Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre, Institute of Education London

Ongoing research projects

• Family stressors/ early risk factors that cause detriment to children's wellbeing and possibilities for early intervention
• Scoping review to draw together data on safeguarding children and compare the position of England with that in other countries (Phase 2)
• Unit costs of children's services

Recently completed research projects

Scoping review to draw together data on child injury and safeguarding and to compare the position of England and the UK with that in other countries (Phase 1)

Developing an outcome measure for use in economic evaluations of children's services

Unit costs of children's services (Phase 1)

Fast response research projects

Analysis of data on children's homes

Understanding the market for Secure Children's Homes

The protection of children on-line: a brief scoping review to identify vulnerable groups

Using 'lead indicators' to support the effective management of local child protection systems

Rapid review: grandparents providing childcare

Update of DFE evidence papers on family topics

International regulatory frameworks summary for the Bailey Review of commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood

Review of recent literature for the Bailey Review of commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood

Analysis of data for Munro's review of child protection

Scoping work on childhood bereavement

Learning from approaches to serious incidents in non-child protection sectors

Children's rights international evidence review

Childhood wellbeing briefing paper