Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Research Group

The Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Research Group (GCYFRG) aims to raise the profile, perceived value and understanding of geographies of children, youth and families within academic geography and beyond.

More specific aims include:

• Providing a forum to explore the meanings, implications and new directions in the geographies of children, youth and families
• Stimulating and developing critical debate about geographies of children, youth and families within and beyond geography
• Building upon the activities of the former RGS-IBG Limited Life Working Party on the Geographies of Children, Youth and Families
• Establishing collaborative links to research groups and practitioners within other disciplines as well as other RGS-IBG Research Groups
• Maximising the involvement of postgraduates and new researchers in all of the Research Group’s activities
• Constituting a sustainable forum and support network that links research on the geographies of children, youth and families with the rapidly-growing number of taught courses and course modules in the field 

Read more about news and activities on the GCYFRG website.

Undergraduate Dissertation Prize winners

First prize went to Bethan Siu Yin Thomas (School of Geography, University of Nottingham) for her dissertation entitled Diaspora space: the changing nature of Woking Chinese School.

Second prize went to Deborah Puttick (School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Plymouth) for her dissertation entitled Sacred Place on the Catholic World Youth Day Pilgrimage to Sydney 2008.