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
- Professor Jo Van Herwegen (Lab Director)
- Dr Laura Outhwaite (Co-director)
- Dr Rebecca Gordon
- Dr Rosanne Esposito
- Dr Zahra Siddiqui
Current PhD students and affiliates
- Tim Clarke
- Şeyda Çetintaş
- Dr Erin Early (Ulster University)
- Kate Gwilliam
- Hannah Hamid
- Ema Hewit
- Dr Petri Partanen (Mid-Sweden University)
- Unta Taiwo
- Helen Williams
- Stella Xu
Lab coordinators
- Rebekah Owolabi
- Melody Oyinkansola
Former PhD students and affiliates
- Dr Tugce Cetiner
- Jaimie Leung
- Thomas Masterman
- Dr Erica Ranzato
- Vassilis Sideropoulos
- Dr Muhammad Shakir (visiting scholar from university of The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan)
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
Are you a student who would like to gain research experience?
- you can complete a thesis in our lab, or
- volunteer as a research assistant (you need to be available a minimum 5 hours per week).
For queries email:
- Professor Jo Van Herwegen at j.vanherwegen@ucl.ac.uk
Contact us
Psychology and Human Development
Child Development and Learning Difficulties Lab (CDLD)
IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society
University College London
25 Woburn Square
London WC1H 0AA
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