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Vicky Johnson is Professor of Childhood, Youth and Sustainability and Director of the Centre for Living Sustainability. She has over 20 years of experience leading international teams as a Principal Investigator, complimented by her entrepreneurship and multi-stakeholder engagement in the international NGO sector. Research interests include understanding how marginalised people can be supported as agents of change in rapidly changing environmental, political and cultural contexts. She has developed and published papers on a 'change-scape' approach. This supports inclusive, gender sensitive and child and youth centred research that takes into account intergenerational dynamics in communities and their changing landscapes.
Vicky's skills include carrying out creative and participatory action research processes, large-scale qualitative research, linking theory to policy and practice, and gaining research impact through working in partnership with local researchers, service providers and policy makers. Research training and mentoring includes programmes of knowledge exchange across the global North and South.
Recent research projects include: Mapping Child Rights in Community Driven Development (Wellspring Philanthropic Foundation); Youth Uncertainty Rights (YOUR) World Research with marginalised youth in Ethiopia and Nepal (ESRC-DFID's Poverty Alleviation Fund); Engaging Young Children in Research (across global contexts for the Bernard van Leer Foundation); Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health, with case studies in Africa, Asia and Latin America (IPPF); Education in informal settlements in Nairobi (UN Girls' Education Initiative). She has also led action research processes funded by local and regional authorities and regenerational programmes across the UK.
Lecturing includes: childhood, youth and global development; children's geographies and the anthropology and sociology of childhood; child and human rights; international education; community animation and development; and research methodologies. PhD completions investigated: the local environmental knowledge of fishers in the UK, and migration, education and childhood in Northern Ethiopia. She currently supervises PhD students working on: resilience in the earthquake region of Nepal; decision-making in migration in a drought prone area of Ethiopia; and philanthropic tourism in sub-Saharan Africa.
Professor Johnson is an adviser on collaborative programmes of research including: the Research Expert Forum for the Consortium for Street children, an IFAD funded research programme on rural youth opportunities and DFID funded consortia on harmful children's work in sub-Saharan Africa. She is an Honorary Associate for the Institute of Development Studies and on the Board of the childhood research stream of the European Sociological Association and the Pesticide Action Network.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Changing Contexts of Children and Young People’s Participation in Evaluation: Case Studies in Nepal and the UK, University of Central Lancashire
1 Sept 2007 → 1 Sept 2010
Award Date: 1 Apr 2011
Master of Environmental Science, MSc (Distinction) Diploma of Imperial College, Environmental Policy, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College, University of London
1 Sept 1987 → 1 Sept 1988
Award Date: 1 Nov 1988
Bachelor of Science, Geography , University of Sussex
1 Sept 1982 → 1 Sept 1985
Award Date: 1 Aug 1985
Keywords
- Society, Identity, Landscape and Knowledge
- H Social Sciences (General)
- G Geography (General)
- HM Sociology
- GN Anthropology
- L Education (General)
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Collaborations from the last five years
Projects
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The Liminal Zone: A Metaphor for the Interface between Teaching and Creative Practice
University of the Highlands and Islands Knowledge Exchange
18/01/21 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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Voices of Activists and Academics: Working with children in communities
Johnson, V., Lewin, T. & West, A., 31 Oct 2024, Rugby: Practical Action . 326 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Children in Street Situations and their Rights
Stoecklin, D., Rizzini, I., Mizen, P., Johnson, V. & Geneva, U., 11 Feb 2023, The Palgrave Handbook of Social Problems. Baikady, R., SM, S., Prezeperski, J., Nadesan, V., Islam, M. R. & Jiangio, G. (eds.). Palgrave MacmillanResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Nature’s contribution to people and community engagement: socio-cultural and economic perceptions of beaver presence in the environment
Johnson, V., Martin, A. & Delugin, C. M., 1 Jun 2023, 59 p. OnlineResearch output: Other contribution
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Participation For, With, and By Girls: Evidencing impact
Lewin, T., Cannon, M., Johnson, V., Philip, R. & Raghavan, P., 14 Sept 2023, Institute of Development Studies, 71 p. (REJUVENATE Working Papers; no. 2).Research output: Working paper
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Understanding children’s harmful work: the methodological landscape
Roelen, K., Barnett, I., Johnson, V., Lewin, T., Thorsen, D. & Ton, G., 28 Apr 2023, Children’s Work in African Agriculture: The Harmful and the Harmless. Sumberg, J. & Sabates-Wheeler, R. (eds.). Bristol University Press, p. 52-80 28 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Approaches and Creative Research Methods with Children and Youth
Johnson, V. & West, A., 12 Mar 2022, The SAGE Handbook of Participatory Research and Inquiry. Burns, D., Howard, J. & Ospina, S. M. (eds.). London: SAGE Publications Ltd, p. 306-320 15 p. (The SAGE Handbook of Participatory Research and Inquiry).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Marginalised Youth Navigating Uncertainty: Reflections on Co-construction and Methodology in Nepal
Johnson, V., West, A., Tuladhar, S. K., Shrestha, S. M. & Neupane, S., 2 Feb 2022, The Palgrave Handbook of Innovative Community and Clinical Psychologies. Springer International Publishing, p. 425-445 (The Palgrave Handbook of Innovative Community and Clinical Psychologies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Press/Media
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Brighton Uni Opens Its Doors To All 16-19-Year-Old Sussex Students
30/01/24
1 item of Media coverage
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Thousands of pounds up for grabs as business competition kicks off
24/11/21
1 item of Media coverage
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Entries open for University of the Highlands and Islands business competition
23/11/21
1 item of Media coverage
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Entries open for University of the Highlands and Islands business competition
23/11/21
1 item of Media coverage
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Entries are now open for the 2022 University of the Highlands and Islands business competition
23/11/21
1 item of Media coverage
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Entries Open for The 2022 University of the Highlands and Islands Business Competition
23/11/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research