This seminar series aims to provide a forum to share ways of involving children in decision-making in education. It will break new ground by enabling educators and researchers working in countries in the South and North to develop new approaches to children's decision-making, based on experiences from a wide range of contexts. The seminar series is concerned with how children can actively participate in decision-making in schools and other educational contexts. The series builds upon previous UK-based research into student voice and decision-making, citizenship education in the school curriculum and work with children as researchers. In an international context, there is an increasing focus on child rights and promoting children's involvement in decision-making. Starting from the position that children's participation in decision-making is problematic, the series will focus on:

methodological issues around practices, policies, structures and forms of communication intended to enable children to participate in decision-making;

ethical and political questions around the transformation of power relationships between adults and children.