'But why is that better?'

''But why is that better?' An investigation of what applied philosophy and ethics can bring to quality improvement work in healthcare'.

Child Marriage in Humanitarian Settings: Integrating the Response to Child Marriage in East Africa

This project will enhance collaboration between civil society and humanitarian actors to end child marriage and support already married girls in East Africa.

Grounded in their lives: Comprehensive stakeholders engagement to change child marriage policy and programming for girls in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

This project aimed to ensure child marriage policy and programming in the MENA Region is comprehensively and explicitly grounded in girls' lived experience.

London: A home for young people?

A project that brought together young people and decision makers to discuss solutions to challenges young Londoners face as a result of regeneration projects.

Mixed-Heritage Young People's Educational Experiences in London: An Exploratory Study

This project explores the educational journeys of mixed-heritage students (ages 18-25) within London’s diverse higher education institutions.

Multi-Agency Child Safeguarding (MACS) Evaluation

This project will provide evidence about what makes Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships (LSCPs) effective.

Opportunity, equality and agency in England's new VET landscape: a longitudinal study of post-16 transitions (Young Lives, Young Futures)

How England's vocational education and training (VET) system could better support the school to work transitions of young people who don’t go to university.

Postgraduate student experience: identity, belonging and attainment

A qualitative study of how postgraduate student identity impacts their teaching & learning experiences, their sense of belonging and their academic attainment.

Protecting children at a distance: investigating and strengthening child safeguarding and protection responses consequent upon COVID-19 lock-down/social distancing measures

This multi-disciplinary study investigates the impacts of COVID-19 social distancing/lockdown measures on child safeguarding and protection practice in England.

Rethinking Impact, Evaluation and Accountability in Youth Work

The project investigates how impact tools and processes are experienced and enacted by young people and practitioners in youth work settings.

Sustaining teacher quality and retention post-pandemic

This project examines the impact of the substantial changes and sustained disruption caused by Covid-19 to the development of secondary school teachers.

The History of Educational Planning in Developing Countries Through the Lens of the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)

This study traces the history of educational planning in developing countries through the lens of the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP).

Understanding colourism among young people in the UK

This research explores how colourism, skin shade prejudice, is understood, negotiated and/or perpetuated by young people in the UK.

We're trying to do things differently: the challenges of relationships and recognition in higher education

Students and staff from King's Social Sciences BA turn the research lens back on their own world and explore the challenges of trying to do things differently.

CPPR Seminar Series

Our seminar series allows our academics and guest speakers to share their work and research.

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Writing Group for Academic Publishing

This group, chaired by Professor Pat Mahony, meets monthly (on the first Wednesday of each month, 12.30-1.30pm) to support ECS staff and PhD students in getting their work published. Each month, one member circulates their draft of an article or book chapter and the rest of the group provide feedback in a constructive and supportive way. We aim to help the author to improve their paper in preparation for submission as well as support broader learning on the process of academic publishing. If you would like to join, please contact Dr Clare Coultas: clare.coultas@kcl.ac.uk.

CPPR Doctoral Student Seminar Group

CPPR runs a voluntary doctoral seminar for our doctoral and PGR students, a monthly two-hour meeting where doctoral students have the opportunity to present their research and get feedback. We see this is a form of supervision and it is also a good way for students to network and get to know each other. Students can use this space to receive feedback on their research, from the initial conceptualisation to a mock viva, but also to briefly discuss a particular methodological or theoretical aspect they are grappling with. We usually have two students present per session for about 20-30 minutes, followed by half an hour comments and discussion. The meetings are hybrid (held face-to-face but also accessible via Teams). To take part, email Maren Elfert at: maren.elfert@kcl.ac.uk.

CPPR Creative Writing Group

This is a monthly, informal workshop/sharing/discussion space open to doctoral students and staff with an interest in creative writing (of all kinds) both in and beyond our work in the university. Group members take it in turns to facilitate sessions on subjects we are interested in and where we also share work or work-in-progress. Previous sessions have included explorations of: poetry and performance poetry, haiku, instinctive/freeflow writing, the practice and ethics of auto-ethnographic storytelling, writing processes and planning, comic books and graphic art. Meetings last around an hour. If you are interested, email Freya Aquarone (freya.aquarone@kcl.ac.uk) or Tania de St Croix (tania.de_st_croix@kcl.ac.uk).

Theory and Methods Workshops

This group provides an opportunity for CPPR doctoral students and staff to come together in an informal and supportive atmosphere to grapple with methodological and theoretical issues of common interest. Each meeting is usually based on a methodological or theoretical topic or the ideas of one thinker. A relevant text is circulated in advance, with the participants taking turns to choose the reading and introduce the topic or thinker and possible themes for discussion. As far as possible we aim to choose texts and themes that have widespread relevance and significance. For further information, please contact: Alan Cribb: alan.cribb@kcl.ac.uk, John Owens: john.owens@kcl.ac.uk, or Sharon Gewirtz: sharon.gewirtz@kcl.ac.uk

King's Social Journal

This student-led blog run by the BA Social Sciences students is a space to analyse pressing issues faced by society today, especially with regard to: Gender & Sexuality; Race & Ethnicity; Environment & Society; and Education, Childhood & Youth.

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