Qut Centre for Child and Family Studies

the centre for child & family studies represents qut’s multidisciplinary research strength in childhood and parenting research, and the childhood workforce (educators, health professionals, community and other professionals). the members of this centre work in transdisciplinary ways, particularly at the intersection of health, education, and community, to address contemporary research problems in ways that hold the potential to positively transform the lives of children and families. the centre builds on and maintains strong links with research end-users including government, non-government, and service provider organisations, building pathways for co-design of research and knowledge translation. the centre works in close alliance with a number of other relevant research groups within qut, with the aspiration that together these synergistic groups will build the next centre of excellence for qut. capacity-building activities across the centre will increase the rigour, quality, and tra