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MSc Psychiatric Research Robin Murray Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement 2019-20 for Lydia Johnson-Ferguson
Cooperation between University Children’s Hospital Zurich and Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development and Opportunity for other UZH Researchers and Clinics
In a recent study that was just published in Child Development, Dr. Miriam Beisert and Prof. Moritz Daum report findings from a study on young children’s tool use.
Our post-doctoral scholar Dr. Jeanine Grütter was featured as an SRA emerging scholar.
New article "Eye gaze patterns and functional brain responses during emotional face processing in adolescents with conduct disorder" accepted at Neuroimage Clinical by the NMR Kids Lab Team.
We are exceptionally pleased to announce that Prof.em. Dr. Marlis Buchmann, Professor of Sociology emerita, former Director of the Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, has received the honorary doctorate from the University of Bern.
An online event will bring researchers together in order to make the diversity of studies accessible to the research community. At this event, the Cocon team will present first results of its COVID study.
Prof. Moritz Daum was interviewed by SRF 1 "Einstein" about the power of gender roles.
How do adolescents and young adults perceive the novel coronavirus/COVID-19 and how do they cope with the new challenges during such an extraordinary situation?
Are stressful life events in different social contexts associated with self-injury from early adolescence to early adulthood?
The Jacobs Center / Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) workshop on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and youth development brought together over 80 participants from over 20 countries.
Our Jacobs Center professor Ana Costa-Ramón collaborated on a paper that examined this question and was recently published in the Journal of Human Resources.
Do young adults comply with COVID-19-related public health measures?Jacobs Center researchers from the z-proso study & the Risk and Resilience research area recently published a paper in Social Science & Medicine that addressed this question.
Congratulations to our Jacobs Center economics professor Teodora Boneva, who is one of only three UZH scholars who were recently awarded an ERC starting grant!
Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development organizes a joint workshop with IZA on the consequences of COVID-19. The workshop takes place online on October 19–20, 2020
Profs. Moritz Daum and Michael Shanahan from the Jacobs Center were recently featured in an article discussing this question in UZH Magazine, together with psychology professor Alexandra Freund.
Congratulations to Prof. Michael Shanahan who recently received a Notice of Award from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) for a grant (for 1.1 million Swiss francs).
Photos from a research retreat of our interdisciplinary team of Jacobs Center principal investigators.
Jacobs Center professors and their collaborators recently met, with social distance, to continue the discussion of the design of the BUNAVIA project -- a new interdisciplinary Jacobs Center project.
Congratulations to Prof. Lilly Shanahan who recently received a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) to study substance use and stress in young adulthood.
Prof. Nora Raschle will be a part of the collaborative and interdisciplinary University Research Priority Program entitled "Adaptive Brain Circuits in Development and Learning".
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Researchers from the longitudinal study z-proso have examined the effects of the Corona crisis on young adults living in Zurich
Understanding the wishes and intentions of others - Social-cognitive advantages for bilingual children? A new paper by Moritz Daum and Anja Gampe among others has been published in the journal "Cognitive Development".
Research by our post-doctoral researcher Dr. Jeanine Grütter is featured in this blog post on why children exclude others.
New publication by our post-doctoral researcher Dr. Annekatrin Steinhoff from the Risk & Resilience group and Dr. Monika Keller from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Berlin).
Prof. Moritz Daum speaks for "Kinderschutz Schweiz" about the importance of language for children
Prof. Moritz Daum was a guest on SRF 2 and spoke with the presenter thoroughly about siblings (in German).
The coronavirus outbreak has caused significant disruptions to people’s lives.
Prof. Teodora Boneva and co-authors document the impact of state-wide stay-at-home orders on mental health using real time survey data in the US.
New research by one of our economics professors, Teodora Boneva, showing that the share of tasks that can be done from home varies systematically not just across but also within occupations and industries.
The Risk & Resilience area of the Jacobs Center and the z-proso team examined emotional distress before and during the pandemic in young adults in Switzerland
In this study, Drs. Annekatrin Steinhoff, Lilly Shanahan and colleagues examined the age-related course of self-injury from ages 13 to 20, recurrence of this behavior and also services use among adolescents with self-injury.
New insights from our Jacobs Center post-doctoral research associate Dr. Jeanine Grütter (in German) on how parents can speak to children of different ages about the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prof. Nora Raschle and Réka Borbás from the Developmental Neuroscience area of the Jacobs Center talk about the magical world of reading in a special edition entitled “Everything you and your teachers need to know about the learning brain” in Frontiers for Young Minds.
Teodora Boneva and co-authors published a briefing note on the effect of the Coronavirus in the UK labor market
Webinar with JC Researchers "Social Distancing in the Pandemic: Policing & Compliance"
Friday 24 April, 2-3 pm (British Summer Time)
How can parents support their children during self-isolation and quarantine?
Interview with Jeanine Grütter (in German)
LIFE STORIES - IMPACT OF INFANT INSTITUTIONALIZATION IN SWITZERLAND: A 60-YEAR FOLLOW-UP
May 29, 2020, 10:00 h
Jacobs Center, Andreasstrasse 15, AND 4.19, 8050 Zürich
ASSESSING THE CONTINUITY OR FADE-OUT OF EFFECTS: EVIDENCE FROM THE PREPARING FOR LIFE TRIAL AT AGE 9
April 3, 2020, 10:00 h
Jacobs Center, Andreasstrasse 15, AND 4.19, 8050 Zürich
SECONDARY PREVENTION OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS IN YOUNG CHILDREN AFTER INJURY
March 27, 2020, 10:00 h
Jacobs Center, Andreasstrasse 15, AND 4.19, 8050 Zürich
DIFFERENT YET SIMILAR: EXPLORING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN READING AND ARITHEMTIC
March 11, 2020, 10:00 h
Jacobs Center, Andreasstrasse 15, AND 4.19, 8050 Zürich
DO WE NEED A DEVELOPMENTAL COMPUTATIONAL PSYCHIATRY?
February 28, 2020, 10:00 h
Jacobs Center, Andreasstrasse 15, AND 4.19, 8050 Zürich
In February 2020, the “z-proso International Research Network" (zIReN) met in Córdoba, Spain.
PREDICTING CHILDREN'S DIFFERENCES IN SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
January 23, 2020, 10:00 h
Jacobs Center, Andreasstrasse 15, AND 4.19, 8050 Zürich
Prof. Nora M. Raschle received a joint collaborative young scholarship grant from the Jacobs Foundation.
