Child as Method
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This interview is a slightly modified transcript from the fifth Psyche Talk, hosted at the Department of Communication and Psychology at Aalborg University, October 22, 2025. Psyche Talks are hosted as biannual events, where prominent psychological researchers are invited to discuss fundamental questions about the nature and subject matter of psychology through an interview-based format. The focus of this interview is on Child as Method and how it has emerged from the work of critically engaging with developmental psychology through a feminist lens. In this interview, Erica Burman (Professor of Education at Manchester University) is interviewed by Noomi Matthiesen (Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, Aalborg University).
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