COCON turns 10

June 9, 2017

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the COCON longitudinal study, we held an academic symposium at Marbach Castle. The symposium focused on the central theme of the study: social inequality, transitions over the life course and socio-emotional and productive development during adolescence.

An interdisciplinary group of renowned scientists from across the world came together to discuss the most recent findings in this area based on analyses of various international data sets. The group also discussed current challenges, open questions and promising perspectives for future research.

The symposium was held in conjunction with a celebration in honor of Marlis Buchmann, principal investigator and director of the COCON study and former director of the Jacobs Centers for Productive Youth Development. A series of speeches by Lavinia Jacobs, Gabriele Siegert, Tina Malti and Michael Shanahan honored Marlis Buchmann’s work – both in building up and advancing the scientific work of the Center and in making exceptional contributions to human development and life course research. In his role as the new director of the Jacobs Center, Michael Shanahan concluded the talks with an outlook of the future expansion of research programs at the JCPYD.

1. Prof. Dr. Sonja Perren (University of Constance, Education Sciences)
2. Lavinia Jacobs (Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Jacobs Foundation)
3. Prof. Dr. Nancy Eisenberg (Arizona State University, Psychology)
4. Prof. Dr. Marlis Buchmann (Jacobs Center, UZH, Sociology, COCON)
5. Dr. Robey B. Champine (Yale University, New Haven)
6. Simon Sommer (Head of Research of the Jacobs Foundation)
7. Prof. Dr. Peter F. Titzmann (University of Hannover, Psychology)
8. Prof. Dr. Andreas Jucker (UZH, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
9. Dr. Annekatrin Steinhoff (Jacobs Center, UZH, COCON)
10. Prof. Dr. Jutta Heckhausen (University of California Irvine, Psychology and Social Behavior)
11. Prof. Dr. Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson (Washington State University, Sociology)
12. Prof. Dr. Jörg Rössel (UZH, Director of the Institute of Sociology)
13. Prof. Dr. Gabriele Siegert (UZH, Vice President for Arts and Social Sciences)
14. Prof. Dr. Markus Neuenschwander (University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, School for Teacher Education, Educational Research and Development)
15. Prof. Dr. Ingrid Schoon (Institute of Education, University College London)
16. Prof. Dr. Martin Diewald (University of Bielefeld, Sociology)
17. Prof. Dr. Heike Solga (Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) and Free University Berlin, Sociology)
18. Prof. Dr. Tina Malti (University of Toronto, Psychology/Psychiatry)
19. Prof. Dr. Michael Shanahan (Director, Jacobs Center, UZH, Sociology)
20. Prof. Dr. Ernst Buschor (former director of education of the canton of Zurich, former member of the Board of Trustees of the Jacobs Foundation)