About the contributors List of figures and tables Acknowledgements Foreword 1 Social research and spaces for possibility: an introduction to the Thomas Coram Research Unit and the book Claire Cameron, Alison Koslowski, Alison Lamont and Peter Moss Part 1 Services and Policies For Children, Young People and Families Introduction Claire Cameron 2 Jack Tizard and the Children’s Centres: visions for policy relevant social research and transforming early childhood services Peter Moss 3 Which way for the ‘care’ workforce? Antonia Simon, Charlie Owen, Claire Cameron and Peter Moss 4 Introducing social pedagogy for children in care in the UK: From policy to research and from research to policy? Pat Petrie, Claire Cameron, Helen Jones and Robyn Kemp 5 Educating children in out of home care: 40 years of research and action Sonia Jackson and Claire Cameron 6 Child abuse and neglect: how can healthcare services enact a public health approach? Jenny Woodman 7 The development of an international research field: The case of parenting leaves Alison Koslowski, Margaret O’Brien and Katherine Twamley Part 2 Family Life, Gender and Minority Communities Introduction Alison Koslowski 8 Young people, diversity, wellbeing and inclusion: towards values-led research and practice Peter Aggleton, Elaine Chase and Ian Warwick 9 Children and young people navigating a complex world: coping, motivation and resilience Katie Quy, Lisa Fridkin and Marjorie Smith 10 Minority stress in same-sex parented families: extending minority stress theory to thevfamily level Mário A. Tombolato, Isabel C. Gomes, and David M. Frost 11 Life course transitions and global migration: conceptual reflections on the biographical trajectories of young African migrants in Italy Michela Franceschelli 12 My name is not ‘asylum seeker’: countering silencing, unhearing, and labelling in the UK asylum system through co-research Mette Louise Berg, Eve Dickson, Faith Nyamakanga and Nelson Gómez. Photos by Rasha Kotaiche Part 3 Innovative Social Resarch Methodologies Introduction Alison Lamont 13 Change and continuity in men’s fathering and employment practices: A slow gender revolution? Julia Brannen, Charlotte Faircloth, Catherine Jones, Margaret O’Brien and Katherine Twamley 14 Collecting Stories of Identity and Culture with Young people: The Synallactic Collective Image Technique (S.C.I.T) Humera Iqbal, Sarah Crafter and Evangelia Prokopiou 15 Politics, position and personality in ethnographic research: a conversation and a response Jonathan Galton, Ashraf Hoque and Victoria Redclift 16 Designing ways of listening to young children: the development and growth of the Mosaic approach Alison Clark 17 Research with children in changing families Catherine Jones, Sophie Zadeh and Susan Imrie 18 International collaboration: Practice and praxis Julia Brannen and Rebecca O’Connell 19 Participatory childhood research: Histories, presents and reflections Veena Meetoo, Hanan Hauari and Ann Phoenix 20 TCRU at 50: Conclusion Alison Lamont, Claire Cameron, Alison Koslowski and Peter Moss