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The Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development is a scientific center at the University of Zurich focused on youth development. The Center is a joint venture between the University of Zurich and the Jacobs Foundation.

How do children reach their full potential? This is the central question that guides our work. We are dedicated to interdisciplinary, collaborative, developmental research that is relevant for our society and will ultimately improve the lives of young people.

Our researchers come from the fields of economics, psychology, and sociology.

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  • Event tip for Baden 🧠 @rujoanna.bsky.social will be part of Pint of Science Baden and talk about: “Life is like a box of languages: growing up multilingual.” 📅 Tuesday, 19 May 🕕 Doors open: 6 PM 📍 Royal Baden Talk in English · Free entry
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  • Researchers from the Jacobs Center joined the 2026 LIFE Spring Academy at the University of Virginia, where LIFE Faculty and Fellows from the US, Germany, and Switzerland shared and discussed their research. #LIFESpringAcademy
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  • In our next #ResearchSeminar, Prof. @kanske.bsky.social will discuss "The Social Brain - Empathy and Perspective Taking as Risky Strengths" 📅 May 18th, 2:30 p.m., Andreasstrasse 15 in Zurich, AND 4.55/57. Everyone is welcome, no registration is needed.
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