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Youth Development

Kinder in Gummistiefeln

JCPYD - Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development

Lead: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Involved: Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics
Founded: 2015 (2003)

Steering Committee

  • Prof. Dr. Moritz Daum, Psychology (Chair)
  • Prof. Dr. Ana Costa-Ramón, Economics
  • Prof. Dr. Nora M. Raschle, Psychology
  • Prof. Dr. Michael Shanahan, Sociology

Researching Youth Development

The Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development focuses on interdisciplinary developmental research that improves the lives of young people. The center’s priorities include research into the influence of families, schools and society on the development of children and young adults, mental and physical health problems in early childhood and adolescence, the development of cognitive mechanisms in the context of language acquisition, and the promotion of organizational skills for learning and studying. Several large-scale longitudinal studies involving children in Switzerland are also conducted at the Jacobs Center.

Contact

Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development
ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ of Zurich
Andreasstrasse 15
CH-8050 Zurich
Coordination Office
Dr. Stephanie Kernich
Phone: +41 44 634 06 95

Contact (E-mail)

 

Jacobs News

  • Prof. Lilly Shanahan organized an International Symposium for the Meeting of the ESCAP

    Prof. Lilly Shanahan organized an international symposium for the recent meeting of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP), which took place in Strasbourg, France.

  • 2025 LIFE Spring Academy at the ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ of Michigan

    At this year's LIFE Spring Academy, held May 13–16, 2025, and hosted by the ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the Jacobs Center was represented by two LIFE faculty members and six fellows.

  • Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Nora M. Raschle!

    As of June 1, 2025, Nora M. Raschle has been promoted to Professor of Developmental Neuroscience. Congratulations on this outstanding milestone!

  • Talk by Prof. Dr. Fabio Sticca

    Childhood Served on a Digital Tablet?
    On the Relationship Between Media Use and Development in Early Childhood
    May 19, 2025, 14:30 h
    Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, ...

  • Laura Bechtiger erhält Postdoc.Mobility-Stipendium vom Schweizerischen Nationalfonds

    Dr. Laura Bechtiger aus dem Forschungsbereich Risiko & Resilienz am Jacobs Center erhält ein Postdoc-Mobility-Stipendium des Schweizerischen Nationalfonds.

  • Talk by Prof. Dr. Amy Nivette

    Change in legal attitudes during adolescence and into young adulthood
    May 5, 2025, 14:30 h
    Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 3.46 (3rd floor)