Aireen Grace Andal ) is a PhD researcher under a Double-PhD track in Philosophy (Ural Federal University, Russian Federation) and Geography & Planning (Macquarie University, Australia).
Her research pays particular attention to children and children’s spaces and the importance of children as co-creators of knowledge. Majority of her recent academic engagements involve children’s play lives with emphasis on slum-dwelling communities in the global South. Her recent publications include topics in the fields of children’s geographies and childhood studies and she serves as a reviewer of journal manuscripts related to childhood research. Aireen is a scholar for and with children and their spaces. Her mission as a researcher is devoted to making children’s voices heard, their insights acknowledged, and their lives seen—matters that are hitherto often dismissed.
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