A world where the illumination of global CSEA data accelerates action and shines the lights of protection and pathways to safety for all children.

• To establish a world leading independent data institute that gathers and visualises the prevalence and nature of child sexual exploitation and abuse across the world via a Global Index and dashboard.
• To create platforms that activate and make accessible that data to inform policy and drive sustainable, coordinated action to safeguard children across the world.
• To be recognized as the leading independent authority for CSEA knowledge and a catalyst of enduring change.

We expect all Childlight staff and researchers to adhere to these core organisation and research values and to represent Childlight externally with these values.

• We will be open, transparent and inclusive,
• We will be representative of the global community,
• We will act with the highest levels of integrity, treating people fairly and with respect,
• We will report data without fear or favour,
• We will follow the strategy (and the threat), not the money,
• We will make the University of Edinburgh a global centre of excellence for tacking CSEA,
• We will always act in the interests of children, and
• Children can’t wait so we will act with speed, balancing the needs of research and action.