- MAP Role: Principal-Investigator
- Institution: University of Edinburgh
- Position: Teaching and Research Fellow, Childhood and Youth Studies
- Location: U.K.
- Email: laura.wright@ed.ac.uk
- Web profile: https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/laura-wright
Laura Wright, PhD, is a Lecturer in Childhood Studies, University of Edinburgh and PI of a MAP Large Grant. She is also acts as Director of Participatory Methodologies, International Institute for Child Rights and Development (IICRD). Laura grew up on Nexwlélexwm, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Squamish Nation, in Canada. Laura’s work has focused on play and arts based participatory methodologies, children and youth’s meaningful participation, children’s rights, intergenerational partnerships, social justice, mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in Canada, South and Eastern Europe, the United Kingdom, East and West Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. She is passionate about collaboration and is an active member on several child-centred networks (e.g., Child and Youth Participatory Research Network) and boards (e.g., Canadian Coalition of Children’s Rights) globally.
