Centre director Professor Trisha Maynard, who is also chair of TACTYC, said that the centre would build on areas such as research on outdoor learning and play, children's wellbeing, teenage pregnancy, healthy eating and migrant families.
Professor Maynard said 'you cannot unpick' children from families and communities, and that looking at the three together was vital.
She said the centre will also work with groups who in the past had not had their voices heard, such as young children, the homeless and young parents.
The centre will be producing a DVD for the launch 'about what a good life means to you', which will have a 'multiplicity of voices', she said.
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