Oxford, August 2026
Global Conference on Children and Youth
Highlight Speakers
| Name | Title | Affiliation | |
 | Prof. Dr. Munyaradzi Mushonga | Coloniality, Bordering and Childhood on the Lesotho-South Africa Border: Representations and Narratives of School Children and Students from Lesotho | University of the Free State, South Africa |
 | Dr. Wai Hung IP | Beyond Homework Battles: AI-Assisted Learning Guidance and Parent–Child Relationships in Hong Kong SEN Families | Hong Kong Metropolitan University |
| Dr. Bridget Machaka | Combatting child marriage and the intergenerational sexual abuse of girls in South Africa | Stellenbosch University, South Africa |
| Dr. Marjan Ghasempour | Achievement Pressure and Intensive Parenting in Gifted Education Contexts: Implications for Maternal Wellbeing and Parent–Child Relationships | Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz Branch, Iran |
| Dr. Lungelwa Kaywood | Silenced by Design: The Children’s Right to participate in Stellenbosch’s Municipal Decision-Making | Stellenbosch Municipality, South Africa |
| Dr. Kit Ting Leung | Nurturing Family Communion: Experience from Adolescents with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) in Brace Treatment through a Family-Based Group Intervention | The Chinese University Of Hong Kong |
| Dr. Michael Marks | Adaptation of an Evidence-Based Model by Context and Culture: A Case Study of the US-Based YAPWrap® Services Model’ | Youth Advocate Programs, Inc, USA |
 | Ms. Oluwapelumi Adedotun | The Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure and the Limits of Universality in International Child Rights Protection | The Pearl Foundation, Nigeria |
| Ms. Elżbieta Szpakiewicz | Are Parents Good Judges of Their Children’s Prospective Memory? Correspondence Between Parental Reports and Task Performance in Early School-Aged Children | University of the National Education Commission, Krakow, Poland |
 | Ms. Katy Carpenter | The role of conversation in children’s co-construction of gender norms | Birmingham City University, UK |
| Ms. Irene Benewaa | Beyond Screens and Likes: Exploring Friendship, Belonging, and Relational Understanding for SEND youth Across Digital and Offline Contexts | University of Roehampton, UK |
| Ms. Jenny Hwang | Creating inclusive and Accessible Classrooms by Supporting Students with Language Based Learning Differences in the World Language Classroom | Singapore American School, Singapore |
 | Ms. Aishi Dharmani | Working Memory Assessment In Preschoolers | University of St Andrews, India |
 | Ms. Laeticia Pemba | Modelling education mediated effects of child marriage bans on second generation child marriage in low and middle-income countries | University of Strathclyde, UK |
 | Ms. Diana Matteson | Panel Discussion “Youth Advocate Programs, Inc: Strengthening Communities, One Biography at a Time” | Youth Advocate Programs, Inc, USA |
 | Ms. Tuba Karagöl Bezek | The Spatial Dimension of Social Inequalities Affecting Children: A Child-Centered Social Impact Assessment Framework | Ankara University, Turkey |
| Ms. Madeline Vowell | Fun and Games or Something Deeper: A New Understanding of Carefreeness | University of Manchester, UK |
 | Ms. Tinatin Meskhi | The Effectiveness of Twice-Used Diversion-Mediation for Juveniles in Conflict with The Law | Caucasus University of Georgia |
| Ms. Mariami Gulordava | From Policy Objects to Political Actors: Youth Mobilization, Student Resistance, and Higher Education Reforms in Georgia (2013-2026) “ | Tbilisi State University, Georigia |
| Ms. Anna Schönborn | Seen but not heard: The Inclusion of Children in Democratic Deliberation | Heidelberg University, Germany |
 | Mr. Alex Sam | Orphan Care Versus Family Care: An Ideological Study on Children in Orphanages and Foster Care vs Children in Families | International Leadership Development Centre-India |
| Mr. Rayyan Dastagir Mohammed | The Youth Mandate: Examining the Rise of Climate Activism as a Catalyst for Global Policy Reform. | Government Junior College, India |
| Mr. Jonathan Woollgar | Narratives of harm and safeguarding in response to the virality of Everyone’s Invited | University of Sussex, UK |
 | Mr. Abdulrahman Mubarak | Parenting Skills Training Needs of Families with Young Children in Saudi Arabia: A Mixed-Methods Study | Bangor Univesity, UK |
 | Mr. Biplaw Kumar Singh | Mission Vatsalya and the Changing Architecture of Child Protection in India | BML Munjal University, India |
| Mrs. Idurre Lazcano Quintana | A review of interventions on leisure, self-management, youth and wellbeing | University of Deusto, Spain |
| Mrs. Johanna Quina Fustillos | Mental health paradox: when being mentally healthy becomes a ‘toxic’ ideal | University of Leeds, UK |
 | Rev. Gabriel | Faith After Displacement: Religious Meaning-Making, Trauma, And Hope Among Internally Displaced Youth In Northern Nigeria | University of Jos, Nigeria |