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Who we are

Core team


  • Dr Mary Clare Martin, Director of the Centre for the Study of Play and Recreation and Principal Lecturer/Programme Leader of the BA Hons Childhood Studies degree, University of Greenwich
  • Dr Keith Cranwell, Head of Department of Education and Community Studies
  • Dr Sheryl Clark, Research Fellow in Play and Recreation (and Natural Environments)
  • Alan Powers, Professor of Architecture and Cultural History in the School of Architecture & Construction, University of Greenwich and Chair of the Pollock Toy Museum Trust.

Associate members


  • Dr Jennifer Bavidge, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Greenwich
  • Susanna Steele, Senior Lecturer in Primary Education and Associate at the Unicorn Theatre
  • Professor Andrew Lambirth, Professor of Education, School of Education, University of Greenwich
  • Dr John Smith, Programme Leader, Education Studies, University of Greenwich
  • Dr Marianna Papadopoulou, Senior Lecturer, Education Studies, University of Greenwich.

Associate fellows


  • Dr Anna Davin, University of London
  • Professor Ning de Coninck Smith, University of Aarhus, Denmark
  • Professor Alison James, University of Sheffield
  • Dr Grete Lillehammer, University of Stavanger, Norway
  • Dr Heather Montgomery, Open University
  • Dr Angeliki Petropoulou, Hellenic Open University
  • Dr David Pomfret, University of Hong Kong
  • Dr Simon Sleight, Monash, Australia/King’s College London
  • Jill Shefrin, Independent scholar/University of London
  • Professor Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska, University of Illinois, Chicago.

Associated organisations


  • Society for the Study of Children in the Past
  • International Play Association
  • Pollock Toy Museum Trust
  • Institute of Historical Research, London
  • Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society
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