Editorial - The relevance of child studies

Abstract

[Excerpt] This is the inaugural issue of the journal Child Studies published by the Research Centre on Child Studies, University of Minho, Portugal. Child Studies is an international peer-reviewed journal which publishes empirical and theoretical articles focusing on children’s social contexts and their social practices and relationships, both at local and global level and from a contemporary as well as historical viewpoint. Taking a holistic perspective, Child Studies aims to provide a multidisciplinary forum for sharing and discussing issues such as children’s rights, development and well-being; child education and care services and institutions such as families and schools; professional practices and professional development of social workers, teachers, nurses and other professionals working with children; children’s leisure and play in urban spaces and communities; children and the media in the digital world; child and childhood representation in public discourse (media, law, religion, literature, academia…); children and the arts; children’s literature; intercultural and intergenerational relations and the broader societal, political and cultural issues impacting children’s lived realities.