Anthony Charles

Anthony is Associate Professor of Youth Justice and Children’s Rights in the Department for Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy at Swansea University. He is also Co-Director of the Observatory on Human Rights of Children Wales, Academic Lead for Education and Empowerment in the Children’s Legal Centre Wales and Coordinator of the Swansea Youth Justice Research Team. He is also a member, representing Wales, of the Rights Respecting Justice Group for the UK, Ireland and Jersey, which is based at the prestigious Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice.

Anthony has research expertise in children’s rights-respecting youth justice, co-production and participation methodologies with children, devolution and children’s rights and public criminology initiatives (particularly in education). Having a long record of undertaking research with public bodies, NGOs, communities and children, Anthony has significant experience of multi-agency working.