Children, Nature & Sustainability
The issue of children’s accessibility to natural environments has always been a primary concern of CERG (for example, please see Wildlands for Children). We believe …
Areas of Concern
Ecological Study of Children’s Lives
Although all of our work is driven by a desire to have a direct impact on children’s lives, not all of it is designed with …
Children’s Citizenship & Participation in Governance
From its inception CERG has taken every opportunity to create ways to involve children themselves in the process of research, planning and design of environments, …
Design: Programming & Evaluation
CERG has consulted on many design projects with children in mind, ranging from urban design, landscape architecture, architecture and product design for children’s safety. The …
Methodological Innovations
Based in our conviction of the importance of finding ways to listen to children we have been driven to develop new kinds of research tools …
Community Development & Planning
CERG is committed to finding way to contribute to the development of more inclusive and participatory forms of democratic community governance. We have been particularly …
Play
CERG has a particular concern with the improvements in the quality of play opportunities in cities. This is related to research carried out by CERG …
Urban Poverty & Social/Environmental Justice
Our work in this area is related to our understanding of children’s development in relation to qualities of the physical environment and to our knowledge …
Children’s Rights
CERG has an overarching commitment to the use of social science research in helping to achieve a more just world for children. It is for …
