Researchers who work at higher education institutions in the field of children’s rights and childhood studies are frequently asked, or ask themselves, what the social relevance is of their academic work. Has our work at the university contributed to making changes in child welfare services, child rights legislation or childhood and youth policies? At the end, did all of this make a difference in children’s lives? There are no simple answers to these questions that we will address by dissecting the intersection between longand short-term impact and by looking at the impact of new demands for societal impact on the university and how these, in turn, produce contradictory claims on academic scholarship. Over the last two decades, calls to demonstrate how academic activities have contributed to improving society have drastically increased in all scientific fields and for universities in general and are expected to intensify in the years to come (Van den Akker and Spaapen, 2017). The funding of research is no longer solely based on the assessment of the academic merits of a research proposal but also on its potential social relevance and impact. This might be seen as excellent news for university departments and research centres in the field of children’s rights and childhood studies that have a long tradition to making sure that their research has social impact and contributes to improving children’s position in society. One can argue that the expertise in undertaking research that explicitly aims at impacting policy developments or that originated from collaborations with child rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or intergovernmental bodies has given academic children’s rights and childhood studies a comparative advantage over other fields or disciplines that were less concerned with the societal impact of their work. In her account of the history of the sociology of childhood, Berry Mayall (2013) points at the field’s ambition from its origins to contribute not only to the empirical and theoretical study of children and childhood but also to informing policies and practices that have an impact on children’s status around the globe. The field’s utility is relatively undisputed among many people with different backgrounds and interests, including policy makers, child service providers, education professionals or the general public. Discussions about the status and image of childhood or about the competences and rights of children have a bearing on, for instance, discussions about citizenship, intergenerational distributive justice, the limits to state interventions in people’s private and family lives to name just a few (Prout, 2019). Today, childhood studies and children’s rights are socially useful, and one might ascribe the field’s relative academic success, at least in part, to its with hindsight precursory role in social relevant research. 871383 CHD0010.1177/0907568219871383ChildhoodEditorial editorial2019

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学童时期和儿童权利研究的社会影响：早晚？

在儿童权利和儿童研究领域的高等教育机构中工作的研究人员经常被问到或问自己，他们的学术工作与社会有何关系。我们在大学的工作是否有助于改变儿童福利服务，儿童权利立法或儿童和青年政策？最后，所有这些都改变了儿童的生活吗？对于这些问题，没有简单的答案，我们将通过剖析长期影响和短期影响之间的交集，并查看对社会影响的新需求对大学的影响以及这些反过来如何对学术奖学金产生矛盾的主张来解决。 。在过去的二十年里 展示学术活动如何为改善社会做出贡献的呼吁在所有科学领域以及整个大学中都急剧增加，并且有望在未来几年内激增（Van den Akker和Spaapen，2017）。研究经费不再仅仅基于对研究方案的学术价值的评估，还取决于其潜在的社会意义和影响。对于儿童权利和儿童研究领域的大学部门和研究中心而言，这可能是一个好消息，因为它们具有悠久的历史，可以确保他们的研究具有社会影响力，并有助于改善儿童的社会地位。有人可以辩称，专门从事研究的专门针对政策发展或与儿童权利非政府组织（NGOs）或政府间机构合作的专业知识使学龄儿童的权利和儿童研究相对于其他领域或学科具有比较优势。不太关心他们的工作对社会的影响。贝里·梅亚尔（Berry Mayall（2013））在谈到童年社会学的历史时指出，该领域的雄心壮志不仅为儿童和童年的经验和理论研究做出贡献，而且也为有影响力的政策和实践提供信息关于全球儿童的地位。在具有不同背景和兴趣的许多人中，该领域的效用是相对无可争议的，包括政策制定者，儿童服务提供者，教育专业人员或公众。关于童年的状态和形象或儿童的能力和权利的讨论与例如关于公民权，代际分配正义，国家干预人们的私人生活和家庭生活的限制等讨论有关（Prout ，2019）。如今，童年研究和儿童权利在社会上是有用的，并且至少可以部分归因于该领域在社会相关研究中具有先见之明的先驱作用。871383 CHD0010.1177 / 0907568219871383儿童社论社论2019 关于童年的状态和形象或儿童的能力和权利的讨论与例如关于公民权，代际分配正义，国家干预人们的私人生活和家庭生活的限制等讨论有关（Prout ，2019）。如今，童年研究和儿童权利在社会上是有用的，并且至少可以部分归因于该领域在社会相关研究中具有先见之明的先驱作用。871383 CHD0010.1177 / 0907568219871383儿童社论社论2019 关于童年的状态和形象或儿童的能力和权利的讨论与例如关于公民权，代际分配正义，国家干预人们的私人生活和家庭生活的限制等讨论有关（Prout ，2019）。如今，童年研究和儿童权利在社会上是有用的，并且至少可以部分归因于该领域在社会相关研究中具有先见之明的先驱作用。871383 CHD0010.1177 / 0907568219871383儿童社论社论2019 童年研究和儿童权利在社会上是有用的，并且至少可以部分归因于该领域在社会相关研究中具有先见之明的先驱作用。871383 CHD0010.1177 / 0907568219871383儿童社论社论2019 童年研究和儿童权利在社会上是有用的，并且至少可以部分归因于该领域在社会相关研究中具有先见之明的先驱作用。871383 CHD0010.1177 / 0907568219871383儿童社论社论2019