About Us

We are a University-led research centre, combining the expertise of researchers in child development, neuroscience, and education at three world leading universities, Birkbeck University of London, UCL Institute of Education, and University College London.

If you would like to contact us, in the first instance, please direct enquiries to:

CEN (email)

CEN DIRECTORATE:

Prof Michael Thomas – Director (email)
Prof Andy Tolmie – Deputy Director (email)
Prof Mairead MacSweeney – Deputy Director (email)

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE:

Prof Iroise Dumontheil (email)
Dr Liory Fern-Pollak (email)
Prof Roberto Filippi (email)
Dr Rebecca Gordon (email)
Dr Spencer Hayes (email)
Prof Natasha Kirkham (email)
Prof Mairead MacSweeney (email)
Prof Denis Mareschal (email)
Prof Chloe Marshall (email)
Dr Emma Meaburn (email)
Prof Kaska Porayska-Pomsta (email)
Prof Andrew Tolmie (email)
Prof. Michael Thomas (email)
Prof Jo Van Herwegen (email)

AFFILIATE MEMBERS:

Professor Emily Farran, CoGDev Lab, School of Psychology, University of Surrey (email)
Professor Sam Wass, BabyDevLab, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of East London (email)
Dr. Katie Gilligan-Lee, School of Psychology, University College Dublin (email)
Dr. Laura Outhwaite, Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities, University College London (email)

CEN SEMINAR ORGANISATION COMMITTEE:

Dr. Liory Fern-Pollack, Department of Psychology, UCL Institute of Education (email)
Astrid Bowen, School of Psychology, Birkbeck University of London
Lucy Palmer, School of Psychology, Birkbeck University of London
Roisin Perry, Department of Psychology and Human Development, UCL Institute of Education
Stella Xu, Department of Psychology and Human Development, UCL Institute of Education
Mahitab Elgamal, Department of Psychology and Human Development, UCL Institute of Education
Matthew Slocombe, School of Psychology, Birkbeck University of London