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THE CHILDREN’S RIGHTS EUROPEAN ACADEMIC NETWORK

CREAN is an academic network of higher education institutions in Europe. Its mandate is to enhance exchange and collaboration amongst academic institutions of children's rights in Europe.

ABOUT

CREAN is a network of more than 30 European universities that aims to enhance the academic field of children’s rights as an interdisciplinary field of studies and to reinforce the already existing ties between academic research and policies development.

Through its networking activities, CREAN acts as a platform for the promotion and exchange of information on scientific research among its members. The network also acts as facilitator in the field of service provision and supports its members to undertake individual and collaborative consultancy mandates about children’s human rights.

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UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

8th Children’s Rights Research Symposium

Save the Date: on the 5th and 6th December 2022 University College Cork is hosting the 8th Children’s Rights Research Symposium in association with CREAN. The Children’s Rights Research Symposium is an annual event inviting doctoral candidates and supervisors from different universities and disciplines (law, sociology, education, anthropology, psychology, history, etc.) to come together to discuss, explore and develop research related to children’s rights.

BECOME A MEMBER

The members of the Network are academic institutions located in Europe and offering programmes/courses in Children's Rights and/or Childhood Studies. To become a member of CREAN, please read the terms and conditions and statutes.

Then, to take the first step, simply fill in the registration form and we will get back to you as soon as possible. In case of any inquiries, please don't hesitate to contact the Coordination Office at: crean@unige.ch.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Members are required to be higher education institutions based in one of the Council of Europe member States. They should address children rights and childhood-related issues through teaching, scientific research and projects.

To become a member of CREAN, a letter of intent directed to the steering committee is required. The proposal is then relayed to all the members and is discussed by the steering committee.
The membership request is finally voted by CREAN General Assembly.
A membership fee is then required from the new member.

For further information, please refer to CREAN statutes.

BECOMING A MEMBER

CREAN Statutes and information about the Letter of interest needed to become a member are available here.

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Children’s Rights European Academic Network (CREAN)

c/o Centre for Children’s Rights Studies
University of Geneva, Valais Campus
PO Box 4176
CH 1950 Sion 4 - Switzerland

crean@unige.ch
Tel. +41 (0)27 205 73 06

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