Ordinary committee members

  • Sarah Mills, Loughborough University;

  • Liz Ackerley, The University of Manchester 

  • Matluba Khan, Cardiff University

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