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# ICWBN Interdisciplinary Child Well-Being Network

Studying the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on children in Ireland and the United Kingdom

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## Posts

- [Generation Pandemic - The Network behind the Podcast](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/06/21/generation-pandemic-the-network-behind-the-podcast/) - In the final episode of the Generation Pandemic podcast, host Catherine McDonald talks to the two principal investigators behind the Interdisciplinary Child Well-Being Network. Dr Kat Chzhen is the Network's Irish principal investigator and is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Scoiology at Trinity College Dublin. Dr Julia Mikolai focuses on the UK and
- [COVID-19: Where do we go from here?](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/06/15/covid-19-where-do-we-go-from-here/) - In the penultimate episode of the Generation Pandemic podcast, we ask two important questions; where are we now in terms of the recovery of our children and young people, and what gaps in the evidence has the pandemic highlighted? Joining host Catherine McDonald are a selection of contributors from across the Generation Pandemic series. University
- [COVID-19: A youth worker's perspective](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/06/07/covid-19-a-youth-workers-perspective/) - In episode 8 of the Generation Pandemic podcast, we're looking through the eyes of a youth worker at the experiences of children and young people during COVID-19. Joining host Catherine McDonald is Declan Keenan, a youth worker at the Just Ask after-school club in Dublin. Declan explains how the pandemic affected the young people he
- [Lone parent families and COVID-19](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/05/31/lone-parent-families-and-covid-19/) - In episode 7 of the Generation Pandemic podcast we focus on how COVID-19 has doubled down on lone parent families. Joining host Catherine McDonald are Professor Susan Harkness from the University of Bristol; Dr Jim Kaufman from the COVID Realities project; Niamh Kelly, Policy Manager at One Family Ireland and Stacey, a lone parent of
- [The lives of children during COVID-19](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/05/24/the-lives-of-children-during-covid-19/) - In episode 6 of the Generation Pandemic podcast we're looking at the lived experience of children in the UK and Ireland during the pandemic. Joining host Catherine McDonald are Dr Aisling Murray, Senior Research Officer on the Growing Up in Ireland study team; Aoife McNamara, Participation and Rights Education Co-ordinator at the Ombudsman for Children's
- [COVID-19 - Children's mental health and wellbeing](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/05/17/covid-19-childrens-mental-health-and-wellbeing-2/) - In episode 5 of the Generation Pandemic podcast we discuss the mental health and wellbeing of children before, during and after the pandemic. Joining host, Catherine McDonald, are Professor Cathy Cresswell and Dr Jennifer McMahon from the Co-SPACE study, Professor Birgitta Rabe from the Institute of Social and Economic Research, and Laura, a mother of
- [Disadvantaged children and young people: how COVID has doubled down](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/05/10/disadvantaged-children-and-young-people-how-covid-has-doubled-down/) - In episode 4 of the Generation Pandemic podcast we explore how the COVID-19 pandemic doubled down on disadvantaged familes and children. Joining host, Catherine McDonald, are Dr Jim Kaufman from the COVID Realities project, Sarah Edmonds from the Irish Youth Foundation and Emma, a mum of three whose family has been hit hard by the
- [COVID-19 - Learning loss in children](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/05/09/covid-19-learning-loss-in-children/) - In episode 3 of the Generation Pandemic podcast we focus on the learning loss suffered by children as a result of the pandemic. Joining host, Catherine McDonald, are Adam Salisbury, Research Economist from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Dr Jennifer Symonds, Asosciate Professor of Education at University College Dublin's School of Education, and Alice Brighty-Glover,
- [Comparing social policy responses to COVID-19 - the UK and Ireland](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/04/26/comparing-social-policy-responses-to-covid-19-the-uk-and-ireland/) - In episode two of the Generation Pandemic Podcast we compare the social policy responses to the pandemic in the UK and Ireland. We look at the significance of the policy landscapoe pre-COVID-19, what was implemented, and the impact of the different schemes on individuals, families and children. We discuss the longer term policy legacy of
- [Parents' experience of the pandemic](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/04/14/parents-experience-of-the-pandemic/) - In the first episode of the Generation Pandemic series, we discuss the experiences of parents during the COVID-19 pandemic. We explore the experience of home-schooling, the isolation and what it took to keep our children on track - and we look at what the recovery needs to prioritise. Joining host Catherine McDonald are Dr. Jennifer
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- [About](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/) - Interdisciplinary Child Well-Being Network (ICWBN) to study the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on children in Ireland and the United Kingdom This project aims to bring together academics and practitioners from the four nations of the United Kingdom (UK) and the Republic of Ireland to establish an interdisciplinary research network to study the economic and
- [News](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/) - ICWBN research showcased in Connecting Generations 'Thought Leader' talk Julia Mikolai has been a panellist during a 'Thought Leader' talk by Dr Jennie Bristow titled "The problem of the 'Covid Generation' ". The event was organised by the ESRC Centre for Population Change under the Connecting Generations research programme. The recording of the event is
- [About the Generation Pandemic Podcast](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/about-the-generation-pandemic-podcast/) - Generation Pandemic is a podcast about the impact of COVID-19 on the education, mental health and economic wellbeing of children and young people in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is produced by Research Podcasts on behalf of the Interdisciplinary Child Well-being Network, which has brought together academics and practitioners to study the impacts of
- [Publications and Resources](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/publications-and-resources/) - Peer Reviewed Journal Articles 2022 Chzhen, Y., Symonds, J., Devine, D., Mikolai, J., Harkness, S., Sloan, S., & Martinez Sainz, G. (2022) Learning in a pandemic: Primary school children’s emotional engagement with remote schooling during the Spring 2020 Covid-19 lockdown in Ireland. Child Indicators Research. 2021 Berrington, A., Ellison, J., Kuang, B., Vasireddy,
- [Network members](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/network-members/) - Project leaders Dr Yekaterina (Kat) Chzhen, Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, Irish PI of the ICWBN project I study socio-economic inequalities across the life course using international comparisons, longitudinal research and quantitative methods. My current research focuses on the relationship between macroeconomic conditions, social policies, intra-household resources and dynamics
- [ICWBN Workshop](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/icwbn-workshop/) - Interdisciplinary Child Well-Being Network (ICWBN) online workshop: “COVID-19 crisis and children’s economic well-being, education and mental health in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland” Time & Date: 8 September 2021, 10am - 4pm Location: Zoom To register, click here To download the programme, click here. To download the book of abstracts, click here.
- [Contact](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/contact/) - For questions about the project and/or to join the ICWBN Network, please contact the Irish or the UK PI: Yekaterina (Kat) Chzhen (Irish PI) e-mail: CHZHENY@tcd.ie Twitter: @kat_chzhen Julia Mikolai (UK PI) e-mail: Julia.Mikolai@st-andrews.ac.uk Twitter: @j_mikolai This project was funded by UK Research and Innovation-Economic and Social Research Council and

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- [Podcast](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/category/podcast/) - Generation Pandemic is a podcast about the impact of COVID-19 on the education, mental health and economic wellbeing of children and young people in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is produced by Research Podcasts on behalf of the Interdisciplinary Child Well-being Network, which has brought together academics and practitioners to study the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the associated policy responses, on children in the two countries and beyond.
- [Series 1](https://icwbn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/category/podcast/series-1/)