Here is the message we have shared with CSU staff and students
Dear CSU Colleagues
The Children’s Voices Centre has begun.
https://www.csu.edu.au/research/childrens-voices-centre/home
We
invite everyone from CSU who undertakes research with children, for
children, and about children to register to be affiliated with the
Children’s Voices Centre: https://forms.office.com/r/Rqz427LtUH. CSU staff, HDR students, and CSU adjuncts are welcome to register.
We are very happy to come and talk to your Faculty, School, or group about Children’s Voices. Contact us at CVC@csu.edu.au
The
Children’s Voices Centre (CVC) is a beacon of innovation and
inclusivity, empowering ALL children to communicate, collaborate, and
create a better future for themselves and the world. Our research
focusses on:
• Children, families, and communities, and
• Workforce and policy.
We
amplify children’s voices and champion children’s communication,
learning, health, and development. We conduct world-leading,
transformative interdisciplinary research with global reach emphasising
inclusivity, diversity, social justice, equity, capacity building, and
innovation.
Our research focusses on the following themes:
• Children’s voices
• Children’s health
• Children’s activities
• Early childhood education and workforce needs
• Multilingual children’s speech
• Children with speech, language, and communication needs
• [We welcome conversations about new areas of research focus]
We collaborate with:
• People: children, families, communities, practitioners, professionals.
•
Disciplines: education (early childhood, primary, inclusive education),
allied health (speech-language pathology, physiotherapy, occupational
therapy, psychology, social work, paramedicine), nursing,
communications, media, data science, and more
• Organisations:
government departments, universities, international and national
organisations including the World Health Organization and the United
Nations.
• Settings: homes, early childhood education and care
centres, schools, health and disability services, community settings,
businesses, civic settings, leisure and recreation settings.
The
United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention
on the Rights of the Child guides our work to ensure children's voices
are heard by those responsible for building an inclusive world for
everyone.
Here are some of the opportunities in 2025 for capacity
building and collaborations available to affiliates of the Children’s
Voices Centre
1. World Health Organization collaboration about children’s perspectives of health and access to healthcare services
2. Children Draw Playing data analysis
3. Publication opportunities
• Special issue: Child Language Teaching and Therapy (Q1)
• Book: Multilingual Aspects of Children’s Speech Sounds
• Book: Early Childhood Voices: Children, families, professionals (2nd ed.)
4. Visiting scholars (e.g., arts-based research with children)
5. Research workshops
• Research wellness retreat
• CVs and track records
• Grant writing
6. Regular research presentations
7. Preparation for Early Childhood Voices Conference 2026 (ECV2026)
Here is a presentation about the work of the Children’s Voices Centre:
CVC-Roadshow.mp4
https://csuprod-my.sharepoint.com/personal/pmckenzie_csu_edu_au/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fpmckenzie%5Fcsu%5Fedu%5Fau%2FDocuments%2FShared%2FCVC%2DRoadshow%2Emp4&
We welcome you to join the Children’s Voices Centre.
