Practice-based research in children's play

Dr Wendy Russell is Senior Lecturer in Play and Playwork at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. Her research focuses on supporting children's right to play, particularly in terms of politics of space, policy and ethics.

Dr Stuart Lester was Senior Lecturer in Play and Playwork at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. His key research interests included the nature and value of children's play, playful production of time/space through everyday encounters and the conditions under which children's (and adults) playfulness may thrive.

Hilary Smith is the Course Leader for the MA Professional Studies in Children's Play and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Liberal and Performing Arts at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. Her research interests are in the realm of children's play and links with physical literacy, health and wellbeing.