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Childhood Studies

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  • University/Institute Name University of Essex
  • Attendance Type On Campus (Full Time)
  • Position Duration1 year
  • Application deadlineJul 2026
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Position Details (Master's)

The Childhood Studies program at theUniversity of Essexoffers a unique psychosocial focus, seeking to understand not only the outer social experience of children but also their complex inner, emotional worlds.

Building upon our existing expertise in postgraduate courses like refugee care, psychoanalytic studies and psychodynamic counselling, this program offers much more than you would find in other MA Childhood Studies courses.

The Childhood Studies program at the University of Essex is rooted in psychosocial, sociological and psychodynamic approaches.

Your future

You will develop key employability skills including thinking analytically, evaluation, essay-writing, research methods in psychoanalysis and an understanding of psychoanalytic thinking, applicable to clinical and academic work.

The Childhood Studies program at theUniversity of Essexwill equip you for a career in sectors including education, health, international fields such as the charitable sector and NGOs, social care including children’s homes, therapeutic communities and supporting children and their families.

Courses include

  • Critical Debates in Childhood and Childhood Studies
  • Research with Children and Young People
  • Children’s Emotional Worlds
  • Geographies of Childhood and Youth
  • Relational Childhoods

Research Areas & Fields of Study involved in the position

Position Start Date

Oct 2026