The Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development is a scientific center at the University of Zurich focused on youth development. The Center is a joint venture between the University of Zurich and the Jacobs Foundation.
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Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development
Event tip for Baden 🧠
@rujoanna.bsky.social will be part of Pint of Science Baden and talk about: “Life is like a box of languages: growing up multilingual.”
📅 Tuesday, 19 May
🕕 Doors open: 6 PM
📍 Royal Baden
Talk in English · Free entry
New #z-proso paper by Hanne Duindam et al. out! Our latest study shows: adolescents who experience persistent bullying, distress & distrust are more susceptible to conspiracy thinking & violent extremism by age 24. Developmental trajectories matter for understanding radicalisation.
A new #zproso paper led by @laurabech.bsky.social examines youth-to-parent physical aggression (PYPA) and childhood behavioral and interpersonal risk and protective factors. Findings include a cumulative prevalence of 32.5% (across ages 11-24), with a peak at age 13.
Recently accepted by #QJE: “(Not) Thinking About the Future: Financial Information and Maternal Labor Supply,” by Costa-Ramón (@anacostaramon), Slotwinski, Schaede (@ursina), and Brenøe: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Researchers from the Jacobs Center joined the 2026 LIFE Spring Academy at the University of Virginia, where LIFE Faculty and Fellows from the US, Germany, and Switzerland shared and discussed their research. #LIFESpringAcademy
Our next #ResearchSeminar features Prof. Björn Brey, who will talk about “The Death of King Coal and the Scars of Deindustrialization”.
📅 March 30th, 2:30 p.m., Andreasstrasse 15 in Zurich, AND 4.55/57.
Everyone is welcome, no registration is needed.
Join our next #ResearchSeminar with Prof. Sabine Seehagen on Sleep, Screens, and Science: A Contextual Approach to Early Development.
📅 April 27th, 2:30 p.m., Andreasstrasse 15 in Zurich, AND 4.55/57.
Everyone is welcome, no registration is needed.
In our next #ResearchSeminar, Prof. @kanske.bsky.social will discuss "The Social Brain - Empathy and Perspective Taking as Risky Strengths"
📅 May 18th, 2:30 p.m., Andreasstrasse 15 in Zurich, AND 4.55/57.
Everyone is welcome, no registration is needed.
Join us for our next #ResearchSeminar with Prof. @jsoland.bsky.social on “How Measurement is Affecting Evaluation Results: Evidence from 100 Randomized Control Trials”.
📅 February 23rd, 2:30 p.m., Andreasstrasse 15 in Zurich, AND 4.55/57.
Everyone is welcome, no registration is needed.
Student mental health is critical. Our new preprint (osf.io/preprints/ps...) shows how to strengthen it. We evaluated the effectiveness of the teaching module “Strengthening Mental Health Together”. The aim? Boost mental health literacy, insight orientation, study crafting and coping.
