Room 606, Centre for Family Research


2007-01-30 13:00: Learning about the big picture: Flexibility in Infant Memory (Dr Jane Herbert, The Department of Psychology, The University of Sheffield)

2007-02-13 13:00: 'I want a child': The public face of IVF in Turkey (Zeynep Gürtin-Broadbent, Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge)

2007-05-24 17:00: Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder: A Mentalization based treatment Approach (Prof Peter Fonagy, UCL Psychoanalysis Unit)

2007-06-05 13:00: In Search of Doctors, Donors and Daddies: Lesbian Reproductive Decision-Making (Dr Róisín Ryan-Flood, Department of Sociology, University of Essex)

2007-06-18 13:00: The nuclear family in Mexico: connotations about its modernity (Dra Rosario Esteinou, Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge)

2007-10-25 13:00: Educational Failure and Working Class White Children in Britain (Dr Gillian Evans, Centre for Child-Focused Anthropology, Brunel University)

2007-10-30 13:00: Continuity and Change in Women's Identity: From University to Age 54 (Dr Ruthellen Josselson, Fielding Graduate University)

2007-11-13 13:00:  (Rebecca Hawkins)

2007-11-13 13:00: Enabling independence and managing risk in a residential care home (Rebecca Hawkins, Learning Disabilities Research Group, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge)

2007-11-27 17:00: The transition to motherhood in a disadvantaged borough: Placing social class and ethnicity in context (Prof Ann Phoenix, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London)

2008-02-12 13:00: Embodied motherhood/genetic fatherhood: British South Asian women's perceptions of using donated gametes in assisted conception (Professor Lorraine Culley, School of Applied Social Sciences, De Montfort University)

2008-03-11 13:00: Child maltreatment in diverse households - challenges to law and clinical practice (Dr Julia Brophy, Centre for Family Law and Policy, University of Oxford)

2008-05-06 13:00: Searching for donor relations: The experiences of individuals conceived by sperm donation (Dr Vasanti Jadva and Dr Tabitha Freeman, Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge)

2008-05-20 13:00: Why transsexuals? (Professor Richard Green, Gender Identity Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Imperial College, Charing Cross Hospital)

2008-06-03 13:00: Language and the Child's Theory of Mind (Professor Janet Astington, Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto)

2008-10-14 13:00: Mums, Dads, Donors and Surrogates - How the law determines parenthood (Natalie Gamble, Associate at Lester Aldridge, Bournemouth)

2008-10-28 13:00: Does bullying victimisation drive you crazy?  New Follow-up findings and a virtual intervention strategy (Prof. Dieter Wolke)

2008-11-11 13:00: Parents in Court: the role of family advocacy (Mavis Maclean, University of Oxford)

2008-11-25 13:00: 'They just take these genes and fix 'em together and create a fake human': views from deaf people about genetics (Dr. Anna Middleton, Cardiff University)

2009-01-20 13:00: Working At It: the practical, relational and moral aspects of sustaining fatherhood beyond couplehood. (Georgia Phillip, Open University)

2009-02-03 13:00: Maternal Love and the Great War (Dr Michael Roper, Essex University)

2009-02-17 13:00: What is it like to be a small child? (Dr Charles Fernyhough, Durham University)

2009-03-03 13:00: Parenting practices and psychological well-being in midlife: life course associations among women in the 1946 British birth cohort study (Dr Rosemary Abbott , University of Cambridge)

2009-04-28 13:00: 'Divorced from reality: how party politics has lost touch with the UK family' (Anastasia de Waal, Head of Family and Education, Civitas.)

2009-06-09 13:00: Choices at the end of Life: the importance of family carers (Dr. Gail Ewing, Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge)

2009-10-20 13:00: 'Family and kinship in a genetic era' (Prof. Martin Richards (Centre for Family Research, Cambridge))

2010-01-26 13:00: Young siblings' prosocial behaviour and their success with peers (Alex Marks, Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge)

2010-02-23 13:00: The impact of couple relationship breakdown on adults and children - key findings from an extensive literature review (Dr. Lester Coleman, One Plus One)

2010-03-09 13:00: "Parenthood - whose right is it anyway?" (Dr. Anja Karnein, Institute for Political Science at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)

2010-05-18 13:00: Migration, multiculturalism and acculturation: Indian diaspora in the UK (Prof. Ravinder Barn,Centre for Criminology and Sociology, Royal Holloway)

2010-06-01 13:00: "Family-based affirmative action? Lesbian and gay families' communication strategies at school" (Marcin Smietana, University of Barcelona)

2010-10-19 13:00: Sex before the Sexual Revolution: Intimate life in England 1918 - 1963 (Dr Simon Szreter, St John's College, University of Cambridge.)

2010-11-02 13:00: The Influence of Genetic and Postnatal Environmental Modifiers of the Prenatal Environment on Children's Development (Dr Sara Jaffee, MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London)

2010-11-30 13:00: 'Lay' moral evaluations of human embryo donation. (Dr Jackie Leach Scully, Director of Research, Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Centre, Newcastle University.)

2011-02-01 13:00: Lessons from the Sea Squirt: Why movement difficulties are common in neurodevelopmental disorders. (Dr Elizabeth Hill (Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London))

2011-02-15 13:00: Callous-unemotional subtype of antisocial behaviour:  Integrating genetic and brain imaging findings (Dr Essi Viding (Developmental Risk and Resilience Unit, Department of Psychology, University College London))

2011-03-01 13:00: Childbearing in the 21st Century (Dr Jackie Boivin (Department of Psychology, University of Cardiff))

2011-05-03 13:00: Do they know what they do?  The effects of moral neutralisations and strategic choices on aggression amongst children. (Professor Manuel Eisner, Professor of Developmental Criminology, University of Cambridge.)

2011-06-14 13:00: Baby making in a complex marriage: the stirpiculture experiment at the Oneida Community 1869-1879 (Professor Martin Richards, Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge.)

2011-10-11 13:00: The Role of the Social Sciences in Bioethics: Moving the Agenda Forward. (Prof. Oonagh Corrigan (Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Plymouth))

2011-10-25 13:00: Why do British Indian Children have an Apparent Mental Health Advantage? (Dr Anna Goodman (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine))

2011-11-08 13:00: “Holding back the years”: Understanding why women are becoming older first-time mothers. (Irenee Daly (Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge))

2012-01-31 13:00: Feeling, Being Felt and the Relational Origins of Mind Knowledge (Professor Vasudevi Reddy (Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth))

2012-02-16 13:00: The role of pets in healthy child development (Dr. Sandra McCune (Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition))

2012-02-28 13:00: Intensive Parenting Alone: Negotiating the Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood as a Single Mother by Choice (Professor Linda Layne (Visiting Fellow, Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge))

2012-03-15 13:00: Mental health problems in young children victims of bullying: the neglected role of families (Dr Louise Arseneault (Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London))

2012-04-24 13:00: Parent-teen attachment informed observational measure and intervention for adolescents at high-risk for aggressive behaviour. (Dr Ingrid Obsuth (Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge))

2012-05-01 13:00: Talkin 'bout my generation: exploring generational identity among members of the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study using mixed-methods research (Prof. Jane Elliott (Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education, Unviersity of London))

2012-06-12 13:00: The Debate over Embryo Adoption (Dr Lucy Frith (Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool))

2012-06-19 13:00: Learning from Social Environments (Dr. Merideth Gattis (School of Psychology, University of Cardiff))

2012-10-10 13:00: Affective empathy and the feeling of sympathy in 5-year-olds (Dr Marc de Rosnay (School of Psychology, University of Sydney))

2012-10-30 13:00: Growing up in Multi-Ethnic Britain: A study of British South Asian and White families living in the UK (Humera Iqbal (Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge))

2012-11-13 13:00: Neural systems for learning to read: Combining artificial language learning paradigms with fMRI (Dr Jo Taylor (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge))

2012-11-27 13:00: The ethics of social research with children and families in Young Lives: a longitudinal study of children growing up in Ethiopia, Andhra Pradesh (India), Peru and Vietnam (Dr Virginia Morrow (Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford))

2013-01-29 13:00: Executive functions and linguistic competence: insights from bilingualism (Dr Napoleon Katsos (Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge))

2013-02-12 13:00: Are digital media good for children? The cognitive neuroscience of early technology exposure (Dr Sam Wass (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge))

2013-02-26 13:00: Interpersonal trust during childhood: psychosocial adjustment and culture (Prof. Ken Rotenberg (School of Psychology, Keele University))

2013-03-12 13:00: Enduring love? Un/settling coupledom in the 21st Century (Dr Jacqui Gabb (Department of Social Policy and Criminology, The Open University))

2013-04-25 13:00: Individual Differences in Executive Function: Implications for the memory profile in autism (Dr Kate Plaisted-Grant (Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge))

2013-05-07 13:00: Intimate Fatherhood: fragile, risky or resilient? (Dr Esther Dermott (School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol))

2013-06-04 13:00: 'Representations of symbolic thought in infancy and childhood: The relationship between gesture, speech, play and theory of mind' (Dr Elizabeth Kirk (Department of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire))

2013-11-19 13:00: Social and emotional competence in children and adolescents: conceptualisation, assessment and utility (Professor Neil Humphrey   (Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester ))

2013-12-03 13:00: Family Structure, Governance, and Family Firm Performance - a Configurational and Set-theoretic Approach (Thomas Rieg, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management)

2014-01-21 13:00: Mothers with severe mental illness: Keeping the baby in mind (Dr Susan Pawlby (Institute of Psychiatry))

2014-02-04 13:00: What causes psychotic experiences in adolescence? New findings from a cohort study of 5000 16-year-old twin pairs (Dr Angelica Ronald (Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London))

2014-02-18 13:00: Maternal cognitions and behaviours following preterm deliveries (Dr Alice Winstanley (Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge))

2014-04-22 13:00: Men, Masculinity and Maternity: Fathers’ experiences of childbirth in Britain from the 1950’s to the present (Dr Laura King (University of Leeds))

2014-05-06 13:00: Turning Problems into Data: Methodological Reflections on an Ethnographic Study of Male Infertility   (Dr Liberty Barnes (University of Cambridge))

2014-05-20 13:00: Provision of effective mental health services to sexual and gender minorities – Results from a systematic review of the literature (1980 – 2013 (Dr Daragh McDermott (Anglia Ruskin University))

2014-06-04 13:00: Social Cognition in adolescent social networks (Dr Stephanie Burnett Heyes (University of Oxford))

2014-10-21 13:00: Post-adoption Contact between Adoptive and Birth Families: What Mater for Identity Development? (Professor Harold D. Grotevant, University of Massachusetts Amherst)

2014-11-25 13:00: Encounters with Diversity: Children’s and Adults’ Friendships across Social Class and Ethnic Difference (Professor Carol Vincent and Dr Humera Iqbal, The Institute of Education)

2015-02-10 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Dr Elian Fink, UCL )

2015-02-24 13:00: Creating desired impressions: Children’s understanding of the implications of self-presentation and tactic use (Dr Dawn Watling Royal Holloway, University of London)

2015-03-10 13:00: Parents as Partners: A couple relationship approach to strengthening families (Dr Polly Casey, Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships)

2015-05-05 13:00: Assessing the advocacy: ‘Attachment Parenting’ and ‘Attachment Theo (Dr Charlotte Faircloth, University of Roehampton, London)

2015-05-19 13:00: Responding to Suffering: Research, Practice and Policy Agenda for Palliative Care for Children and Young People (Prof. Myra Bluebond-Langer, UCL Institute of Child Health)

2015-06-02 13:00: The Surrey Communication and Language in Education Study (SCALES): a population study of language impairment at school entry  (Dr Courtenay Norbury, Royal Holloway, University of London)

2015-06-09 13:00: What do parents say to their children when they have been conceived by embryo donation or double donation treatment? (Nicola Doherty, University of Warwick)

2015-06-16 13:00: The origins of belonging.  Young children’s connections to their social groups  (Dr Harriet Over, University of York )

2015-10-20 13:00: Transgender Parents and their Children (Dr. Fiona Tasker, Birkbeck, University of London)

2015-11-03 13:00: Register-based Reproductive Epidemiology: Examples from Denmark- A Whole Nation of a Cohort (Dr. Bjorn Bay, Aarhus University Hospital & Aarhus University)

2015-11-17 13:00: Developmental Dyscalculia and Mathematics Anxiety (Dr. Denes Szucs, University of Cambridge)

2015-11-24 13:00: Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Development and Treatment of Anxiety (Professor Thalia Eley, King’s College London)

2016-01-26 13:00: Paranoia and social mistrust in UK and Hong Kong children (Dr. Keri Wong)

2016-02-09 13:00: A history of Centre for Family Research: Beginnings and the early years,1966 - 1977 (Professor Martin Richards)

2016-02-23 13:00: TBC (Dr. Marisol Basilio)

2016-03-08 13:00: Infant Disorganised Attachment: A reassessment of the concept and new research findings (Dr. Robbie Duschinsky)

2016-04-21 13:00: Empowering Family Research (Prof. Enrique Arranz Freijo, Basque Country University)

2016-04-21 13:00: Empowering Family Research (Prof. Enrique Arranz Freijo, Basque Country University)

2016-05-03 13:00: Transgender Knowledge: Why what we know about transgender people matters (Dr. Jay Stewart, Director, Gendered Intelligence)

2016-05-31 13:00: Understanding Marriage in Modern Britain (Anastasia de Waal, Deputy Director at think tank Civitas, Chairman of family charity Family Lives)

2017-01-31 13:00: Uterine transplants; the latest new families (Professor Martin Richards, Centre for Family Research)

2017-03-14 13:00: Clinical Work in Children's Social Care: Innovation, Ehics and Evaluation (Dr Pamela Parker, Clinical Lead for Psychology, Specialist Clinician Unit 23 )

2017-04-18 13:00: Contact with Donor Siblings among Parents and Offspring: Understandings of Genes and Kinship (Professor Margaret K. Nelson)

2017-04-25 13:00: Lone mothers: family life and emotions in contemporary western Mexico (Dr Ana Cuevas Hernández, Visiting Researcher, Centre for Family Research)

2017-05-02 13:00: Family Estrangement: what do we know about the breakdown of relationships between family members? (Dr Lucy Blake, Edge Hill University)

2017-05-09 13:00: Research outside of academia: How to be an asset in policy-related work (Dr Amanda Aldercotte, Quantitative Researcher at the Equality Challenge Unit)

2017-05-23 13:00: Sibling Interaction: Cause or Consequence (Dr Alison Pike, University of Sussex)