Roger Hart

I'm a professor in psychology at CUNY, trained in geography and most affiliated with the interdisciplinary field of childhood studies.

Much of my research has been on children's use and experience of the environment to try to improve planning and design for them, as well as to find methods for giving them a voice. I have helped International agencies, like the UN and Save the Children, with different projects all over the world that think about child participation.

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Publications

Hart, R. A. (1997). Children’s Participation: The Theory and Practice of Involving Young Citizens in Community Development and Environmental Care. Routledge.
Hart, R., Ataman, A., & Kimiagar, B. (2016). Placing children’s voices at the heart of organisations that serve them. Lessons from governance with children who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation. ECPAT International.
Hart, R., Bartlett, S., Satterthwaite, D., et al. Cities for Children: Children’s Rights, Poverty and Urban Management. Routledge.
Hart, R. (2008, December 31). Creating Playspaces by and for Children. Project for Public Spaces.
Hart, R. A. (2008). Stepping Back from ‘The Ladder’: Reflections on a Model of Participatory Work with Children. In A. Reid, B. B. Jensen, J. Nikel & V. Simovska (Eds.), Participation and Learning. Perspective on Education and the Environment, Health and Sustainability (pp. 19–31). Springer.
Hart, R. (1979). Children’s Experience of Place: A Developmental Study. Irvington Publishers.

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