Alan Prout

Alan Prout

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Institute of Education
Room WE046
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL 		Tel: 024 7652 2301
Fax: 024 7652 4177
Email: A.Prout@warwick.ac.uk

 

RESEARCH PROFILE


The social study of childhood. Childhood and social theory. Children's Participation. Children's Services. ocial Studies of Childhood Children's Services; Children's participation; Childhood and socio-technical relations; Health Education; Children's everyday lives

RESEARCH GROUPS

BACKGROUND


Alan joined WIE as Professor of Sociology and Childhood Studies in 2005. He has researched and taught at a number of UK universities, including Cambridge, Keele and Sirling. He was also Visitng Professor at Roskilde University. He was Director of the Economic and Social Research Council's Research Programme "Children 5-16". This large research initiative looked at contemporary childhood in Britain through twenty-two different projects. He was editor of the FalmerRoutledge book series "The Future of Childhood", as well as author of a book of the same name.

RESEARCH PROJECTS


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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


  • Simmonds, R., Birchall, J., and Prout, A.(2011) 'User involvementin public services: choice about voice (In Press)' Public Policy and Administration (0952-0767)
  • Prout, A.(2011) 'Taking a step away from modernity : reconsidering the new sociology of childhood' 1 (1), (1044-3983) [article]
  • Prout, A.(2011) 'Taking a step away from modernity: reconsidering the new sociology of childhood (In press)' Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research (0907-5682)
  • Prout, A.(2008) 'Culture-nature and the construction of childhood' in The international handbook of children, media and culture, Editors: Drotner, K. and Livingstone, S. (9781412928328), Los Angeles ; London: Sage
  • Prout, A.(2008) 'Paticipation, policy and changing conditions of childhood' in Transforming learning in schools and communities : the remaking of education for a cosmopolitan society, Editors: Lingard, B., Nixon, J. and Ranson, S., London: Continuum Press

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