Editorial - Being a child in a complex and violent world

Abstract

[Excerpt] This is the third issue of Child Studies, a scientific journal published since 2022 by the Research Centre on Child Studies (CIEC) of the Institute of Education at the University of Minho. Overall, the empirical and/or theoretical studies published by Child Studies aim at substantiate the interdisciplinary and the multidisciplinary dimensions, and reflect the research on children and childhood from a holistic perspective that CIEC researchers carry out in their daily work. The papers published by Child Studies focuses on children’s social contexts and practices, children’s health, the environment and physical education, childcare professionals, pedagogical resources and cultural productions for children, lines that also structure CIEC’s research.