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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.
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 for her research on "Humour in adolescents on the autism spectrum: a window into cognition and a tool for well-being"!
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)
The LIFE Fall Academy 2023 took place from October 13th to 16th, 2024 at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin.
Thursday, December 12, 2024, 16:00 - 17:00
Creative workshops, curious questions for the Developmental Neuroscience team and office decorating - on Future Day (November 14), children were able to gain an insight into our everyday working life.
The Influence of Peer Victimization on Social Decision Making and the Brain
November 18, 2024, 14:30 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 3.48 (3rd floor)
From 2025 Denis will serve as a Consulting Editor of the high-impact Journal of Research on Adolescence.
The Journal of Early Adolescence has published a collection of articles presenting recent work based on the z-proso study.
Educational careers in a multicultural sample: Insights from z-proso on educational inequalities
October 28, 2024, 14:30 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 3.48 (3rd floor)
On November 14, 2024, children in 5th to 7th grade will have the opportunity to visit their parents' workplace. The Jacobs Center will offer two exciting workshops.
Dr. Clarissa Janousch (also at Psychiatric University Hospital, Experimental Pharmacopsychology and Psychological Addiction Research, led by Prof. Boris Quednow) and Dr. Laura Bechtiger from the Risk and Resilience group led by Prof. Lilly Shanahan have been awarded a Seed Grant from the UZH Population Research Center to investigate the rising youth mental health crisis and its underlying factors (19,740 CHF).
Educational careers in a multicultural sample: Insights from z-proso on educational inequalities
September 30, 2024, 14:30 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 3.46 (3rd floor)
On Thursday, September 12, David Bürgin, Postdoc at Lilly Shanahan's Risk and Resilience group, received the prestigious Prix Frutiger 2024.
Researchers from over 10 different universities with very different research focuses came together to share their latest research findings using data from The Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood (z-proso).
Lisa Seelig posed these and other questions to Moritz Daum, Director of the Jacobs Center and Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Zurich, in the issue 32/2024 of ZEIT.
In the new issue of the magazine "undKinder" from the Marie Meierhofer Institut für das Kind, Nora Maria Raschle, Elena Federici and Sabine Gysi describe what shapes socio-emotional behavior.
The EU Horizon Project LEARN on Reducing Educational Inequalities had its kick-off meeting in June at the University of Helsinki.
At the LEAPS Symposium as part of the SSRE2024 congress in Locarno at the end of June, Doris Hanappi (3rd from left) presented a tool to help children thrive.
Benjamin Poilane joined the Jacobs Center at the beginning of May. He is part of the social genomics group of Prof. Michael Shanahan. Among other things he works on relevant life course models.
ZEPPELIN - Education from birth for children from disadvantaged families: Effects after the transition to primary school
May 27, 2024, 14:00 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 3.46 (3rd floor)
On the 14th May the Population Research Center Popstats group and the R Peer Mentoring Group joined forces to host a roundtable discussion on the topic Establishing causality: an impossible goal in observational research? Perspectives from different research fields
The new book “Kindheit - eine Beruhigung” presents the central themes of childhood in eight chapters. Moritz Daum is part of the interdisciplinary team of authors.
At the founding meeting of Social Science & Humanities Open Cluster Switzerland (SSHOC-CH) on 24 April, 2024, Doris Hanappi was elected as a member of the Board of Directors.
Moritz Daum and Doris Hanappi, leading the "Policy and Impact on Education" work package in LEARN, collaborate with Laura Bernardi and 11 European teams to consolidate and disseminate scientific evidence on educational inequalities, facilitating informed policymaking and public engagement.
Walking a Mile in Their Shoes - Refining the Foundations of Social Representation
April 29, 2024, 14:00 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 3.46 (3rd floor)
Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 6 pm - 8:00 pm
Moritz Daum talks with Leandra Vogt in the podcast ‘familienort’ on the topic of ‘education today’
We are very pleased that one of the Seed Grants 2024 awarded by the UZH Population Research Center has been awarded to a joint team from the Jacobs Center and the Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care.
You can now discover many JC-associated publications in one place: on our Center's Google Scholar profile.
At the General Assembly of Citizen Science Zurich on 16 January, 2024, Nora Raschle was newly elected as a member of the Board of Directors.
On March 4, an online panel discussion will be held on the topic of "Learning Disabilities / Learning Difficulties," moderated by Moritz Daum (in German).
Weinen, lachen, trotzen - Junge Kinder und ihre Emotionen
Freitag, 8. März 2024, 13.00 - 17.00 Uhr, Aula der Universität Zürich, Rämistrasse 71
