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Prof Laura Lundy

@lauralundy.bsky.social

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Queen’s University Belfast and University College Cork working on Children’s Rights, Child Participation (The Lundy Model) and Education.

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Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social · Nov 25

Please don’t expound the benefits of child participation while you develop laws & policies without them. An infographic explaining what you should do when you haven’t involved children on the right. The left is for those wanting to do their best to get it right- Lansdown’s 3Cs plus the Lundy Model.

A flowchart showing questions to be asked when involving children in decision-making

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Emmet Norris @emmetnorris.bsky.social · Dec 11

@lauralundy.bsky.social highlighting why we must talk to children about their lives in this case poverty. @savechildrenuk.bsky.social @savethechildrenni.bsky.social @childrensrightsqub.bsky.social @mlcorr.bsky.social

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Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social · Dec 10

So I’m getting lots of handsome bearded middle aged men posing with puppies. They do seem awfully kind…🤔.

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Ali Struthers @dralistruthers.bsky.social · Dec 9

I wrote an article this year about privacy rights for the children of celebrities & am going to start chipping away at a follow-up piece.

If anybody happens upon news stories or social media posts that discuss any interactions between celebrities with their children & press photographers, 1/2

‘They Did Not Ask For This Life’: A Child Rights Approach to Photographing the Children of Celebrities
Alison Struthers
Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

a.struthers@warwick.ac.uk

Received 14 March 2023 | Accepted 22 September 2023 | Published online 6 March 2024

Abstract
For years, there have been relentless pleas by celebrities for their children to be left alone by persistent and frightening paparazzi. Despite two seminal cases heard in UK courts in 2008 and 2014 concerning, respectively, the privacy rights of the children of J.K. Rowling and Paul Weller, a glance at the online pages of UK news outlets reveals that unpixellated photographs of celebrity children remain commonplace. This article will argue that not enough is being done to protect the children of celebrities from press intrusion, and that a child rights-based approach, couched in the best interests of the child, should be adopted, to better regulate the behaviour of the media when it comes to the taking and publishing of photographs of children, even if pixelated in the final publication.

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Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social · Dec 6

This is such a comprehensive and clear summary of all of the challenges facing women in academia. But so frustrating that, 35 years since I began my career, the problems are still the same: ‘Motherhood penalty’ in particular. ☹️

Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · Dec 6

On THE Campus: Women in academia are promoted at far lower rates than their male peers and are under-represented in senior positions. To fix this, universities will need to embrace systemic change, says Rachael Jefferson @charlessturtuni.bsky.social

#AcademicSky #EduSky

We need to dismantle the promotion patriarchy in academia from the inside

Women in academia are promoted at far lower rates than their male peers and are under-represented in senior positions. To fix this, universities will need to embrace systemic change

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · Dec 6

We need to dismantle the promotion patriarchy in academia from the inside

Women in academia are promoted at far lower rates than their male peers and are under-represented in senior positions. To fix this, universities will need to embrace systemic change

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social · Dec 3

One of my all time favourites from a consultation by Barnardo’s Ireland. I am finding it hard to post links here but we have lots of examples in our research reports on our website.

A web that has lots of examples of what children said about what coercive control looks like for them

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Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social · Nov 28

Gutted my flight was cancelled but really enjoyed the panel. You were fabulous, providing a passionate child-focused approach to what you called ‘a tough gig’. 🙌

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Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social · Nov 27

Great. Glad it was useful. The panel gave Jenna and I lots of food for thought.

Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social · Nov 27

Hi @louca-mai.bsky.social . I’ll find out for you. It’s based on a paper 📑 n the Oxford Review (can’t do a link! 😂) & we think it offers a process for (not an answer to) addressing most child rights conflicts so hope you find it useful.

Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social · Nov 27

Looking forward to this event tonight in Glasgow. A thorny child rights topic. @jkgillettswan.bsky.social and I have tried to formulate a rights respecting process for addressing the many issues that arise. Interested to hear the perspectives of the different perspectives of the expert panel.

Jenna Gillett-Swan @jkgillettswan.bsky.social · Nov 25

Two days to go! education.gov.scot/events/in-sc... #ChildRights #Education #ManyFew #InclusiveEducation www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

In schools do the rights of the many outweigh the rights of the few? Online

Education Scotland is a Scottish Government executive agency responsible for supporting quality and improvement in Scottish education.

education.gov.scot

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Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social · Nov 27

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Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social · Nov 26

If I had more space I might have added some detail to the ‘no children involved’. Perfectly fine if they choose not to be perhaps because they have said it all before. Maybe the search for existing material should be a pre-requisite on both sides? I was targeting those who don’t bother with either…

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Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social · Nov 26

Glad you found it useful. 😊

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Jenna Gillett-Swan @jkgillettswan.bsky.social · Nov 25

Two days to go! education.gov.scot/events/in-sc... #ChildRights #Education #ManyFew #InclusiveEducation www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

In schools do the rights of the many outweigh the rights of the few? Online

Education Scotland is a Scottish Government executive agency responsible for supporting quality and improvement in Scottish education.

education.gov.scot

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Conor O'Mahony @conorom.bsky.social · Nov 21

⚠️CALL FOR PAPERS⚠️

Biennial Workshop on Developing Research in Children's Rights and Family Law, @LawUCC, 10-11 April 2025.

Join us for the fourth installment of this hugely popular event. Pre-read format; numbers strictly limited.

Queries to me. Please share widely!

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Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social · Nov 21

empoweringchildren.gov.mt/vuci-toolkit/ New toolkit developed by a team of us at University College Cork in partnership with the Maltese Ministry of Social Policy & Children’s Rights, the Children’s Commissioner & (of course) a Child Advisory Group to capture the impacts of child participation.

A one page tool for capturing the impact of child participation on policy.

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James McTaggart @jamesedpsych.bsky.social · Nov 20

Help! I can't find much research literature on *children's* views about capacity (to consent, be consulted, exercise #rights etc)

There's LOTS on what adults think about it!

We're planning research with CYP on this, and would be very grateful for any pointers to papers - please repost!

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Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social · Nov 19

Marking the 100th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child with some reflections on the child’s right to participation.

An image of a kaleidoscope and text saying it’s not the gift of adults. It’s the right of the child

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Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social · Nov 19

Hearing more about @lucybray9.bsky.social ‘s fabulous work applying child rights standards in health at the Prepare network (promoting play and rights in health) conference in Copenhagen.

Set of images from tools developed to apply child rights in Health.

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Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social · Nov 16

Seems like a good first post here… 😊 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/big-conver...

Big conversations, little people: raising ‘woke’ kids

How do we navigate those difficult conversations about the big issues in the world with the little folks in our lives?

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social · Nov 16

Thank you!

Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social · Nov 16

Thanks Ali. Finally X-ited from the dark void. 😨 Hoping to find the old child rights & participation community here. ❤️

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