UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti Podcasts

UNICEF Innocenti presents Present Imperfect, a podcast series exploring the evolution of child rights over the past three decades - and the decades to come, 35 years after the approval of the Convention on the Rights of the Child or CRC by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989. In this episode Professor Cecile Aptel, Deputy Director at UNICEF Innocenti with several years of experience at Fletcher and Harvard Universities, will guide us through the complex interaction between children and the law. Children interact with justice systems for many reasons because they have violated laws, because they are victims or survivors or witnesses or are interested party in the criminal proceedings. Children need the protection of the law and interventions of the justice systems to provide them with the protection and guarantee their rights. Cecile will explain why children need access to justice and what is meant when referring broadly to justice for children, as well as the differences between juvenile justice and more broadly, justice for children. She will also guide us through the Convention on the Rights of the Child overarching principles for justice, including crime prevention, diversion or exclusion from criminal process, rehabilitation rather than punishing children, minimum age of criminal responsibility, gender differences in delinquent behavior and pathways to justice. Cecile also talks of children involved in atrocities such as war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, either as victims or perpetrators.

Josiah Kaplan, Child Protection Specialist at UNICEF Innocenti, looks at the rights of children who are on the move. Reports and resources mentioned in this episode: • UNICEF Innocenti migration and displacement page: https://www.unicef.org/innocenti/projects/children-migration-and-displacement • IDAC: https://data.unicef.org/resources/international-data-alliance-for-children-on-the-move/

Episode 5: Alessandra Guedes and Shanaaz Mathews on intersections between violence against children and violence against women. Alessandra Guedes, UNICEF Innocenti's Gender and Development Manager, and Shanaaz Mathews, Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, explore the intersections between violence against children and violence against women. Reports and resources relevant to this episode: UNICEF Child Protection Strategy 2021-2030: https://www.unicef.org/media/104416/file/Child-Protection-Strategy-2021.pdf UNICEF Gender Action Plan, 2022–2025: https://www.unicef.org/executiveboard/media/7046/file/2021-31-Gender_Action_Plan_2022-2025-EN-ODS.pdf

Episode 3 of the GRASSP podcast explores social protection case studies from Angola, Burkina Faso, Mali and Tanzania. Discover how how social protection interventions can be adapted to focus on women and girls, and their specific needs.

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the approval of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. To commemorate this landmark in child rights, UNICEF Innocenti is producing Present Imperfect, a podcast series exploring the evolution of child rights over the past three decades - and the decades to come. In this episode, Gavin Wood discusses the rights of children with disabilities.

Episode 3: Camila Teixeira on the right to peaceful protest and other civil and political rights. Reports and resources mentioned in this episode: • Youth, Protests and the Polycrisis report https://www.unicef.org/innocenti/reports/youth-protests-and-polycrisis • Explainer – Should Children Vote? Understanding the debate https://www.unicef.org/innocenti/should-children-vote • Free and safe to protest – report on policing assemblies involving children https://www.unicef.org/reports/free-and-safe-protest • Podcast with UNICEF Youth Foresight Fellows Nahjae Nunes and Abril Perazzini on Democracy and Youth - https://soundcloud.com/unicef-innocenti/democracy-and-youth   This episode was recorded on 5th July 2024.

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the approval of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. To commemorate this landmark in child rights, UNICEF Innocenti is producing Present Imperfect, a podcast series exploring the evolution of child rights over the past three decades - and the decades to come. In this episode, Professor Ann Skelton discusses the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

In the first of a new series of podcasts, Camila Teixeira of UNICEF Innocenti speaks with Nahjae Nunes and Abril Perazzini, both UNICEF Youth Foresight Fellows, on the future of democracy - as seen through the eyes and experience of young people.

Gender and age play a disproportionately large role in the way people experience risks, vulnerabilities, and opportunities. Events at different stages in life, like marriage, childbearing or retirement, can mean that women and girls are at a heightened risk of experiencing poverty. Social protection, such as cash transfers or health insurance, can help address poverty and vulnerability, as well as supporting people during shocks from childhood through to old age. In this podcast, Gustavo Angeles Tagliaferro, Francesca Bastagli, and Naila Kabeer discuss the evaluation methods for Gender-Responsive and Age-Sensitive Social Protection. Gustavo Angeles Tagliagerro: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustavo-angeles-04198b1ba/ Francesca Bastagli: https://twitter.com/FraBastagli Naila Kabeer: https://www.lse.ac.uk/international-development/people/naila-kabeer

Gender and age play a disproportionately large role in the way people experience risks, vulnerabilities, and opportunities. Events at different stages in life, like marriage, childbearing or retirement, can mean that women and girls are at a heightened risk of experiencing poverty. Social protection, such as cash transfers or health insurance, can help address poverty and vulnerability, as well as supporting people during shocks from childhood through to old age. In this podcast, Ramya Subrahmanian, Nyasha Tirivayi, and Lauren Whitehead are in conversation about Gender-Responsive and Age-Sensitive Social Protection. Ramya Subrahmanian: https://www.unicef-irc.org/profiles/10051-Ramya-Subrahmanian.html https://x.com/ramyainnocenti?s=20 Nyasha Tirivayi: https://www.unicef-irc.org/profiles/10098-Nyasha-Tirivayi.html Lauren Whitehead: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-whitehead-workprofile https://twitter.com/lwhitehead301

The Leading Minds 2022 conference brought young leaders and global thought leaders together to discuss “the Vital Importance of Child Identity” -- bringing together emerging research, under-represented perspectives, and key action steps to foster positive identity. Listen to Faridah Luanda, Natasha Maimba, Victor Lopez-Carmen as they share their experiences and expertise on building positive child identity. This podcast is hosted by Shai Naides, a Youth Engagement Officer at the UNICEF Innocenti — Global Office of Research and Foresight.

What is the impact of social protection on gender equality in low and middle-income countries? In this podcast, Camila Perera talks to Francesca Bastagli, Director of the Equity and Social Policy programme and Principal Research Fellow at global think tank ODI, and Shivit Bakrania, Knowledge Management Specialist at the UNICEF Office of Research–Innocenti to discuss the results of our recent systematic review investigating the impact of social protection programmes on gender equality in low and middle-income countries.

Quality childcare helps parents' return to work and also supports children's development. It is essential service for an equitable society. But new research finds that even in the world's richest countries, 1 in 7 parents have unmet childcare needs. In this podcast, Dale Rutstein talks to Anna Gromada about her new UNICEF Innocenti report - “Where do rich countries stand on childcare?” - which ranks the childcare policies of the world's richest countries.

The UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti presents its webinar series: 'Leading Minds Online: What the Experts Say - Coronavirus & Children.' COVID-19 has unleashed a wave of international concern over risks to children, including access to education, risks and access to digital resources online, and increasing violence inside the home, among others. READ about how our online Leading Minds series started: https://www.unicef-irc.org/article/2000-unicef-innocenti-leading-minds-online-series-children-online-violence-in-home.html FOLLOW the Leading Minds Online events: www.unicef-irc.org/events/

The UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti presents its webinar series: 'Leading Minds Online: What the Experts Say - Coronavirus & Children.' COVID-19 has unleashed a wave of international concern over risks to children, including access to education, risks and access to digital resources online, and increasing violence inside the home, among others. READ about how our online Leading Minds series started: https://www.unicef-irc.org/article/2000-unicef-innocenti-leading-minds-online-series-children-online-violence-in-home.html FOLLOW the Leading Minds Online events: www.unicef-irc.org/events/

The UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti presents its webinar series: 'Leading Minds Online: What the Experts Say - Coronavirus & Children.' COVID-19 has unleashed a wave of international concern over risks to children, including access to education, risks and access to digital resources online, and increasing violence inside the home, among others. READ about how our online Leading Minds series started: https://www.unicef-irc.org/article/2000-unicef-innocenti-leading-minds-online-series-children-online-violence-in-home.html FOLLOW the Leading Minds Online events: www.unicef-irc.org/events/

The UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti presents its webinar series: 'Leading Minds Online: What the Experts Say - Coronavirus & Children.' COVID-19 has unleashed a wave of international concern over risks to children, including access to education, risks and access to digital resources online, and increasing violence inside the home, among others. READ about how our online Leading Minds series started: https://www.unicef-irc.org/article/2000-unicef-innocenti-leading-minds-online-series-children-online-violence-in-home.html FOLLOW the Leading Minds Online events: www.unicef-irc.org/events/

The UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti presents its webinar series: 'Leading Minds Online: What the Experts Say - Coronavirus & Children.' COVID-19 has unleashed a wave of international concern over risks to children, including access to education, risks and access to digital resources online, and increasing violence inside the home, among others. READ about how our online Leading Minds series started: https://www.unicef-irc.org/article/2000-unicef-innocenti-leading-minds-online-series-children-online-violence-in-home.html FOLLOW the Leading Minds Online events: www.unicef-irc.org/events/

In this podcast we're talking about UNICEF Innocenti's new evidence (and) gap map, which visualizes what evidence exists – and where there are gaps - on interventions to reduce violence against children in low and middle income countries, with Kerry Albright, Chief of Research Facilitation and Knowledge Management, and Ramya Subrahmanian, Chief of Child Rights and Protection at UNICEF Innocenti. The new gap map, completed in partnership with the Campbell Collaboration, arranges around 150 carefully screened impact evaluations and systematic reviews onto a framework of interventions – based on the INSPIRE framework strategies, and outcomes – such as direct impacts on violence, social norms, health, and education – into a searchable, browsable database that visualizes where the evidence exists and where there are gaps in knowledge. • Why are we mapping evidence and gaps in evidence on violence against children? • What does this gap map reveal about violence against children that we did not know before? • Where are the largest gaps in our evidence and what do we already know a lot about? These are just a few questions we discuss with Ramya and Kerry, who worked together to spearhead this research project jointly with our partners at Campbell Collaboration. - Explore the evidence gap map (EGM): https://www.unicef-irc.org/evidence-gap-map-violence-against-children - READ the full report: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cl2.1120 - READ the research brief: www.unicef-irc.org/publications/1147-evidence-and-gap-map-research-brief-1-overview-findings-interventions-to-reduce-violence-against-children.html

Our latest podcast done in partnership with UNICEF's country office in Mozambique unpacks their new report on child poverty in the country. We interview former UNICEF Innocenti researcher and current research and evaluation specialist with UNICEF Mozambique, Zlata Bruckhauf to discuss what poverty looks like in Mozambique for children and how measuring child poverty across multuple dimensions helps us to not only understand poverty better but informs better solutions to #ENDpoverty. How is doing research on child poverty in Mozambique helping children, in theory and in practice? What recommendations does the report give to #ENDPoverty in Mozambique and how can this be applied elsewhere? Timed with the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2020, our podcast unpacks the latest effort to understand and combat child poverty on the ground. Download the report: https://www.unicef.org/mozambique/en/reports/multidimensional-child-poverty-mozambique

In our latest Research Matters podcast, we're talking about our recent report: Supporting Families and Children Beyond COVID-19: Social protection in Southern and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, with two members of our research team: Dominic Richardson and Kaku Attah Damoah. This report is the first in a series looking at social protection for families and children in the aftermath of COVID-19 in various regions of the world - the first region to be looked at in this series being Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Central Asian states. Some of the questions we'll be discussing with our researchers today: • How is COVID-19 affecting children in the region? • What can we learn from previous crises? • Are children more vulnerable after a major crisis? Evidence from previous crises shows that social protection responses to crises have contributed to protecting children from the worst effects, and that austerity has resulted in the closure of key child services, reduction in parental caregiving, homelessness, crime, mental health problems and more concerning, further infectious disease outbreaks. In this podcast, we unpack why spending to protect families is so important after a crisis. READ the report: https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/1139-supporting-families-and-children-beyond-covid-19-in-eca-countries.html?utm_source=soundcloud

What was the state of global education when the COVID-19 outbreak started, how has COVID-19 changed education and what are we learning from the pandemic's effects on children? In our latest podcast, UNICEF Innocenti's Chief of Communication, Dale Rutstein talks with Matt Brossard and Tom Dreesen, from our education team, about what the evidence says about improving education outcomes for children amid COVID-19. UNICEF Innocenti's new COVID-19 research briefs on education provide new analysis and findings based on new or recent data sets on: Parental Engagement in Children's Learning: Insights for remote learning response during COVID-19: https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/1091-parental-engagement-in-childrens-learning.html and Promising practices for equitable remote learning Emerging lessons from COVID-19 education responses in 127 countries: https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/1090-promising-practices-for-equitable-remote-learning-emerging-lessons-from-covid.html We hear from Matt and Tom on what went into this research and why the findings are important for children everywhere.

The UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti presents its webinar series: 'Leading Minds Online: What the Experts Say - Coronavirus & Children.' COVID-19 has unleashed a wave of international concern over risks to children, including access to education, risks and access to digital resources online, and increasing violence inside the home, among others. READ about how our online Leading Minds series started: https://www.unicef-irc.org/article/2000-unicef-innocenti-leading-minds-online-series-children-online-violence-in-home.html FOLLOW the Leading Minds Online events: https://www.unicef-irc.org/events/

The UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti presents its webinar series: 'Leading Minds Online: What the Experts Say - Coronavirus & Children.' COVID-19 has unleashed a wave of international concern over risks to children, including access to education, risks and access to digital resources online, and increasing violence inside the home, among others. READ about how our online Leading Minds series started: https://www.unicef-irc.org/article/2000-unicef-innocenti-leading-minds-online-series-children-online-violence-in-home.html FOLLOW the Leading Minds Online events: https://www.unicef-irc.org/events/

The UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti presents its webinar series: 'Leading Minds Online: What the Experts Say - Coronavirus & Children.' COVID-19 has unleashed a wave of international concern over risks to children, including access to education, risks and access to digital resources online, and increasing violence inside the home, among others. READ about how our online Leading Minds series started: https://www.unicef-irc.org/article/2000-unicef-innocenti-leading-minds-online-series-children-online-violence-in-home.html FOLLOW the Leading Minds Online events: https://www.unicef-irc.org/events/

The UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti presents its webinar series: 'Leading Minds Online: What the Experts Say - Coronavirus & Children.' COVID-19 has unleashed a wave of international concern over risks to children, including access to education, risks and access to digital resources online, and increasing violence inside the home, among others. READ about how our online Leading Minds series started: https://www.unicef-irc.org/article/2000-unicef-innocenti-leading-minds-online-series-children-online-violence-in-home.html FOLLOW the Leading Minds Online events: https://www.unicef-irc.org/events/

The UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti presents its webinar series: 'Leading Minds Online: What the Experts Say - Coronavirus & Children.' COVID-19 has unleashed a wave of international concern over risks to children, including access to education, risks and access to digital resources online, and increasing violence inside the home, among others. READ about how our online Leading Minds series started: https://www.unicef-irc.org/article/2000-unicef-innocenti-leading-minds-online-series-children-online-violence-in-home.html FOLLOW the Leading Minds Online events: https://www.unicef-irc.org/events/

In celebration of UNICEF Innocenti's 30th anniversary - and our triple anniversary year - we sit down with three of our office's longest serving staff members - who have seen it all - to look back at what stood out to them in the last 30 years - important moments, impactful research, and impressive people - and what the future for UNICEF's Office of Research looks like. Listen in our fun fireside chat with Cinzia Iusco Bruschi, Claire Akehurst and Patrizia Faustini looking back and looking ahead. And learn more about our triple anniversary year: https://www.unicef-irc.org/article/1937-for-every-child-answers.html And download our anniversary publication - For every child answers: 30 years of research for children at UNICEF Innocenti https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/1056-for-every-child-answers-30-years-research-for-children-at-unicef-innocenti.html

In this special hour-long edition of UNICEF Innocenti's podcast series, we sit down with our #LEADINGMINDS mental health youth leaders for a round-table discussion about their lived experiences with mental health and the urgent action needed in their countries and around the world to support youth mental health better. Learn about the inaugural 2019 Leading Minds conference on mental health and how youth leaders are participating: unicef-irc.org/leadingminds And follow the conversation on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeadingMinds + Instagram Stories: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17998652233006572/

Celebrating five years as a research manager working on cash transfers for the Transfer Project at UNICEF Innocenti, Tia Palermo joins us on our latest Research Matters podcast to share her insights and takeaways from her tenure. As much of Tia's recent portfolio has focused on cash transfers and gender dynamics, we discuss where this is going and the recent findings from UNICEF Innocenti research on social protection and gender. What has been the biggest challenge for her in her capacity as a social protection researcher? What impacts has she seen in the last five years? Where does she think it's going? Tia reflects on five years of research with UNICEF Innocenti and our consortium The Transfer Project. You can follow Tia on Twitter @TiaPalermo. And for more updates on our research, please follow us on Twitter at: @UNICEFInnocenti and @TransferProjct. And visit the UNICEF Innocenti facebook page: facebook.com/unicefinnocenti

In our latest podcast we speak with UNICEF's Brendan Ross, a Child Protection Manager with UNICEF's office in Somalia who worked with the Office of Research to commission research on what drives children to migrate and what the realities of their experiences are before, during and after migration. This is exploratory and first-of-its kind research is the first of a multi-phase study to investigate child migration in order to help inform better child protection programmes, legal safeguards and systems. We discuss the first phase of this research with Brendan, how it started and where it's going in our new podcast. Learn more and download our report: “No Mother Wants Her Child to Migrate” Vulnerability of Children on the Move in the Horn of Africa https://www.unicef-irc.org/child-migration-hoa

Why is no one taking paternity leave in Japan? Why is there a gap in where parental leave ends and affordable childcare begins? How could self-employed people benefit from family-friendly policies? In our latest podcast, we talk to report authors Kat Chzhen and Anna Gromada about UNICEF Innocenti's report on family-friendly policies in the OECD and EU, explaining how they ranked the countries using comparable data across several indicators including maternity leave, paternity leave, and childcare available to young infants and children. We breakdown what these rankings say about policies available to parents and what directions different countries are moving in to support families better. Learn more and download the report: unicef-irc.org/family-friendly

In celebration of the International Day for Sport for Development and Peace, our podcast shares insights on impact and inclusion from the first ever report on sport for development for children. We sit down with our education researchers Juliana Zapata and Sarah Fuller who worked on our new report: 'Getting into the Game: Understanding the evidence for child-focused sport for development' to learn about the ongoing research and how sport is being used to improve the lives of children. In this podcast we're also demystifying sport for development for children (what is it? ) and what the evidence says about what works, what doesn't work, and how and why it works. We'll also discuss next steps for phase 2 of our ongoing sport for development research project tackling the unknown research objectives. Download our report: www.unicef-irc.org/getting-into-the-game

In this episode of UNICEF Innocenti's Research Matters podcast, we're talking to our resident expert on all things digital for children, Daniel Kardefelt Winther, who leads our research programme on Children & Digital Technology, about children and screentime – Is screen time really bad for child development? Is what kids are doing on screens more important than how much time kids spend on screens? What does the evidence really say? Dale Rutstein, our Chief of Communications joins us as we discuss recent scary headlines about screen time for kids (5:54), the dangers of misreporting on research about children online (13:08), the risks of excluding online activities (21:21), and also the benefits of including children in the discussions and research on effects of screen time (27:25). We also reveal our own slightly embarrassing screen time reports (23:53) and discuss how parents' use of screens in front of their children can actually be more detrimental than children's own use (24:33)and the importance of engagement and participation in general. For more research on time spent online, read our research paper by Daniel Kardefelt-Winter: How Does the Time Children Spend Using Digital Technology Impact Their Mental Well-being, Social Relationships and Physical Activity? An Evidence-focused Literature Review: https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/925-how-does-the-time-children-spend-using-digital-technology-impact-their-mental-well.html Follow us on Twitter @UNICEFInnocenti And our podcast panel: @winthernet, @ksulli and @dalerutstein

In this episode of UNICEF Innocenti's Research Matters podcast, we're talking to Alessandra Ipince – who has coordinated this year's Best of UNICEF Research competition. The "Best of UNICEF Research 2018" publication features 12 of the year's most ground-breaking and innovative research for children around the world. In this podcast we'll discuss the selection process - what research won and why? - as well how Alessandra coordinated the massive effort to review UNICEF's best research for children. We'll also talk about the conclusions and recommendations from 4 of the 12 research report-winners from Kenya, Brazil, Egypt and Thailand - and why the research *matters* for children. Please visit: https://www.unicef-irc.org/best-of-unicef-research/ to learn more about Best of UNICEF Research and to download the report.

In this edition of our podcast on research matters for children, we talk to our expert on migration, Bina D'Costa, about her latest research - from Cox's Bazar to Somaliland - and what we can expect for the 2018 Global Compact for Migration. We discuss UNICEF Innocenti's latest research projects and the important lessons learned in Bina's last year with us, as well as what's next for research for children on issues related to migration, refugees and displacement. Continue the conversation with us on twitter using the hashtags #ForMigration and #ChildrenUprooted building on the momentum of the Global Compact for Migration. For more research, visit our website: https://www.unicef-irc.org/research/children-and-migration-rights-and-resilience/

For this year's 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, UNICEF Innocenti's podcast on research matters invites Amber Peterman and Tia Palermo from the Transfer Project to discuss their recent research linking poverty and gender-based violence, unpacking evidence of how social protection has the potential to mitigate gbv. 2018's #16days has a unique theme for 2018: #HearMeToo. #HearMeToo brings to the forefront women raising their voices and awareness to “#OrangetheWorld” - so to speak - with stories on survival and resilience to work towards mitigating violence against girls and women everywhere. Hear US now as we break down some of the latest findings from our gender-based violence research in this week's podcast for the 16 days of activism. READ: • Tip of the Iceberg: Reporting and Gender-Based Violence in Developing Countries: https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/179/5/602/143069 • Social Protection & Intimate Partner Violence in Ghana - presentation (on slideshare): https://www.slideshare.net/TheTransferProject/social-protection-intimate-partner-violence • Understanding the linkages between social safety nets and childhood violence: a review of the evidence from low- and middle income countries, Health Policy & Planning 2017: https://academic.oup.com/heapol/article/3748288 FURTHER READING: • Brief: Does education affect women's likelihood of experiencing sexual and intimate partner violence? http://www.svri.org/sites/default/files/attachments/2017-07-21/SVRI_SB_WmnEdu%26IPV_LR.pdf • Brief: Reducing gender-based violence through investments in education http://www.svri.org/sites/default/files/attachments/2017-07-21/SVRI_SB_InvEducation_LR.pdf • Women Individual Asset Ownership and Experience of Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from 28 International Surveys, American Journal of Public Health 2017: https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/917/ • Cash support: a new tool to decrease Intimate Partner Violence?http://blogs.lshtm.ac.uk/hppdebated/2018/10/01/cash-support-a-new-tool-to-decrease-intimate-partner-violence/

In this edition of UNICEF Innocenti's podcast series on research matters, we sit down with the authors of our 15th Report Card: An Unfair Start, to discuss the research process and findings on educational inequalities for children in rich countries. How did the report authors choose the title for the report: An Unfair Start? Why is this topic relevant to look at now? How did they rank the countries? What results were unexpected? The report authors answer these questions and more in this NEW podcast interview. For more information, please visit the Report Card website and download the report: www.unicef-irc.org/unfairstart And follow the conversation with the hashtag: #UnfairStart

Niger: the nowhere land where children on the move are someone else's problem as Europe and North Africa tighten their borders. Sarah Crowe, Senior UNICEF Communications Specialist on Migration, narrates her article which was originally published by Huffington Post. See the full text of the article here: https://blogs.unicef.org/evidence-for-action/niger-europes-new-frontier-for-children-on-the-move/

We chat with Dominic Richardson and Despina Karamperidou from our Education Team about recent on ongoing projects and publications. We discuss UNICEF Innocenti's Time to Teach project, as well as the role of private partnerships in achieving SDG 4. Find out more about the Education Team's work here: https://www.unicef-irc.org/research/education/

We chat with UNICEF Innocenti's Chief of Research Facilitation & Knowledge Management, Kerry Albright, about the new evidence Mega-Map on child well-being, created in partnership with the Campbell Collaboration. The Mega-Map will be launched at an #EvidenceForChildren Roundtable in New York on 27 & 28 June 2018. Ahead of the launch, Kerry speaks to us about how the Mega-Map was created, where the biggest evidence gaps lie, and what she thinks is needed in order to close these gaps and improve child well-being all over the world.

Innocenti's Chief of Programmes, Prerna Banati, chats with us about her recently published 'Handbook of Adolescent Development Research and its Impact on Global Policy'. We discuss adolescent development research - and its shortcomings - to date, as well as exploring new research revealed in the book. Prerna shares her insights on how this evidence can be used to inform better policy-making. You can buy the book now on the Oxford University Press website: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/handbook-of-adolescent-development-research-and-its-impact-on-global-policy-9780190847128?cc=it&lang=en& It will also be available to download for free on www.unicef-irc.org in September 2018.

Fabio Veras Soares, Economist of the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG)talks about the importance of designing tailored social protection programmes to emergency situations.

Ugo Gentilini, Senior Economist at the World Bank, talks about the challenges posed to urban settings in responding to social protection needs of the most vulnerable populations

Tilmann Brück, Founder of the International Security and Research Center, talks about how the mounting crises are blurring line between humanitarian and development work

Andrew Kardan, Oxford Policy Management researcher, talks about the challenges that data collection in fragile situations poses to researchers.

Sheree Bennet, Technical Advisor at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) talks about the challenges of providing social protection for women and girls in fragile contexts.

Paolo Verme Senior Economist at the World Bank talks about the challenges of meeting the social protection needs of refugee and migrant populations which the humanitarian and development sector are facing.

Bina D'Costa migration research expert at UNICEF Office of Research Innocenti talks about why the new publication "Protected on Paper? An analysis of Nordic country responses to asylum-seeking children" is such an important contribution toward improving the way states manage the unique and urgent needs of refugee and migrant children. The new report analyses legal and procedural frameworks in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, and how they are being implemented on the ground. READ the report: https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/940-protected-on-paper-an-analysis-of-nordic-country-responses-to-asylum-seeking-children.html?utm_source=soundcloud

In our last podcast we spoke with Nikola Balvin about The Adolescent Brain compendium, what it is, how it came about, and why it's important for research on adolescents today. Listen to the brief overview here: https://soundcloud.com/unicef-office-of-research/the-adolescent-brain-overview In this follow-up podcast, we dive a bit deeper into the research with one of the compendium's contributors, Ron Dahl, on some of the new ideas to come out of the publication. We'll hear from Ron about emerging research on adolescent neuroscience today, including what modifiable developmental processes are, and we'll discuss how adolescence creates opportunities for positive and negative spirals. Ron Dahl is the Director of the Institute of Human Development and the Director of the Center of the Developing Adolescent as well as a Professor of Community Health Sciences, all at the University of California at Berkeley. To download the compendium and learn more about the symposium and adolescent neuroscience research, please visit: www.unicef-irc.org/adolescent-brain

In the first of a two-part series, we sit down with Nikola Balvin, who served as the lead editor on the Adolescent Brain compendium we'll be discussing today, to discuss the background of the publication, the symposium that preceded it, and emerging ideas in adolescent neuroscience research today. In part two of this series on, we'll be speaking with Ron Dahl, a key contributor to the compendium from the UC Berkeley Center on the Developing Adolescent, specifically about the windows of opportunity and positive and negative spirals. To download the compendium and learn more about the symposium and adolescent neuroscience research, please visit: http://www.unicef-irc.org/adolescent-brain