Working Group on Childhood and Migration
The working group on childhood and migration was founded in 2005 by scholars who wished to bring a human face to children's experiences of migration, including children who are left behind, children who move back and forth, and children who settle in a strange land. We now have over sixty members at universities all over the world who study and report on issues such as how migration changes children's notions of self, strategies that parents and families use to handle child-rearing when they find they must migrate, and changing notions of childhood across cultures. We are especially interested in informing and reforming how societies can better nurture children's natural capabilities, inclinations and needs, specifically as they are interrupted or altered by migration journeys.