Diana Volonakis est assistante-doctorante au Centre interfacultaire en droits de l'enfant (CIDE) de l'Université de Genève depuis septembre 2013. Elle est titulaire d’un BA en Lettres de l’Université de Lausanne, et d’un MA Interdisciplinaire en droits de l’enfant de l’Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch.

Recherche doctorale

Thèse intitulée «Etude transnationale comparative de la formation et du travail des apprenti-e-s horloger-e-s à Saint-Imier et au Massachusetts (1850-1900)». Thèse codirigée par Karl Hanson (CIDE) et Rita Hofstetter (FPSE)

Intérêts de recherche

Etudes de l’enfance et de la jeunesse, histoire économique, des sciences et de l'apprentissage professionnel

Actualités et média

Février 2020 à août 2021: Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Humanities, Northumbria University, Newcastle (bourse Early Postdoc.Mobility du Fonds National de la Recherche)

Septembre 2017 à septembre 2018: Visiting Fellow, Harvard Business School (bourse Doc.Mobility du Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique)

Publications peer-reviewed

Volonakis, D. (in press). Public spaces as loci of education and identity building. Paul Maerky and the lives of messengers and apprentices in Geneva’s horological district, 1871-1876. Sociological Studies of Children and Youth.

Volonakis, D. (in press). Apprenticeship. In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies.

Volonakis, D. (in press). Vocational education. In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies.

Ruggiero, R., Volonakis, D. & Hanson, K. (2017). The inclusion of ‘third parties’: The status of parenthood in the CRC. In: E. Brems, W. Vandenhole and E. Desmet (eds.), Children’s rights law in the global human rights landscape: isolation, inspiration, integration? London: Routledge.

Volonakis, D., Borda-Carulla, S. (2017). Reaffirming environmental rights in post-conflict Colombia: Children and youth as agents of change, Alternatives Humanitaires, 4, 120-131.

Volonakis, D. (2016) Advocating for human rights treaties in the USA. A comparison between CRC and CRPD advocacy. Discourse. Journal of Childhood and Adolescence Research, 11(2), 193-208.

Hanson, K., Al-Rozzi, M. & Volonakis, D. (2015). Child Labour, working children and children’s rights. In W. Vandenhole, E. Desmet, D. Reynaert & S. Lembrechts (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Children’s Rights Studies. London: Routledge.

Revues d'ouvrages

Volonakis, D. (2019). [Review of the book Theorising Childhood: Citizenship, Rights, and Participation, Eds. C. Baraldi & T. Cockburn]. International journal of children’s rights, 27, 581-593 

Publications autres

Al-Rozzi, M., Hirschi, C., Ribeiro Richter Nunes, R. I., Serbaroli, E., & Volonakis D. (2017). Being an interdisciplinary student in children’s rights studies. In K. Hanson, R. Ruggiero & F. Darbellay (Eds.). Children’s rights at university. The challenges of interdisciplinary teaching and learning.

Volonakis, D. (2016). The role of Colombian youth as agents of change in the context of the Colombian water crisis. Working paper, Day of general discussion on children’s rights and the environment, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Hanson, K., Hirschi C. & Volonakis, D. (2014). Interdisciplinary group project with a real-life impact. In Hanson, K., Lutz, A. et Volonakis, D. (Eds). Good practice teaching methods. CREAN web publications.

Volonakis, D. (2013). The American children’s rights movement and countermovement in interaction: A case study of the Campaign for US ratification of the CRC and Parentalrights.org. Mémoire de Master en études interdisciplinaires en droits de l’enfant, sous la direction de K. Hanson, Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch.

Communications

Volonakis, D. (2019, mai). ""Daintily and in their dainty attire they do their dainty work, and with the daintiest skill!". The rights of working girls in early industrialization. A study of the American watchmaking industry, 1876-1900", Séminaire de recherche Droit de la famille - Droits de l'enfant, University of Geneva. 

Volonakis, D. (2018, octobre). "Historicizing girls’ industrial training and labour. A case study of the Waltham Watch Company (1874-1900)", 6th Children’s Rights Research Symposium, Queen's University Belfast, UK.

Volonakis, D. (2017, juin). "The transgressive dimension of professional training. The young life of Genevan watchmaking apprentice Paul Maerky, 1871-1880", 9th Biennial Conference of the Society for the History of Childhood and Youth, Rutgers University. 

Volonakis, D. (2016, juin). “Writing the history of childhood and youth: Theories and Methods”, 7th History of Education Doctoral Summer School, University of Groningen.

Volonakis, D. (2016, juin). “Watchmaking apprentice ship in Saint-Imier, Western Switzerland, 1860-1880”, Horrible Histories? Children's Lives in Historical Context, King's College London.

Volonakis, D. (2015, octobre). "Children's agency in school settings: Watchmaking apprenticeship in 19th century Western Switzerland", 3rd Children's Rights Research Symposium, University of Antwerp.

Volonakis, D. (2015, juin). "The Campaign for US ratification of the CRC and ParentalRights.org", CREAN Conference Children's Rights and the Aims of Education, University of Geneva.

Volonakis, D. (2015, juin). "Researching children and youth in a historical perspective. Theory and methods", 3rd International Conference of the International Childhood and Youth Research Network, European University Cyprus.

Volonakis, D. (2014, novembre). “The past, present, and future of CRC ratification by the United States of America”, International Conference 25 Years CRC, University of Leiden.

Volonakis, D. (2014, juin). “History from below: Watchmaking apprenticeship in 19th century Western Switzerland”, Researching children’s everyday lives: socio-cultural contexts. 5th International Conference of the Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth, University of Sheffield. 

Autres activités scientifiques

Membre du Comité directeur du Advanced Masters in Children's Rights (MCR)

Membre de l’Equipe de recherche en histoire sociale de l'éducation (ERHISE)

Membre du programme Mentorat Relève (2018-2019)

Membre du programme StartingDoc (2014-2015)

Prix et distinctions scientifiques

Prix décerné par le Children's Rights Erasmus Academic Network pour le mémoire de Master en droits de l'enfant (2015)