www.p4play.eu @P4Play_EU Fiona Loudoun, Ines Wenger, Supervisors: Dr Bryan Boyle, Prof Maria Larsson-Lund, Dr Maria Prellwitz, Dr Helen Lynch, Prof Christina Schulze References: 1. Stephen, C., & Plowman, L. (2014). Digital Play. In L. Brooker, M. Blaise, & S. Edwards (Eds.), Sage Handbook of Play and Learning in Early Childhood (pp. 330–341). Sage Publications Ltd. 2. Waller, G., Suter, L., Bernath, J., Külling, C., Willemse, I., Martel, N. & Süss, D. (2019). MIKE – Medien, Interaktion, Kinder, Eltern: Ergebnisbericht zur MIKE-Studie 2019. Zürich: Zürcher Hochschule für An-gewandte Wissenschaften. 2. Moore A, Lynch H. Accessibility and usability of playground environments for children under 12: A scoping review. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2015;22(5):331–44. 3. Prellwitz M, Skär L. Usability of playgrounds for children with different abilities. Occupational Therapy International. 2007;14(3):144–55. 4. Green, L., Holloway, D., Stevenson, K., Leaver, T., & Haddon, L. (2021). The Routledge Companion to Digital Media and Children; First Edition. 5. ‘Boy Playing on Ground‘ by Jiawei Cui is licensed under Pexels License. 6. ‘Girl and Boy Playing on Tablet Device’ by Alex Green is licensed under Pexels License. 7. ‘Globe image’ licensed under pinclipart.com This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No: 861257. These two projects are anchored in the concept of PLACES exploring children’s participation in play in digital spaces and the design of community play spaces incorporating universal design and natural elements. P4PLAY: RESEARCHING PEOPLE, PLACE, POLICY and PRACTICE for PLAY from the LENS of OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE Oh’ The Places You’ll Go: Adventures Outdoors and in Digital Playgrounds Background The P4Play Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSC) Training Network is an innovative European Joint Doctorate (EJD) programme in Occupational Science for Occupational Therapists. This EJD was established in 2020 when 2.2 m was awarded to a consortium of researchers and play advocates, in the highly competitive Horizon2020 scheme. P4play is a collaboration between 4 academic universities in Ireland, Sweden, Scotland, and Switzerland, and 15 partner organisations in Europe and the USA. The P4play programme adopts a child's rights-based perspective and aims to investigate the nature of play through the lens of People, Place, Policy and Practice (P4Play). A refocus on play as a right requires further study as a central concern (or occupation) in children's lives. Occupational Science, a science dedicated to the study of humans as doers or as occupational beings, offers a unique lens to explore play as an occupation. Methodology The centrality of participation is acknowledged by positioning children as active and agentic individuals with a to right to engage in play (4). By conceptualising children as the holder of rights, participatory methods will be utilised throughout the research to explore children’s experiences and subjective understanding of play outdoors and in digital spaces. Play in Digital Spaces A scoping review will be initially conducted to identify and examine the literature exploring children’s perspectives of play in digital spaces for children from infancy through to adolescence. This research will consist of 3 participatory studies which will involve children across the trajectory of childhood. Age appropriate methodologies such as observation, photo-elicitation interviews, and storyboard collage groups will be used throughout data collection. Play in Outdoor Play Spaces This research will consist of four studies, investigating the perceptions of playground users (children with and without disabilities aged 7-12 years and their parents), playground builders (e.g. architects, landscape architects), and experts of Universal Design regarding inclusive playgrounds through multiple methods (interviews, focus