Transdisciplinary Childhood Studies University of Malta

Overview

The Transdisciplinary Childhood Studies course at the University of Malta  provides participants with an in-depth, advanced study of childhood studies from a transdisciplinary, children's voice perspective.

 The critical, reflexive, and research skills and the expert and detailed knowledge in childhood studies facilitated during the course, will enable you to inform related policy, practice and research and ensure that children's voices and perspectives as well children's interests, wellbeing and welfare, will help to drive policy and practice in services and systems working for and with children in social welfare, care, education, health and community services. 

The programme also provides an opportunity to engage in research with children with a particular focus on the use of participatory research methods.

Career opportunities

• As a graduate, you will be able to engage in professional practice and policy development informed by a child's voice and children's rights lens, including protection, advocacy, and empowerment. 

• This specialised knowledge base and expertise may also serve for career advancement and employability in education, social welfare, health care, prevention, community services and other sectors. 

• The course also provides an opportunity for those wishing to engage in further research work with children, with a particular focus on participatory methods with children, and may lead to further studies at postgraduate and doctoral level in childhood studies or related areas.