International Centre for the Study of the Mixed Economy of Childcare

The Centre’s Advisory Board, Pertinent Centres and Units

• Jim Barry - Professor of Gender and Organization Studies, Business School, UEL and Visiting Professor at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden.
• Mike Brewer (until September 2008) - Director of the Direct Tax and Welfare Research Program at the Institute for Fiscal Studies; previously an Economic Assistant at HM Treasury.
• Kazem Chaharbaghi - Professor of Management at UEL Business of School and Director of University of East London’s multi-disciplinary research programmes.
• William Laing - economist and Chief Executive of Laing & Buisson, a market research organization specializing in the social care sector, including childcare, which he set up in 1976.
• Peter Moss - Professor in Early Childhood Provision at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London.
• Dr Gillian Paul - (from September 2008) Research Associate at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, London
• Susan Prentice - Professor of Sociology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada.
• Jennifer Sumsion - Foundation Professor of Early Childhood Education, Charles Sturt University, Australia NSW.
• Raymond A Whyte - the Business Support Officer for the London Borough of Brent Early Years Service and a member of the Strategy and Partnership Division in the Children and Families Department.

The initial Board was invited to serve for 12 months. A process has been developed for seeking expressions of interest and for facilitating regular rotation of membership over subsequent years.

Pertinent Centres and Units

• Childcare Resource and Research Unit, University of Toronto, Canada: www.childcarecanada.org
• Child Care Privatization Project Canada privatization.crru
• Paid Care Research Network, Australia: www.paidcareresearch.net.au
• The Alliance for Early Childhood Finance, New York, USA: www.earlychildhoodfinance.org
• New Zealand Child Forum, Wellington, NZ: http://www.childforum.com
• Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, UK: www.ifs.org
• Daycare Trust, London, UK: www.daycaretrust.org
• The Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia: http://www.sprc.unsw.edu

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