i4Y - Innovations for Youth

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.

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.

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.

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!

The Toolkit aims to promote K-12 student engagement and prevent chronic absenteeism. This toolkit supports schools and community organizations with new case examples and resources from our YPAR partnerships. To access the guide as a Canva document, please click here.