Ms Ewajesu OkewumiPhD Candidate, The University of Edinburgh, United KingdomEmail: ewajesu.caleb2022@gmail.comProfilePublicationsExpertiseProfileEwajesu Okewumi is a PhD Candidate at the University of Edinburgh. She has an academic background in Sociology (development) from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Ewajesu has worked as a research assistant on different projects leading qualitative data collection and analysis. She has co-authored several publications including book chapters, journal articles and conference papers on topics related to children and youth studies, sociology, sociological theories, gender and feminism. Her current research broadly focuses on Children’s participation rights and public decision-making. She is passionate about evidence-based research and policy. ResearchPublications Akanle, O., and Okewumi E. O (2020) “Children in Families: Context of Experience and Participation”, Frankel, S. and McNamee, S. (Ed.) “Bringing Children Back into the Family: Relationality and Connectedness and Home”. Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, Vol. 27. Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 147-161. http://doi.org/10.1108/S1537-466120200000027010 Okewumi, E. O, and Akanle, O. (2021) “Children’s Participation in Decision Making within the Family Context of Yoruba Culture”. Child Indicators Research Journal. DOI- 10.1007/s12187-021-09866-5. ISCI-D-21-00107R Akanle, O. Okewumi, E.O, and Kayode, D.I. (2022) ‘Youths in Global Context: The Anatomy of Exclusion and Processes’. Akanle, O. (Ed.) Youth Exclusion and Empowerment in the Contemporary Global Order: Existentialities in Migration, Identity and the Digital Space. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, UK. Okewumi, E. and Akanle, O. (2023) "Children and Negotiation of Family Rules in Ibadan, Nigeria", Frankel, S. (Ed.) Establishing Child Centered Practice in a Changing World, Part B (Emerald Studies in Child Centered Practice), pp. 165-175. ExpertiseChildren rights, Children's participation, sociology of development.