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Preterm Infants More Likely to Experience Delayed Language Development

Early language development is key to later communication skills, social interaction, and academic success. A new meta-analysis by Moritz Daum's team and other researchers has found that, on average, preterm infants show weaker language abilities than full-term children in the first 18 months of life.

Dr. Clarissa Janousch Receives SNSF Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship for Research Stay at the Karolinska Institute

Dr. Clarissa Janousch, a researcher in the "Risk & Resilience" team at the Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, has been awarded a Postdoc.Mobility fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

Prof. Lilly Shanahan organized an International Symposium for the Meeting of the ESCAP

Prof. Lilly Shanahan organized an international symposium for the recent meeting of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP), which took place in Strasbourg, France.

2025 LIFE Spring Academy at the University of Michigan

At this year's LIFE Spring Academy, held May 13–16, 2025, and hosted by the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the Jacobs Center was represented by two LIFE faculty members and six fellows.

Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Nora M. Raschle!

As of June 1, 2025, Nora M. Raschle has been promoted to Professor of Developmental Neuroscience. Congratulations on this outstanding milestone!

Talk by Prof. Dr. Fabio Sticca

Childhood Served on a Digital Tablet?
On the Relationship Between Media Use and Development in Early Childhood
May 19, 2025, 14:30 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 3.46 (3rd floor)

Dr. Laura Bechtiger receives Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoc.Mobility grant

Laura Bechtiger from the Risk & Resilience research area at the Jacobs Center receives a Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoc.Mobility grant.

Talk by Prof. Dr. Amy Nivette

Change in legal attitudes during adolescence and into young adulthood
May 5, 2025, 14:30 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 3.46 (3rd floor)

Welcome Zoe Looser

Zoe Looser joined the team of Nora Raschle (Developmental Neuroscience) on the 1st of April as Research Coordinator.

TV documentary series “Wir werden groß” with the participation of Moritz Daum

Since 2017, 12 adolescents have been taking part in the TV documentary series “Wir werden groß”. Professor Sabina Pauen from the University of Heidelberg and Professor Moritz Daum from the University of Zurich have been following this TV series from the very beginning. Two episodes will be broadcast this month on VOX and RTL+.

Talk by Prof. Dr. Manuel Bohn

Grounding socio-communicative development in everyday experience: an individual differences perspective
March 24, 2024, 14:30 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 3.46 (3rd floor)

Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Schönholzer!

Kevin Schönholzer successfully defended his doctoral dissertation titled: "Educational stratification in comparative perspective, the role of welfare policies, normative beliefs, and educational expansion".

Talk by Dr. Guangyu Tong

Investigating the intergenerational transmission of maladaptive family environments: Identifying developmental pathways and prevention strategies
March 3, 2024, 14:30 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 3.46 (3rd floor)

Talk im Turm: "Growing up happy. What does it take?" - Prof. Dr. Nora Raschle and Prof. Dr. med. Oskar Jenni

 

 

New Publication by Prof. Kaspar Burger and Francesca Mele

Professor Kaspar Burger, who is associated with the Jacobs Centre through his SNSF Eccellenza  project, is pleased to announce the publication of his latest research paper, co-authored with PhD student Francesca Mele, who is working on her dissertation as part of this SNSF Eccellenza  project.

Joanna Rutkowska is co-chairing COST Cross-Cutting Activity

Joanna Rutkowska is co-chairing the latest COST Association - European Cooperation in Science and Technology Cross-Cutting Activity on career development of young researchers.

New UZH magazine „Growing up happily“ (Glücklich gross werden)

What do children and young people need to grow up well? In the dossier of the current UZH Magazine, numerous researchers from the Jacobs Center comment on this.

 

Prof. Michael Shanahan gave a talk as part of the Seminar Series of the Center for Human Immunology

The recently established Center for Human Immunology (CHI) aims to build an interconnected network of clinician-scientists, computational scientists, economists, sociologists and psychologists dedicated to promote research and education in the field of Human Immunology.

Congratulations to our former postdoc Mirella Manfredi on receiving the SNSF Starting Grant amounting to around 1.8 million CHF

Congratulations to our former postdoc Mirella Manfredi on receiving the SNSF Starting Grant amounting to around 1.8 million CHF for her research on "Humour in adolescents on the autism spectrum: a window into cognition and a tool for well-being"!

Talk by Dr. Drew Rothenberg

Investigating the intergenerational transmission of maladaptive family environments: Identifying developmental pathways and prevention strategies
December 16, 2024, 14:30 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 3.48 (3rd floor)