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Susan Golombok

Susan GolombokFBA[1] (born 11 August 1954) is Professor of Family Research and Director of the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge,[2][3][4][5] and Professorial Fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge.[6] Her research on new family forms has contributed to theoretical understanding of family influences on child development and has addressed social and ethical issues that are of relevance to family life.[7]

Personal life and education

Golombok grew up Glasgow, Scotland, the only child of Clara and Benzion Golombok, and attended Hutchesons' Girls' School.[3] Following a first degree in Psychology at the University of Glasgow[6] in 1976, Susan was awarded a master's degree in Child Development at the University of London, Institute of Education in 1977, and a PhD at the University of London, Institute of Psychiatry in 1982, supervised by Professor Sir Michael Rutter.

Golombok married Professor John Rust in 1979 and they have one son, Jamie Rus

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  • Golombok, S. (in press). Parenting in new family forms. In M. van IJzendoorn & M. Bakermans-Kranenburg (Eds.) Parenting. Current Opinion in Psychology.

  • Ilioi, E., Blake, L., Jadva, V., Roman, G., & Golombok, S. (in press). The role of age of disclosure of biological origins in the psychological wellbeing of adolescents conceived by reproductive donation: A longitudinal study from age 1 to age 14. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

  • Golombok, S., Blake, L., Slutsky, J., Raffanello, E., Roman, G., & Ehrhardt, A. (in press). Parenting and the adjustment of children born to gay fathers through surrogacy. Child Development.

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    Leading Child Psychologist Professor Susan Golombok Addresses TCD on Non- Traditional Family Forms and Child Outcomes

    Posted on: 11 December 2008

    Does family structure really matter for the wellbeing of the child?

    Family and child psychologist, Professor Susan Golombok, delivered the Children’s Research Centre’s Annual Lecture at Trinity College Dublin this week.  Author, solicitor and Senior Lecturer in Family and Child Law at the Law Society of Ireland, Geoffrey Shannon, responded to Professor Golombok’s paper.

    A leading international authority on the effects of family structure on children’s development, Professor Golombok’s lecture: ‘New family forms: What do we know about their effect on children’s development?’  examined the scientific evidence on what really matters for children’s healthy psychological development. The lecture considered whether it was necessary to have two parents, a father present, parents who had a genetic link with their child, or parents who were heterosexual. It also explored the psychological processes that underlay optimal developm

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