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January 21, 2025

On January 27th, 2025, i4Y is co-sponsoring a colloquium with the Institute for Human Development (IHD). Please join us for "Developmental Science for Social Impact: Leveraging Windows of Opportunity in Early Childhood and Adolescence for Systems-Level Change." The colloquium will feature Panelists Ron Dahl, PhD, Margaret Bridges, PhD, and Discussants Lia Fernald, PhD, and Emily Ozer, PhD. It will commence at Berkeley Way West, Room 1102, from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

January 13, 2025

The review, “Youth-Led Participatory Action Research and Developmental Science: Intersections and Innovations,” was recently published in an open-access volume of the Annual Review of Developmental Psychology.

December 11, 2024

In December 2024, i4Y hosted its 2nd Community Engagement Research Network Convening at the Faculty Club at UC Berkeley. There was a great turnout from across campus, including various disciplines and from various key administration offices supporting research. Campus representative speakers included Lok Sui (AVCR), Vicky Plaut (VP Faculty), and Lisa Garcia Bedolla (VP of Grad Studies), as well as campus investigators Khatharya Um, Anna Serra-Llobet and Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos.

December 1, 2024

The research brief summarizes Dr. Susan Stone and her colleagues’ research on school-based health centers, integration of social workers and nurses in elementary and middle schools, and creation of a diverse set of supports in schools and classrooms with students and families between 2006 and 2019.

September 30, 2024

The Youth Equity Discovery Initiative (YEDI) provides research mentorship to undergraduates as they engage in impactful youth equity research work. This year’s cohort of 29 undergraduates features students from a diversity of majors including public health, psychology, political science, and more!  YEDI Scholars will present their work at the Spring 2025 Symposium, and we hope to have you join us!