Our wonderful colleague and dear friend Gina Crivello passed away on Monday April 11th after a short and sudden illness.
On this page we share a snapshot of Gina's work with Young Lives. If you worked with Gina and would like us to include a piece of joint research, or message, please contact our Communications Manager, julia.tilford@qeh.ox.ac.uk
Gina joined Young Lives in 2006, having previously worked at the Refugee Studies Centre in Oxford University's Department of International Development. She worked with the then Young Lives Director, Jo Boyden and the team on an ambitious plan to design a series of in-depth child-focused (qualitative) studies to complement the large-scale surveys.
Gina played a critical role at every stage, over 16 years and was a core member of the Young Lives team. She worked very closely with the four study countries, Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam, championing the context, the people, the methods and the ethics of the research, and managing the team.
Gina carved out important intellectual frontiers on children’s aspirations, children’s work, migration, transitions to adulthood, gender, and methods for research with children and young people. She noticed lines of enquiry through her close attention to the qualitative data – that fed into the survey, for example, the importance of migration.
Gina’s 80 plus publications testify to her scholarship, and to her commitment to improving the lives of children, with titles covering poverty, migration, early marriage and young parenthood, gender, methods and ethics. Example of her recent work is here, please go to our publications work for all Gina's Young Lives published work.
Young Marriage and Early Parenthood
Journal articles
Gina made a huge contribution to teaching in Oxford Department of International Development, and across the University – lecturing, supervising, and examining countless Masters and Doctoral students. Her loss will also be felt by the academic community around the world - and the contribution she made through often hidden work of collaborating, reviewing, and supporting researchers.
Research communications
Gina was always looking for new ways to communicate Young Lives research and tell the life stories of the children and young people we follow whilst protecting their anonymity. Projects she worked on ranged from video abstracts, to illustrated blogs and digital stories. Follow the links for a snapshot of her work.
Digital Stories, Animation, Illustrations, Video abstracts, Blogs, Stories






Our wonderful colleague and dear friend Gina Crivello passed away on Monday April 11th after a short and sudden illness.
On this page we share a snapshot of Gina's work with Young Lives. If you worked with Gina and would like us to include a piece of joint research, or message, please contact our Communications Manager, julia.tilford@qeh.ox.ac.uk
Gina joined Young Lives in 2006, having previously worked at the Refugee Studies Centre in Oxford University's Department of International Development. She worked with the then Young Lives Director, Jo Boyden and the team on an ambitious plan to design a series of in-depth child-focused (qualitative) studies to complement the large-scale surveys.
Gina played a critical role at every stage, over 16 years and was a core member of the Young Lives team. She worked very closely with the four study countries, Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam, championing the context, the people, the methods and the ethics of the research, and managing the team.
Gina carved out important intellectual frontiers on children’s aspirations, children’s work, migration, transitions to adulthood, gender, and methods for research with children and young people. She noticed lines of enquiry through her close attention to the qualitative data – that fed into the survey, for example, the importance of migration.
Gina’s 80 plus publications testify to her scholarship, and to her commitment to improving the lives of children, with titles covering poverty, migration, early marriage and young parenthood, gender, methods and ethics. Example of her recent work is here, please go to our publications work for all Gina's Young Lives published work.
Young Marriage and Early Parenthood
Journal articles
Gina made a huge contribution to teaching in Oxford Department of International Development, and across the University – lecturing, supervising, and examining countless Masters and Doctoral students. Her loss will also be felt by the academic community around the world - and the contribution she made through often hidden work of collaborating, reviewing, and supporting researchers.
Research communications
Gina was always looking for new ways to communicate Young Lives research and tell the life stories of the children and young people we follow whilst protecting their anonymity. Projects she worked on ranged from video abstracts, to illustrated blogs and digital stories. Follow the links for a snapshot of her work.
Digital Stories, Animation, Illustrations, Video abstracts, Blogs, Stories





