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SALEM, MASS. – An annual global conference on child wellbeing will launch from 51�Թ� this Friday as educators and thought leaders from around the world will gather and present their work, research, and more.

Child Wellbeing: A Global Wisdom Conference, hosted by Salem State’s Center for Childhood and Youth Studies, will run Friday, April 17 from 8:30 am to 2 pm. The program features a slate of 11 half-hour presentations conducted by participants from around the world on .

“The young global scholars speaking at this conference are sharing their research on different aspects of child and youth wellbeing and giving recommendations about how to improve their lives,” said Yvonne Vissing, a professor of healthcare studies at Salem State and organizer of the conference. “They include the creation of a film, analysis of policy documents, interviews with young people and their parents, ideas about how schools can improve their learning, and the impact of trauma.”

In addition to three presentations from Salem State faculty, alumni and fellows, other presenters will connect from Kansas, Texas, England, Austria, Sindh, and more.

“The fellows at the Center for Childhood and Youth Studies meet together regularly to explore issues that impact the wellbeing of children and youth everywhere,” Vissing said. “They show the power of global partnerships, with young scholars from all parts of the world working together around a common goal as they become good colleagues and a positive-focused research and action-oriented family.” 

The full schedule of speakers is as follows:

• 8:30 am: Yvonne Vissing, broadcasting from 51�Թ�
• 9 am: Monique Mehmi, broadcasting from the University of Liverpool, England on Tensions Between Vulnerability Theory and Age Assessments
• 9:30 am: Pankhuri Bajpai, broadcasting from the University of Lucknow, India on Centering Children’s Voices: Lessons from Subjective Well-being Research for Inclusive Digital Education
• 10 am: Zuoran Chen, broadcasting from the University of Nottingham, England on British Chinese Children’s Gender Construction in Transnational Families in the UK
• 10:30 am: Munir Moosa Sadruddin, broadcasting from 51�Թ� on Artificial Intelligence, Inclusivity, and Ethics
• 11 am: Sehrish Sachwani, broadcasting from Dallas, Texas on Challenges Faced by Elderly People in Pakistan—A Documentary Film
• 11:30 am: Erzsébet Fanni Tóth, broadcasting from Vienna, Austria on Human-Animal Bonds and Children’s Rights: An Overlooked Dimension of Childhood Displacement
• 12 pm: Matthew Speno, broadcasting from the University of Kansas on Creating Equitable Transition Assessment and Evaluations
• 12:30 pm: Eric Knudsen, broadcasting from 51�Թ� on Building an Active Bystander Community
• 1 pm: Kiran Zubair, broadcasting from Sindh on Dreams Within Walls: Lived Experiences and Career Goals of Adolescents in Child Protection Centers of Sindh
• 1:30 pm: Nesibe Zeynep Arslanoğlu, broadcasting from Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University in Turkey on Shopping Malls’ Kids Zone from the Perspective of Social Semiotics: 3 Cases from Ankara