Cambridge, December 2025
Global Conference on Children and Youth
Highlight Speakers
| Name | Title | Affiliation | |
| Prof.Dr. Leon Holtzhausen | The global impact of adverse childhood experiences on criminal behavior: A cross-continental study | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
 | Prof.Dr. Sibonsile Zibane | ‘Uqobo’: Restoring Ma’atian Character and Ethical Citizenship in South African Youth | University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Dr.Nelson Agbor | Nowhere to Hide: The Impact of the Anglophone Crisis on Children in Cameroon | The University of Law, UK |
| Dr.Bushra Ayub | A Grounded Theory Approach to Proposing an intervention for rehabilitating street children in Pakistan: A focus on Mental Health | University of Bedfordshire, UK |
| Dr.Ebenezer Tetteh Kpalam | Examining the perspectives of Pentecostal pastors’ wives on the right of children in Ghana | Pentecost University, Ghana |
| Dr.Jari Varsaluoma | Gamified Methods for Youth Engagement: Perspectives from Youth Work Professionals | Tampere University, Finland |
| Dr.Adam Wronkowski | Dog Walking and Young People’s Sense of Place | Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland |
| Mrs. Tina Yngvesson | Negotiating Parent Engagement and Children’s Well-Being in Early Childhood Education: Insights from Swedish Preschools | University of Jönköping, Sweden |
| Mrs.Faustina Ataa Boadi | The Well-being of Children in La Dade-Kotopon: How Poor Sanitation, Healthcare Access, and Crowded Homes Create a Cycle of Disadvantage | Association Community Model Basic School – Labone, Ghana |
| Mrs.Eliska Vodakova | Aquatic Therapy as a Psychomotor Intervention for Children with Physical Disabilities | Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| Mrs.Rachael Leitch | Researching the Shore: Co-Creating Coastal Community Arts for Young People | University Centre, Blackpool (affiliated with Lancaster University), UK |
| Ms. Sarah Barnbrook | Consumed: How Digital Content Is Shaping a New Generation of Harm | Away from Keyboard Inc, Australia |
| Ms. Weiting Lin | Reframing Equity Through Open Spatial Education: A Scalable Learning Model Rooted in Architecture and Museum Pedagogy | SiSi Learn by Space, Taiwan |
| Ms. Janette Hermann | Implementing the Voice of the Child in Judicial Responses to Child Abuse Cases | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Ms.Barkha Tanvir | What Youth Development Work in India Tells Us about the Gendered Nature of Labour Migration | ComMutiny the Youth Collective, India |
| Ms.Jane Nambalirwa | Efficacy of a Bundled Psychosocial Intervention on HIV Linkage and Retention in Care for Street Children and Youth in Uganda: A Prospective Cohort Study | Rescue mission for street life, Uganda |
| Ms.Allyza Jean Miranda | Narratives of Filipino Houseparents in Residential Children Care Facilities | National University, Philippines |
| Ms.Memet Andreea-Florina | Foster care and the role of the social worker in foster care communities in Romania | Doctoral School of Social Work, University of Bucharest, Romania |
| Ms.Arwa Katab | Young Children as Co-Contributors in Qualitative Research: Developing Creative Interview Methods | Population Health Science Institute – Newcastle University, UK |
| Ms.Cassadee Orinthia Yan | Gender, Displacement, and Statelessness: Early and Forced Marriage as a Mechanism of Survival | Maslow Quest Foundation, Cayman Islands |
| Ms.Jelisavka Milosevic | Participation and Empowerment in Eco-Schools: Voices of Eco Warriors | Pearling Season International School, Qatar |
| Ms.Martín Pérez Pollero | Youth Self-Management of Leisure: Perception of Rights and Well Being | Universidad de Deusto, Spain |
| Ms.Nik Nuraisyah Nik Nasir | A comparative mixed method case study in North East of England and Peninsular of Malaysia: Understanding children’s emotional health and wellbeing, and educational attainment in a post COVID-19 restrictions world | Newcastle University, UK |
| Ms.Mai Kannan | Towards Reconsidering the Image of Children and Youth Who Do Not Use Ibasyo in Japan | Osaka University, Japan |
| Ms.Pia Domenech | From early care to family empowerment: Evaluating the impact of a family support and care programme implemented in disadvantaged contexts | Ramon Llull University, Spain |
| Ms.Isha Lal | How children in urban poverty experience alienation at school: a theoretical exploration of exclusion practices using Bourdieu’s habitus. | Jawaharlal Nehru University, India |
| Ms.Cara Love | Understanding Social Climate and Behavioural Outcomes in Young Offender Institutions: A Mixed-Methods Study of Young People and Staff Perspectives | University of Nottingham, UK |
| Ms.Gift Elechi | Death In The Water Pot: Telling Old Stories The New Way In Northern And Eastern Nigeria. | Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka, Nigeria |
| Mr. Jonathan Woollgar | Comparing narratives of harm: popular media, policy directives and safeguarding practices regarding sexual and intimate partner abuse between students in UK schools | University of Sussex, UK |
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