We were pleased to welcome trustees from the Centre for Personalised Education, Dr Harriet Pattison, Alison Sauer and Emma Dyke to our Q&A this week. Harriet Pattison is a lecturer in early childhood education at Liverpool Hope University, and has…
We were thrilled to talk to Dr Rosie Knowles this week. Rosie is a GP, founder of the Sheffield Sling Surgery, author of "Why Babywearing Matters" and experienced trainer of babywearing peer supporters. Photo by Katrina Shepherd Photography Q: Welcome…
The Science-Aware Natural Parenting - Parenting Science Gang are currently designing an experiment to investigate how a baby's temperature changes while in a sling. In this Q&A we quizzed Dr Davide Filingeri, an expert in environmental physiology from Loughborough University about methods for…
We were really excited to welcome Dr Helen Lees of Newman University to this week's Q&A on flexi-schooling. Helen is Reader in Alternative Education Studies, and her research touches on a variety of topics such as home education, democratic schooling, educational theory, …
Good evening everyone! I'm Alaa Bani Hani, a lecturer and specialist registrar in Paediatric Dentistry (kids’ teeth) at University of Leeds and Leeds Dental Hospital. I have been searching different approaches for restoring decayed baby teeth and how can we…
Dr Philomena de Lima is the Director of the Centre for Remote and Rural Studies at University of the Highlands and Islands in Scotland. Philomena studies the experiences of people living rurally and is particularly interested in social justice, exclusion, equality,…
Emily Oster When Emily Oster, a professor of economics at Brown University, was pregnant, she was given a long list of dos and (mainly) don’ts about risky foods to avoid: wine, cheese, pate. But looking into the data behind the…
Does the UK support breastfeeding? The World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) is assessing and monitoring the progress of countries towards the recommendations of the WHO’s Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding. Guess how the UK is performing? Not…
This week Dr Bonamy Oliver of the University of Sussex joined us for a fascinating chat about behaviour research. Bonny is a developmental psychologist interested in family relationships and children's behaviour. Her research focuses on all sorts of relationships in…
Photo permission kindly given by WRA Zimbabwe via Flickr Creative Commons license 2.0. We were delighted this week to host Dr Karleen Gribble for a breastfeeding Q&A. Karleen has been researching women’s infant feeding practice and beliefs for over a decade. Her research…