News
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CANCELED: Talk by Prof. Dr. Carolin Strobl
The “Botanical Garden” of Machine Learning - Understanding the Ideas behind Decision Trees and Random Forests
March 17, 2022, 10:15 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 4.06 (4th floor) -
New Peer Mentoring Group "Brainfood"
Congratulatons to Plamina Dimanova, Réka Borbas, Nina Raduner and Nico Ehrhardt, early career researchers at the Jacobs Center, who received GRC funding to start a new peer mentoring group "Brainfood.
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SciComm activities at the upcoming BrainFair
This year’s BrainFair Zurich (March 13-18) has been organized in collaboration with the URPP AdaBD and will focus on recent research about learning. On the part of the Jacobs Center, Nora Raschle, Plamina Dimanova and others from the NMR Kids Lab as well as Lea Mörsdorf will contribute in various ways.
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Marlis Buchmann appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Turku, Finland
Marlis Buchmann was appointed Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Turku, Finland for two years
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Workshop ath the Children's University of Zurich with Moritz Daum, Mirella Manfredi and Lea Mörsdorf
In the upcoming spring semester, Moritz Daum, Mirella Manfredi, and Lea Mörsdorf from the Jacobs Center will host a workshop for children on the brain "EEG: How and what the brain tells us". Sat, April 1, 10-12 p.m.
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JC PhD students receive funding renewal for R peer mentoring group
Congratulations to our PhD students Laura Bechtiger & Lydia Johnson-Ferguson: They renewed the R-goup’s funding from the UZH Graduate Campus!
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Talk by Prof. Dr. Martin Tomasik
The Zürich Learning Progress Study 2023-2035: Concept, Design and Opportunities for Collaboration
December 9, 2022, 10:15 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 4.06 (4th floor) -
Talk by Prof. Dr. Christoph Stadtfeld
The emergence of social networks between university students: Insights from the Swiss StudentLife Study
December 2, 2022, 10:15 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 4.06 (4th floor) -
Talk by Dr. Ana Rodriguez-Gonzalez
The Side Effects of the Oral Contraceptive Pill
November 25, 2022, 10:15 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 4.06 (4th floor) -
"Sexuelle Gewalt und Jugendliche" - public lecture on the ZYS study
On November 22, 6-8 p.m., Denis Ribeaud will give a public lecture on the Zurich Youth Survey 2021 (ZYS).
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J.E.D.I. Symposium - Jens Ludwig and UlrichTrautwein
Educational impacts beyond test scores
Thursday, 17 November 2022, 16:00 – 17:30 h (CET)
Symposium will be held via Zoom.
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Talk by Dr. Denis Ribeaud
Trends in Youth Violence, Delinquency, and Substance Use 1999-2021: Selected Findings from the Zurich Youth Surveys
November 18, 2022, 10:15 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 4.06 (4th floor) / Zoom -
Talk by Dr. Charles Driver
Modelling Development as a Dynamic System
November 11, 2022, 10:15 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 4.06 (4th floor) -
Talk by Prof. Dr. Aline Bütikofer
Pregnancy Loss - Stress, Investment, and Subsequent Children
November 4, 2022, 10:15 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 4.06 (4th floor) -
Jeanine Grütter on Making Togetherness Work for the "Rundgang-Magazin"
Jeanine Grütter spoke for "Rundgang-Magazin" how children with disabilities are excluded more often than others.
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Lea Mörsdorf and Mirella Manfredi hold the workshop on the Future Day
Lea Mörsdorf and Mirella Manfredi are organizing the workshop How and what the brain tells us.
November 10, 2022, 14:00
UZH, Psychological Institute,
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Prof. Lilly Shanahan speaks at UZH/ETH Psychological Counseling Services Event
Prof. Lilly Shanahan (PI of the Risk and Resilience research area of the JC) recently participated in a podium discussion in honor of the 50th anniversary of the UZH/ETH Psychological Counseling Services.
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Input presentation on the ZYS study
Denis Ribeaud gave an input presentation on the Zurich Youth Survey (ZYS) for youth advocates and social workers of the Canton of Zurich.
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Talk by Sina Schwarze
Neural mechanisms of task switching in children: Age differences and training-induced plasticity
October 21, 2022, 10:15 h
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New publication by Laura Bechtiger and colleagues from the Risk and Resilience team
A new paper by Laura Bechtiger and colleagues examines exposure to maternal depressive symptoms as a risk factor for adolescents’ unhealthy behavior.
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Prof. Nora Raschle on lifelong learning from the brain's perspective in the new UZH Magazin
Nora Raschle, Lea Bartsch and Susan Mérillat give inputs on lifelong learning from the perspective of the brain.
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Talk by Prof. Dr. Elsbeth Stern
Psychological Research on Intelligence and Education: How to Unite Estranged Siblings
September 23, 2022, 10:15 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 4.06 (4th floor) -
z-proso International Research Network (zIReN) Meeting
The fourth meeting of the z-proso International Research Network (zIReN) took place from 1 to 3 September in Edinburgh.
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Zurich Youth Survey 2021
On 6 September, Denis Ribeaud held a media conference on the report on the Zurich Youth Survey (ZYS) 2021, which was published the same day.
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What children need - answers from Prof. Moritz Daum
Jacobs Center director Prof. Dr. Moritz Daum answered what children need for the online magazine of the Office for Youth and Career Guidance - fürs Leben gut.
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Interview with Moritz Daum in the Fritz+Fränzi Magazin
Jacobs Center director Prof. Dr. Moritz Daum gave an interview for the Fritz+Fränzi Magazin.
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New COCON publication featured in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Ariane Basler and Irene Kriesi, former COCON collaborators, have published ‘The Development of Informal Competences Between the End of Compulsory Schooling and Early Adulthood’ in the Swiss Journal of Sociology.
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Publication on Trajectories of Self-, Other-, and Dual-harm by Dr. Annekatrin Steinhoff
In a new paper, Dr. Annekatrin Steinhoff, Prof. Lilly Shanahan, and the z-proso team show that early adolescents who engage in both self- and other-harm (i.e., dual-harm) have a high risk of continuing to engage in such harm over the following years.
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Poster Presentation at Psychology & the Brain
Lydia Johnson-Ferguson, PhD student in the Risk and Resilience area of the Jacobs Center presented on June 15 a poster about the associations of psychoactive substances with steroid hormones in hair (e.g., cortisol, testosterone) at the annual Psychology and the Brain conference in Freiburg, Germany.
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Workshop on 3-generation cohort studies
The Risk and Resilience group of the Jacobs Center hosted on May 30 a workshop on 3-generation cohort studies and mechanisms of intergenerational transmission.
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Zoom Talk by Prof. Dr. Jonas Radl
Effort and dynamics of educational inequality: Evidence from a laboratory study among primary school children
May 20, 2022, 10:00 h
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New NZZ article on z-proso studies
New NZZ article on z-proso, the Zurich Youth Surveys, and youth crime in Switzerland. These studies by the JC team shed light on trends and causes of youth violence and delinquency.
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Meet-the-Expert
On 17 May 2022 the "Developmental Science Network Zurich" offers one-on-one talks with internationally renowned experts in the field of developmental science.
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Talk by Prof. Dr. Christina Felfe
Changing Gender Norms: The Effect of Paternity Leave on the Next Generation
May 13, 2022, 10:00 h
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Talk by Prof. Dr. Scott Hofer
Developing and Validating Digital Biomarkers for Lifecourse Research and Intervention
May 6, 2022, 10:00 h
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Panel discussion on War Trauma and Development
A panel discussion on "The impact of war trauma on development" will be held on Thursday 5 May 2022, 16:00 to 17:30 organised by the "Development Science Network Zurich".
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Workshop by Profs. N. Raschle and L. Shanahan
Workshop on professional networking organized by the “R” peer mentoring group of the University of Zurich.
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An article by Prof. Mortiz Daum and colleagues in the new UZH Magazine
Prof. Moritz Daum contributed to the article about social bonding in the last issue of the “UZH Magazin 1/2022” (in German)
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Dr. Réka Borbás successfully defended her thesis
Many congratulations to our newly entitled Dr. Réka Borbás who has successfully defended her thesis with the highest laudatio possible (summa cum laude).
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New publication by Plamina Dimanova, Réka Borbás and team
Many congratulations to Prof. Nora Raschle's team for their new publication in the Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience!
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Talk by Prof. Dr. Christopher Hopwood
Personality and the Environment
April 8, 2022, 10:00 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 4.06 (4th floor)
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New publication on self-, other-, and dual-harm during adolescence by Dr. Annekatrin Steinhoff
New paper on self-, other-, and dual-harm during adolescence by Dr. Annekatrin Steinhoff. Harm against self and others ranks among the top public health challenges facing young people in the Western world.
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Talk by Dr. Mirella Manfredi
Processing meaning across different modalities, contexts, and populations: Evidence from neurophysiology
April 1, 2022, 10:00 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 3.46 (3rd floor) and via Zoom
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Frequent External Childcare Can Affect Children’s Behavior
The Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development has conducted a study to examine how external childcare influences the development of children into young adulthood.
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New COCON publication in Child Development by Jeanine Grütter and Marlis Buchmann
Based on two cohorts born almost a decade apart (1991, 2000) the study examines cohort differences in the development of civic engagement during mid- to late adolescence (age 15 to 18).”
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Public Inaugural Lecture: Prof. Ana Costa-Ramón
The Causal Impact of Children's Health Shocks
Monday, 14.3.22, 18:15-19:00, UZH auditorium (KOL-G-201) -
Zoom Talk by Dr. Laura Meine
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Zoom Talk by Prof. Dr. Jennie Noll
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z-proso Paper on Polysubstance use
New z-proso paper on polysubstance use in early adulthood! Polysubstance use is associated with serious risks for health and well-being.
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SNSF Doc.CH funding for Michelle Loher
Congratulations Michelle Loher who was awarded 4 years of funding by the SNSF to pursue a PhD with the Doc.CH mechanism!
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New Publication by Prof. Jeanine Grütter’s team and Prof. Marlis Buchmann on adolescents’ mental health during early COVID-19 school closures
Congratulations! Prof. Jeanine Grütter’s team and Prof. Marlis Buchmann published an article in Frontiers in Psychology.
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New publication: Intergenerational transfer effects on brain structure in mother-child dyads
Congratulations to the NMR Kids Lab team who published a new article in the journal Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience entitled “Mother-child similarity in brain morphology: A comparison of structural characteristics of the brain’s reading network.”
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Grant awarded to JC PhD students for R peer mentoring group
Congratulations to our PhD students Laura Bechtiger & Lydia Johnson-Ferguson: They received new funding from the UZH Graduate Campus!
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The new research report by Ulf Zölitz & Josef Zweimüller: “UZH Graduates on the Swiss Labor Market”
In their new research report Ulf Zölitz & Josef Zweimüller document the success of UZH graduates on the Swiss labor market.