CONTRIBUTOR:

Michael Wyness

AFFILIATION:

TITLE:

Associate Professor, Childhood Studies

DEPARTMENT:

Institute of Education

INSTITUTION:

The University of Warwick

BIOGRAPHY:

Dr Michael Wyness is Associate Professor in Childhood Studies at the Institute of Education. His general research interests are in the sociologies of Childhood and Education. His current book Childhood and Society (2006) published by Palgrave is going into a second edition. His previous books were Contesting Childhood (1999) and Schooling Welfare and Parental Responsibility (1995) both for FalmerRoutledge He has also published widely in a number of refereed journals. His current research interests are in three areas: children’s transitions; children and social and political participation and the social and emotional dimensions of schooling.