Based across the University of Huddersfield, the Open University, and the University of Lincoln the team brings together expertise in participatory research and co-production with children and young people, children’s geographies, action research, healthy literacy, youth studies, sociology, young people’s wellbeing, and community safety. As a team we thrive in providing opportunities for children to voice their needs, share their experiences, and shape their local environments.

The CHILL Team

Professor Helen Lomax

Professor Helen Lomax

Professor of Childhood Studies

Principal Investigator

Professor Barry Percy-Smith, Director Centre for Applied Childhood, Youth and Family Research

Professor Barry Percy Smith

Professor of Childhood Youth and Participatory Practice

Principal Investigator

Dr Kate Smith

Dr Kate Smith

Senior Research Fellow

Co-Investigator

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Dr Wendy Turner

Senior Lecturer

Co-Investigator

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Dr Maria Jesus Alfaro-Simmonds

Research Fellow

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Dr Debbie Humphry

Research Fellow

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Dr Sue Bond-Taylor

Research Fellow