ICWBN research showcased in Connecting Generations ‘Thought Leader’ talk
Julia Mikolai has been a panellist during a ‘Thought Leader’ talk by Dr Jennie Bristow titled “The problem of the ‘Covid Generation’ “. The event was organised by the ESRC Centre for Population Change under the Connecting Generations research programme. The recording of the event is available here.
Population Europe PopDigest
The article by Yekaterina Chzen has been summarised and showcased in a PopDigest published by Population Europe.
Article in The Conversation
Yekaterina Chzhen wrote an article in The Conversation on How lockdown highlighted educational inequality in Ireland.
New ICWBN paper
Members of the ICWBN (led by Yekaterina Chzhen) have published a new paper on the impact of the school closures in Ireland on children’s engagement with remote schooling.
ICWBN featured in the Changing Populations Newsletter
The ICWBN project and the recently published CPC Policy Brief are featured in the newest edition of the ESRC Centre for Population Change (CPC) Changing Populations Newsletter.
Policy Brief
New ESRC Centre for Population Change (CPC) policy briefing provides an overview of the key findings of the online ICWBN workshop. Read the Policy Brief here.
We are on YouTube!
The presentations of the ICWBN online workshop are now available to watch here.
ICWBN online workshop
We are organising the ICWBN online workshop on COVID-19 crisis and children’s economic well-being, education and mental health in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The workshop will take place on 8 September 2021. For details, registration, and the programme, please visit the ICWBN Workshop page.
ICWBN core network meeting
We held the first ICWBN core network meeting online on 22 March 2021. The 20 participants introduced themselves and their research, and shared their ideas for future research plans to study the impact of the COVID crisis on children.
Launch of project website
We have launched the project website on 16 March 2021
We are on Twitter!
We are on Twitter! Follow us @icwbn
The project has started
The ICWBN project has started on 1 February 2021.
This project was funded by UK Research and Innovation-Economic and Social Research Council and the Irish Research Council under the ‘ESRC-IRC UK/Ireland Networking Grants’.