Find below the list of conferences and Presentations that we have presented and invited to.
The Play Cafe Project Poster Presentation UNICEF @ Athens, Greece
Our Poster Presentation by our Research Assistant, Ms Aggeliki
25th May 2024 | 1:35 PM – 2:10 PM
Froebelian Futures Conference @ University of Edinburgh,
Saturday 25th May 2024 (9AM – 4PM)
Breakout Session: ‘The Play Cafe Project: Froebelian approaches in community and public/semi-public spaces”, Froebelian Futures Conference
Presenters:
Konstantoni, K., Mozaffar,R., Dimoulia, A., Eri Tantawi, I.H 2024,
15th May 2024 | 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM
Froebelian Futures in conversation series with The Play Cafe project, the Early Years Research, Policy and Practice Group and Children and Young People Hub
(Online public webinar)
Webinar: Child-led and free play in Non-Governmental Organisations/ Third Sector & Community based initiatives: Opportunities & challenges
Children have a right to play not just in early learning and childcare provisions but also in everyday public life. The importance of child-led and free play, particularly within the early years, has been acknowledged at least in Scottish policy and practice rhetoric. However, the opportunities and challenges of child-led and free flow play are less understood in non-governmental organisations (NGOs), third sector and community based initiatives. Additionally, conceptions and experiences of play from the Global North are often universalising, receiving more attention than those from the Global South – effecting both global debates and how inclusive our public spaces are of different communities.
This webinar draws on our play cafe action and research related projects (Froebelian Futures and the Play Cafe project: what would Froebelian play cafes look like?) funded by the Froebel Trust to open up a critical dialogue about child-led and free play in public life and especially in non-governmental organisations/third sector and community based initiatives, critically reflecting from Global North and South contexts.
“A Froebelian Futures in conversation with” event, in partnership with The Play Cafe Project/ The Early Years Research, Policy and Practice Group / The Children and Young People Hub – University of Edinburgh
This event is for researchers, policy makers and practitioners and all those with an interest in early childhood education.
Presenters:
Speakers include:
‘Play cafes and Froebelian approaches in community and public spaces’
Dr Kristina Konstantoni and Dr Reyhaneh Mozaffar, University of Edinburgh
‘Pop Up Play: Expectations, Experiences and Impact’
Kathryn Lawrence, Kin Collective Family WellBeing CIC
‘Child-led initiatives in a community-based NGO: From theory to practice’
Aggeliki Dimoulia and Ioanna Mosxouri, Network for Children’s Rights, Greece
‘Learning, Playing, Working: Play and After-School Learning in India’
Manasa Gade , Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh
Facilitators: Simon Bateson, Froebelian Futures Co-Director, Cowgate Under Fives/University of Edinburgh and Dr Laura Wright, University of Edinburgh
“A Froebelian Futures in conversation with” event, in partnership with The Play Cafe Project/ The Early Years Research, Policy and Practice Group / The Children and Young People Hub – University of Edinburgh
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The Play Cafe Project has been invited to multiple conferences, seminars and presentation opportunities across the UK and internationally.
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| Eri Tantawi, H. I., Konstantoni, K., Mozaffar, R., Dimoulia, A., (2025) Co-creating and Storybook-ing with very young children: The role of children illustrators-researchers (mobile play cafe), (upcoming) 25 August 2025, 33rd EECERA Annual Conference
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| Konstantoni, K., Mozaffar, R., Eri Tantawi, H. I., Dimoulia, A. (2025, Invited)) Co-creating and storybook-ing with very young children: Research, Innovation and Impact through Being, Learning, Sharing, Doing praxis. International Child and Family Conference. 17th – 19th June 2025. The University of Bristol, UK
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| Aviles, L., Konstantoni, K., Mason, S., Eri Tantawi, H. I., Williams, J, A.(2025) To Engage Boldly: A World Cafe on Radical Research Engagement. The Impact Festival, 2025 The University of Edinburgh
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| Konstantoni, K. and Sabeti.,S. (2025, Invited) Ethnography in/and/of Education. Post-Graduate Development Session, Morray House School of Education and Sports, 13th May 2025.
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| Konstantoni, K. (2025, Invited) The Play Cafe Project. College of Arts and Humanities and Social Science Research Themes Showcase 2025, The University of Edinburgh, 24th April 2025
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| Konstantoni, K. (2024, Invited Keynote Talk) Play Cafe: Νέα κοινά γιαμικρά παιδιά και οικογένειες ( New commons for young children and families). Embodied workshop and talk for practitioners, professionals and parents/carers, ‘Free play’. The Play Cafe Project and The Network for Children’s Rights, Greece-Athens, 19 October 2024.
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| Konstantoni, K. (2024, Invited Keynote Talk) ‘When intersectionality met childhood studies: Thinking back and forward’ Critical conversations. Intersectionality and Critical Childhood Studies. K Reporters International Workshop, NTNU Trondheim, Norway, 5-7 June 2024.
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| Konstantoni, K., Mozaffar, R. (2024, Invited Talk) ‘Play cafes and Froebelian approaches in community and public spaces’. Froebelian Futures in conversation with series. Organised by Froebelian Futures, The Play Cafe Project, The Early Years Research, Policy and Practice Group and the Children and Young People Thematic Hub, Online Public Webinar, 15 May 2024, (135 registrations)
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| Konstantoni, K. (2025, forthcoming) Ethnography, Presentation and workshop for PGR student community in Moray House School of Education and Sport.
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| Konstantoni, K., Mozaffar, R., Eri Tantawi, H. I. (2024) Co-creating and storybook-ing with very young children: Research, Innovation and Impact through Being, Learning, Sharing, Doing praxis. Seminar on Children’s Rights Research with Young Children: the potential and challenges of participatory methods, Thursday 5th December 2024. Seminar organized by Children’s Rights European Academic Network, Observatory of Children’s Human Rights Scotland and Children and Young People Thematic Hub (MHSES) University of Edinburgh.
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| Konstantoni, K., Mozaffar, R., Dimoulia, A and Eri Tantawi, H. I. (2024) The Play Café Project: Froebelian approaches in community and public/semi-public spaces. Presentation for the Children and Young People Hub Opening social/ research welcome event. 30 Oct 2024, Edinburgh (face to face and online)
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| Konstantoni, K., Mozaffar, R., Dimoulia, A., Eri Tantawi, H. I. (2024) ‘The Play Café Project: Froebelian approaches in community and public/semi-public spaces’. Froebelian Futures Conference, 25th May 2024, Edinburgh (face to face and online)
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| Konstantoni, K. and Panagopoulou, E. (2024) The Play Café project. Co-Curating Play Cafes in Greece. Presentation as part of an online book ‘Greek Froebelian Network: Critical Froebelian Encounters in Greece’, Online book created by Vasiliki Bourdouvali. Froebelian Futures Conference, 25th May 2024, Edinburgh (face to face and online)
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| Konstantoni, K., Mozaffar, R., Dimoulia, A. and Eri-Tantawi, I. (2024) The Play Cafe Project: What would Froebelian Play Cafes look like? Poster presentation at UNICEF’s 1ST International Conference, Inclusive Education and Children’s Rights, Technopolis, Athens, Greece, Organised by UNICEF, Ministry of Education, Religion and Sport and the Institute of Educational Policy. 11-12 April 2024.
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| Konstantoni, K., Mozaffar, R., Dimoulia, A., Bateson,S. and Khalfaoui, A., Eri Tantawi, H. I. (2024) Play Cafe: an important type of informal high-quality play and social provision in public life for young children, their families and their communities. Presentation to the Scottish Government, 20 February 2024, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.
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| Konstantoni, K., Mozaffar, R., Dimoulia, A., Eri Tantawi, H. I., Khalfaoui, A., Young advisors: Alex, Roujda, Mohammad, Ariana, Konstantinos, Beba (2024) The Play Cafe project: What would Froebelian play cafes look like? 18 January 2024, Presentation to the Froebel Trust Research Committee. Online.
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| Konstantoni, K. (2024) The Play cafe project and Froebelian Futures (mobile play cafe), 8 November 2024, Presentation to the Froebel Trust. Online.
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