
<p>Put this episode of OE Global Voices on your &#8220;Must Listen List&#8221; and be prepared for waves of inspiration and awe for <a href="https://kids.frontiersin.org/">Frontiers for Young Minds</a>, an outstanding project that publishes on the order of 250 papers a year on complex areas of science. But more importantly, these papers are written for kids and reviewed by kids in a process that, when you hear it, will make it clear why Frontiers for Young Minds was recognized with <a href="https://awards.oeglobal.org/awards/2024/significant-impact-oer/frontiers-for-young-minds/">a 2024 Open Education Award for Excellence in the Significant Impact category</a>.</p>



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<p>Frontiers for Young Minds believes that the best way to make cutting-edge science discoveries available to younger audiences is to enable young people and scientists to work together to create articles that are both top quality&nbsp;and exciting.</p>



<p>Distinguished scientists are invited to write about their discoveries in a language that is accessible for young readers, and it is then up to the kids themselves – with the help of a science mentor – to provide feedback and explain to the authors how to best improve the articles before publication.</p>



<p>This unique process produces&nbsp;a collection of freely available scientific articles by leading scientists,&nbsp;shaped for younger audiences by the input of their own young peers.</p>
<cite><a href="https://kids.frontiersin.org/about/journal/">https://kids.frontiersin.org/about/journal/</a></cite></blockquote>



<p>In this episode we will learn more about the journal and its publishing process, but also dive into an example of how a paper on the science of secrets  was drafted by clinical psychologists at <a href="https://www.eur.nl/en">Erasmus University Rotterdam</a> (The Netherlands), reviewed by kids in the Science Club at <a href="https://www.disleyprimary.org.uk/">Disley Primary School</a> (United Kingdom) mentored by neuroscientist Caroline Lea-Carnall at the University of Manchester (United Kingdom) and then published in the Frontiers for Young Minds journal as <a href="https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2024.1227676">Shhh! What Are Secrets and How Do They Affect Us?</a></p>



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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="588" src="https://podcast.oeglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/in-the-studio-078-1024x588.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1620" srcset="https://podcast.oeglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/in-the-studio-078-1024x588.jpg 1024w, https://podcast.oeglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/in-the-studio-078-300x172.jpg 300w, https://podcast.oeglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/in-the-studio-078-768x441.jpg 768w, https://podcast.oeglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/in-the-studio-078-1536x882.jpg 1536w, https://podcast.oeglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/in-the-studio-078-1140x655.jpg 1140w, https://podcast.oeglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/in-the-studio-078.jpg 1806w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">In the podcast recording studio with top row, left to right) Laura Henderson and Hedwig Ens (Frontiers for Young Minds) and bottom row,Caroline Lea-Carnall (University of Manchester), Ildikó Csizmazia and Minita Franzen (Erasmus University Rotterdam).</figcaption></figure>






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<p>In this episode of OE Global Voices, host Alan Levine delves into the inspirational story behind the award-winning project, &#8220;Frontiers for Young Minds,&#8221; which uniquely involves children in the peer-review process of scientific articles aimed at young readers. Alan engages with key figures including Laura Henderson, head of the program, along with contributors and reviewers Caroline Lea-Carnall, Hedwig Ens, Ildikó Csizmazia, and Minita Franzen. They discuss the project&#8217;s origins, its mission to make complex scientific concepts accessible and engaging for kids, and the enriching experience it provides for both young reviewers and established scientists. The conversation highlights the project&#8217;s significant impact on science communication and education, celebrating its collaborative spirit and success in fostering a new generation of science enthusiasts.</p>



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<li>Meet the Guests: Laura Henderson and Team</li>



<li>The Origin Story of Frontiers for Young Minds</li>



<li>The Review Process: Kids as Gatekeepers</li>



<li>The Impact of the Project on Kids and Scientists</li>



<li>Future Plans and Closing Remarks</li>
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<p> It was very interesting to see their thinking was about the whole idea. There were places where we [thought] this might be an important part to share, but there is not really much research on that so we cannot say anything.</p>



<p>So I just didn&#8217;t [add] anything in the article. And then kids were like, &#8220;Okay, but can you tell us something about it? Is there research on it?&#8221;  I liked that feedback.</p>



<p>They also picked up on the positive things &#8212; this made us enthusiastic  to continue to incorporate their feedback. And we really thought we are contributing and doing something that younger readers also find very important.</p>
<cite>Ildikó Csizmazia on responding to the reviewers</cite></blockquote>



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<li><a href="https://awards.oeglobal.org/awards/2024/significant-impact-oer/frontiers-for-young-minds/">2024 OE Award for Excellence Significant Impact Award</a> (OE Global) </li>



<li><a href="https://www.frontiersfoundation.org/">Frontiers Research Foundation</a> </li>



<li><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/science">Frontiers in Science</a> (Research Journal)</li>



<li><a href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/271/overview">Bob Knight</a> (UC Berkjely, co-founder of Frontiers for Young Minds)
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<li><a href="https://www.dailycal.org/archives/uc-berkeley-neuroscience-professor-makes-kids-editors-of-research-journal/article_876620cd-3912-52a8-991f-6df0cf003ef8.html">UC Berkeley neuroscience professor makes kids editors of research journal</a> (2013, The Daily Californian)</li>



<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQTghP21-go">Frontiers for Young Minds with Bob Knight</a> (YouTube, interview for The Show About Science)</li>
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<li><a href="https://kids.frontiersin.org/">Frontiers for Young Minds</a> 
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<li>The Nobel Collections
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<li><a href="https://kids.frontiersin.org/collections/62200/the-nobel-collection-volume-4">Collection 4</a></li>



<li><a href="https://kids.frontiersin.org/collections/58611/the-nobel-collection-volume-3">Collection 3</a></li>



<li><a href="https://kids.frontiersin.org/collections/49554/the-nobel-collection-volume-2">Collection 2</a></li>



<li><a href="https://kids.frontiersin.org/collections/21781/the-nobel-collection-volume-1">Collection 1</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://kids.frontiersin.org/collections/60345/the-sdg-collection-how-science-can-help-us-to-achieve-the-sustainable-developme">The SDG Collection: How Science Can Help Us To Achieve The Sustainable Development Goals</a></li>



<li><a href="https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2023.1215124">Game Theory—More Than Just Games</a> by Robert Aumann </li>



<li><a href="https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2023.1275644">Moving the World’s Tiniest Car With Molecular Machines</a> </li>



<li><a href="https://kids.frontiersin.org/collections/59900/spark-ing-big-questions-what-is-the-future-of-health-technology">SPARK-ing Big Questions: What is the Future of Health Technology?</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://sparks.cern/">Sparks! Serendipity Forum</a> (CERN) </li>



<li><a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/">The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change</a> (IPCC) </li>



<li><a href="https://boldscience.org/">BOLD Science for growing minds</a> </li>
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<li><a href="https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2024.1227676">Shhh! What Are Secrets and How Do They Affect Us?</a> (Frontiers for Young Minds paper discussed)</li>



<li><a href="https://www.disleyprimary.org.uk/">Disley Primary School</a>  (Reviewers)</li>
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<p>One of the great privileges of our work is that we work with the most engaged, the most passionate people, the researchers, the science mentors, the kids themselves. It&#8217;s a kind of self-selecting group who come to be part of what we do. And the real common thread is always that passion and that engagement.</p>



<p>So it gives us energy and thank you to everybody who&#8217;s been part of our process, the people here on this call today, so Ildikó, Minita, Caroline, but also all of our authors, science mentors, editors, young reviewers who&#8217;ve been part of our process over the years.</p>



<p>We&#8217;ve worked with about 900 editors and 9,000 plus young reviewers in 65 countries and however many authors, it&#8217;s, an incredible number of authors.</p>
<cite>Laura Henderson, Frontiers for Young Minds</cite></blockquote>



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<p id="block-2f7515be-ef3b-4974-be5b-c5241ddff716"><em>Our open licensed music for this episode is a track called</em> <em><a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/easy-rock/science-summit/">Science Summit</a> by <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/">Serge Quadrado</a> licensed under a Creative Commons <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0">Attribution-NonCommercial License.</a> Like most of our podcast music, it was found at the&nbsp;<a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/home">Free Music Archive</a>&nbsp;(see&nbsp;<a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/blog/fma-music-in-our-podcast/">our full FMA playlist</a>).</em></p>



<p><em>Finally, this was another episode we are recording on the web in&nbsp;<a href="https://squadcast.fm/">Squadcast</a>, part of the&nbsp;<a href="https://descript.com/">Descript</a>&nbsp;platform for AI enabled transcribing and editing audio in text– this has greatly enhanced our ability to produce our shows</em>.&nbsp;<em>We have been exploring some of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.descript.com/underlord">other AI features in Descript</a></em>,&nbsp;<em>but our posts remain human authore</em>d<em>&nbsp;except where indicated otherwise.</em></p>


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