Child Development and Learning Difficulties Lab

Carrying out international collaborative research in child development with a special focus on learning difficulties and developmental disorders and improving educational outcomes.

Meet the team

Academic staff 

• Dr Jo Van Herwegen (Lab Director)
• Dr Laura Outhwaite (Co-director)
• Dr Daniel Clowes

PhD students and affiliates

• Tugce Cetiner
• Hannah Hamid
• Dr Petri Partanen (Mid-Sweden University)
• Erica Ranzato
• Dr Muhammad Shakir (visiting scholar from university of The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan)
• Zahra Siddiqui
• Unta Taiwo
• Helen Williams
• Dr Erin Early (Queen's University Belfast)
• Vassilis Sideropoulos
• Stella Xu
• Şeyda Çetintaş
• Kate Gwilliam
• Leung, Jaimie

Lab coordinator

• Aira Ansara

Research themes

We focus on research that supports children’s learning and educational practice such as:

• Awareness of developmental Dyscalculia and Mathematical Difficulties toolkit (ADD UP)
• Development in individuals with Williams syndrome
• Educational technologies and apps
• Mathematical development in the Early Years
• Raising educational outcomes for pupils with SEN and disabilities (MetaSENse)
• Supporting children with SEND at home and in the classroom