The Forum currently has over 180 members who are, for the most part, based in nine separate disciplines/schools in the university: child care, education, law and criminology, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, psychology, social work, and sociology. This is reflected in the membership of the Forum’s Steering Committee which is as follows:

Chair and Director of the Forum: Prof Laura Lundy, Education
Acting Director for 2010/11: Prof Ruth Leitch, Education

Child Care: Prof Geraldine Macdonald
Education: Prof Ruth Leitch and Prof Paul Connolly
Law and Criminology: Prof Phil Scraton
Medicine: Prof Henry Halliday
Nursing: Dr Jackie Parkes
Pharmacy: Dr Ahmed Hawwa 
Psychology: Prof Carol McGuinness
Social work: Prof John Pinkerton
Sociology: Prof Madeleine Leonard and Dr Katrina Lloyd

Membership is open to all Queen’s members of staff and research students who are interested in research related to children. If you would like to join, please click here to complete the membership proforma and return it to research.education@qub.ac.uk .