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Yuwei Xu is an Associate Professor in Early Childhood Education at the University of Nottingham, UK. Previously he has held academic positions at University College London (UCL) and the University of Portsmouth. With a PhD in gender and early childhood studies gained from the University of Glasgow, Yuwei’s research interests include gender and men’s participation in early childhood education and care (ECEC), child agency, 0-3 curriculum, child-centred pedagogy, parenting and family relationships, play-based pedagogy, and teacher professional development. He is a co-editor-in-chief for three international journals including the British Educational Research Journal (BERJ), Children & Society, and Pedagogy, Culture and Society. In addition to being a BERA council member, Yuwei is also membership lead on the executive committee of Gender and Education Association.