Jenny is Reader in Children’s Rights and Programme Director of the MA International Child Rights and Development at King’s College London. She brings a children’s rights-based approach to child protection and her background as a barrister specialising in care proceedings fuels commitment to research designed with the wellbeing and rights of children and young people at the fore. Jenny has particular expertise in collaborative and multi-agency work for the protection of children in England and in development contexts; in young people’s experience of state care; and in relation to ethical practice in research with children and young people. Her book on the educational and relational experiences of young people transitioning from care to independence was published by Routledge in 2018. She is an Associate Editor of Child Abuse Review.
