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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
¹ú²úAV of Zurich
Andreasstrasse 15
CH-8050 Zurich
Coordination Office
Dr. Stephanie Kernich
Phone: +41 44 634 06 95

Contact (E-mail)

 

Jacobs News

  • TV-Dokureihe "Wir werden groß" für Deutschen Fernsehpreis 2025 nominiert

    Die TV-Dokureihe "Wir werden groß" ist für den Deutschen Fernsehpreis 2025 nominiert worden.  Die Professorin Sabina Pauen von der Universität Heidelberg und Professor Moritz ...

  • Frühgeborene zeigen häufiger eine verzögerte Sprachentwicklung

    Die frühe Sprachentwicklung spielt eine zentrale Rolle für spätere kommunikative, soziale und schulische Fähigkeiten. Eine aktuelle Meta-Analyse des Teams von Moritz Daum und anderen ...

  • Dr. Clarissa Janousch erhält Postdoc.Mobility-Stipendium des SNSF für Forschungsaufenthalt am Karolinska Institut

    Dr. Clarissa Janousch aus dem Forschungsteam «Risk and Resilience» am Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development erhielt ein Postdoc.Mobility-Stipendium des Schweizerischen ...

  • 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 ¹ú²úAV of Michigan

    At this year's LIFE Spring Academy, held May 13–16, 2025, and hosted by the ¹ú²úAV 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!