Our projects

Our projects explore different features of children’s play and playful communication with others, and their role in child development.

Discover some of our past and ongoing projects exploring play in different social relationships and contexts.

Peer Play in the Child HUmour Study (CHUMS)

Find out more about children’s play with peers and the role of humour in their development and wellbeing.

Find out more about the importance of sibling play and how it can be nurtured to support child development.

Find out more about identifying pathways for improving children’s experiences when in hospital.

Find out more about developing new resources for teachers to use in the classroom that promote humour and play.

Find out more about our work in the Neurodevelopment Assessment Unit, investigating play in children who are experiencing challenges at school.

Find out more about our research into better ways of understanding how to support care-experienced children and their families.