SUII 2013 SEMINAR PRESENTERS
Please find below the full list of seminar presenters and discussants who took part in the Well-Connected Child: Developing a relational approach for practice with young children series, sponsored by the Scottish Universities Insight Institute. These seminars have aimed to develop a philosophical, scientific, and practical understanding of the needs and virtues of babies and young children in their families and communities, drawing on multi-disciplinary academic scholarship to support and improve practices in all early years agencies in Scotland and for all our youngest children.
- Tam Baillie (Commissioner for Children and Young People, Scotland)
- Prof. Jon-Roar Bjorkvold (Music, University of Oslo)
- Susan Bolt (Scottish Government, Early Years Team)
- Prof. Bronwen Cohen (Social Policy, University of Edinburgh)
- Prof. Gunilla Dahlberg (Education, University of Stockholm)
- Dr. Jonathan Delafield-Butt (Early Years, University of Strathclyde)
- Heather Douglas (Glasgow Council)
- Prof. Aline-Wendy Dunlop (University of Strathclyde)
- Anders Farstad (Hval Gard and Vepsebloet Nurseries, Norway)
- Dr. Jukka Makela (National Institute for Health & Welfare, Finland)
- Chris Miles (Former Preschool Education Coordinator for Fife Council; Chair Forest Schools Group, Forestry Commission)
- Prof. Darcia Narvaez (Psychology, University of Notre Dame)
- Dr. Ingela Naumann (Social Policy, University of Edinburgh)
- Prof. Helen Penn (Early Childhood, University of East London)
- Dr. Pauline Phemister (University of Edinburgh)
- Dr. Jenny Roe (Urban Environment, Heriot Watt University)
- Patricia Santelices (Mental Health, City of Edinburgh Council)
- Prof. Josh Sparrow (Psychiatry, Harvard University)
- Kenny Spence (Gilmerton Child & Family Centre & Men in Childcare)
- Prof. Colwyn Trevarthen (University of Edinburgh)
- Prof. Catharine Ward Thompson (Open Spaces, University of Edinburgh)
- Julie Wild (National Parent Forum of Scotland)
- Dr. Suzanne Zeedyk (Psychology, University of Dundee)