Our activities

Research collaborations and dissemination

• We disseminate high quality and impactful knowledge.
• We provide opportunities for scholars to collaborate on research projects.

Teaching

• We provide teaching exchanges for students in our childhood studies programmes with global partner institutions.
• We have an international research group of PhD students.

The UoA Early Years Collective provides a forum for stimulating conversations and networking opportunities relevant to teaching and research in the early years, child development, and childhood studies.

UoA The First Years Ngā Tau Tuatahi: New Zealand Journal of Infant and Toddler Education - The First Years Ngā Tau Tuatahi provides a forum for teachers, researchers, and others to reflect on their everyday realities and passions related to the care and education of very young children. The journal serves as a catalyst for debating practice, policy and pedagogy, both within Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally, presenting opportunities for readers to connect and engage in reciprocal exchanges in a globalised world. Its vision is to promote the status of infant and toddler educational provision and provide a key source of inspiration, for those who work with, and are interested in, infant and toddler education and care.

UoA EC Seminar Series - the EC Seminar Series offers free online seminars on a range of topics and research related to EC education and care. The seminars are recorded and available on the Seminar Series YouTube channel. Here is a selection of our Seminars with a Childhood Studies focus.