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JANUARY SPOTLIGHT

It's Not a Ban. It's a Common Sense Delay.

Coming home to cricket: Why India loves the game and how women are redefining it

KI Talks: Family Fandom

Josh Brocklehurst

From Hero to Headline: Fandom Should Feel Like Belonging

From Superfans to Safe Spaces: The Secret Power of Fandom

Press Play Again: Why we tend to watch shows again and again

What the hell is a Labubu… and should I get one?

KI Talks: How we connect to characters

Josh Brocklehurst

Comfort in the Things We Love Together

fandom, insight, opinion, fatherhood

Fatherhood & Fandom

Josh Brocklehurst

fandom, insight, opinion

Fandom, Football and Family

insight, opinion

I HAD A FRIEND ONCE.

KI Talks: Food for Thought in 2025

Jelena Stosic & Raj Pathmanathan

Nostalgia, Fandoms, Generations

The Nostalgia Effect: Why our first fandoms stay with us

Frankie Stevens

KI Talks: From Alpha to Beta

opinion, parenting, marketing

Working with my parents

IT'S WHAT DADS DO

opinion,insight,social

KIDS DESERVE BETTER: NAVIGATING SELF-EXPRESSION IN A DIGITAL WORLD THAT DEMANDS SO MUCH

KI Talks: Future Families

THE POWER OF INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

opinion,digital,games,design

Designing for Kids: Balancing Fun and Educational Value in Apps for Children

opinion,social,gaming

Nostalgia in an Era of Infinite Content

Isabela Caltabiano

fandom,creativity

CELEBRATING THE UNFILTERED EXPRESSION OF FANDOMS AT GLASTONBURY

Where are all the quiet heroes? Inclusivity in kids TV

Changing the Narrative: How creative campaigns are addressing mental health

Frankie Stevens

KI Talks: Leverage Fandom for Creative Execution

The influence of colour in child-centric marketing

PS5 Pro – What’s happening?

Michelangelo Palmisano

opinion,parenting

Being a Dad Vol. 3

opinion,parenting

Look for the helpers

Family Brand DNA

THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF A SUCCESSFUL KIDS BRAND

LICENSING TO TEENS

Books: More Than Just Stories - How They're Secretly Superheroes for Kids' Mental Health

licensing,parenting,gaming

Exercise in disguise: Licensing missing a trick?

The cost of childhood in the digital world

Go outside & touch grass

Jeoffrey Sarpong

Empowering Girls to Dream Big

Isabela Caltabiano

The importance of being earnest

Social trends we expect to see in 2024

PHILOSOPHY - ADDRESSING THREATS FROM AI IN EDUCATION

Matthew Macaulay

Finance Matters

Matthew Macaulay

Play with Purpose: A Glimpse into the Sustainable Toy Revolution

Are brands maximising the opportunity around Halloween?

The Power of Sports Fandom

Is YouTube’s ‘made for kids’ ad safeguarding fit for purpose?

Matthew Macaulay

Digital-native parents are redefining family media relationships

It’s time to fully embrace D&I in licensing

STORYTIME 3.0 DEAR

A bumper year for brand birthdays, but how relevant are they to viewers?

Levelling up the jingle: audio branding for the next generation

Aleksandra Szczerba

Why financial brands should look to licensing to plug gaps in kids’ education

Matthew Macaulay

THE GLOBAL FAMILY

Kids Industries

How can creativity benefit our mental health?

Frankie Stevens

Wrapping up 2022

MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS

Josh Brocklehurst

How on-trend horror themes are helping brands slay

Aleksandra Szczerba

What truly makes research with children work?

LET MISCHIEF REIGN THIS HALLOWEEN

TECH WILL NOT SAVE US. BUT PARENTAL CONTROLS MIGHT

GOING BACK TO SCHOOL IN A COST OF LIVING CRISIS

OUR TIME AT OXFORD MENCAP

Frankie Stevens, Courtney Joseph, Mikey Palmisano

Zines: What and Why should you care?

4 Ways to Maximise Success in Research with Kids

Josh Brocklehurst

Frankie Stevens

WHY LGBTQIA+ REPRESENTATION IN ENTERTAINMENT IS SO IMPORTANT

research,kindness,educational

The Impact of Kindness

Courtney Joseph

It's Not All Shite. But some of it definitely is.

insight,opinion

Is goth life the route to a good life for our young people?

animation, research

What is Quality Animation?

Kids Industries

insight,audience,digital,social

Word-of-mouth – the most powerful marketing tool?

Georgina Katsiani

insight,research,educational

Developmentally-focused product design

audience,gaming,opinion,insight,digital

From Geek Culture to Pop Culture (or: How We All Became Geeks)

Aleksandra Szczerba

digital,games,opinion,insight,gaming

Your Digital You: News and Trends in the World of Avatars

opinion,audience

KI Culture: Our Magic Number is 165

digital,insight

Adopting agile processes at KI

Russell Edwards

Digital, audience, insight

5 UX tips to level up your next product

Multiplayer Games: How can they play the 'same' game again and again?

insight, audience, social

Socialisation and casual sports fandoms

Josh Brocklehurst

The Playground is More Important Than the Classroom

audience, insight, social

Reddit: what do we need to understand about “the front page of the internet”?

Aleksandra Szczerba

AR – In few clicks or taps

Raj Pathmanathan

How Game Pass helped me rediscover my love of gaming, and why its the future

Audience, insight

Kids Industries

Festival of Licensing videos

Kids Industries

insight, audience,

Festival of Licensing 2020 Week 3: Americas

Aleksandra Szczerba

insight, audience

Festival of Licensing 2020 Week 2: Asia

Aleksandra Szczerba

insight, audience

Festival of Licensing 2020 Week 1: Europe

Aleksandra Szczerba

games, opinion, digital

What can we learn from the trendiest games of the summer?

insight, social

The rise of the Homefluencer

creativity, education, insight

Creativity and Education: COVID-19 Edition

Opinion, Audience

Learning to be a Dad - Part 2

Opinion, Audience

Learning to be a Dad...

10 reasons why you should be prototyping your next App with Kids Industries

Russell Edwards

digital, insight, education

Generation Alpha are not going to be who we thought they were. And that's OK.

Kids Industries

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