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</li> <li class="top-level"> <a href="/page/register-based-fertility-research">Register based fertility research</a> </li> <li class="top-level"> <a href="/page/sustainable-ageing">Sustainable Ageing</a> </li> </ul> </aside> <main> <span id="main-content"></span> <h1>Child and Adolescent Development</h1> <div class="intro"> <p><br></p> </div> <figure> <img src="/thumbs/1060脳420脳c/pages/2021/08/child-and-adolescent.jpg" alt=""> </figure> <div class="quote-container"> <div class="quote"> <blockquote class="textual"> <p>How do child and adolescent development affect later life outcomes in diverse populations in Europe?</p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="quote"> <blockquote class="textual"> <p>How is child and adolescent development integrated in population studies?</p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <p>There is a booming research interest in infant development, and population scholars show a growing interest in this topic. This is fostered by both empirical and theoretical innovations in the frontiers between different disciplines traditionally interested in childhood and adolescence.<br></p> <p>The aim of this group is to foster research on child and adolescent development from a demographic perspective, while also stimulating interdisciplinary collaboration on the topic. It also aims at promoting the use of existing sources of data produced by demographers and non-demographers conducting empirical research in this field, and upscaling the contributions of demography vis 脿 vis the research agenda of scholars actively contributing to the field from neighboring disciplines.</p> <p>This working group organizes online seminars every 2 to 3 months, in which for example the availability and use of innovative data sources for children and adolescents in demographic research, such as admin data or longitudinal datasets, are discussed. Also, this group is actively collaborating with Population Europe and working group members participate in policy advice meetings.<br></p> <div class="spacer"></div> <h2 class="images-heading">Steering Committee</h2> <div class="round-images-container"> <div class="round-image"> <div class="body"> <div class="visual"> <img src="/thumbs/100脳100脳c/pages/2021/09/Balbo.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="textual"> <p class="name">NICOLETTA BALBO</p> <p class="affiliation">Bocconi University</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="round-image"> <div class="body"> <div class="visual"> <img src="/thumbs/100脳100脳c/pages/2021/09/Helga-8.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="textual"> <p class="name">HELGA DE VALK</p> <p class="affiliation">Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="round-image"> <div class="body"> <div class="visual"> <img src="/thumbs/100脳100脳c/pages/2021/09/Panico-Lidia-2019-landscape.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="textual"> <p class="name">LIDIA PANICO</p> <p class="affiliation">Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS), Sciences Po Paris</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="round-image"> <div class="body"> <div class="visual"> <img src="/thumbs/100脳100脳c/pages/2024/02/2021-06-garcia-sierra-alicia-david-fisher-01.jpeg" alt=""> </div> <div class="textual"> <p class="name">ALICIA GARCIA SIERRA</p> <p class="affiliation">University of Lausanne</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="round-image"> <div class="body"> <div class="visual"> <img src="/thumbs/100脳100脳c/pages/2024/02/P-GRACIA-picture.jpeg" alt=""> </div> <div class="textual"> <p class="name">PABLO GRACIA</p> <p class="affiliation">Trinity College Dublin</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3>Members of the Working Group</h3> <ul><li><a href="https://www.neps-data.de/Projekt%C3%BCbersicht/Mitarbeiter/Profile/account/nu000606" target="_blank">Manja Attig</a> - Leibniz-Institute for Educational Trajectories </li><li><a href="https://www.su.se/english/profiles/kbarc-1.188105" target="_blank">Kieron Barclay</a> - Stockholm University</li><li><a href="https://www.umu.se/en/staff/anna-baranowska-rataj/" target="_blank">Anna Baranowska-Rataj</a> - Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research, Ume氓 University</li><li><a href="http://www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/62149647/Prof__Dr__Birgit_Becker___Curriculum_Vitae" target="_blank">Birgit Becker </a>- Goethe University Frankfurt</li><li><a href="https://www.tcd.ie/tricc/people/CHZHENY" target="_blank">Yekaterina Chzhen</a> - Trinity College Dublin</li><li><a href="https://www.iphs.eu/n/images/cv-docs/e.dimitrova/Dimitrova_CV_en.pdf" target="_blank">Elitsa K. Dimitrova</a> - Institute for Population and Human Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences</li><li><a href="https://janierola.net/" target="_blank">Jani Erola</a> - University of Turku </li><li><a href="https://www.fhi.no/en/more/research-centres/Centre-for-fertility-and-health/employees/martin-flato/" target="_blank">Martin Flat酶</a> - Norwegian Institute of Public Health </li><li><a href="https://people.unil.ch/michaelgratz/" target="_blank">Michael Gr盲tz</a> - University of Lausanne and Stockholm University</li><li><a href="https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/about_us_6113/staff_directory_1899/nicole_hiekel_1503" target="_blank">Nicole Hiekel</a> - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)</li><li><a href="https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=YKELL78" target="_blank">Yvonne Kelly</a> - University College London</li><li><a href="https://www.utu.fi/en/people/elina-kilpi-jakonen" target="_blank">Elina Kilpi-Jakonen</a> - University of Turku</li><li><a href="https://markusklein.co.uk/" target="_blank">Markus Klein</a> - University of Strathclyde</li><li><a href="https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/geography-sustainable-development/people/jm384/" target="_blank">Julia Mikolai</a> - University of St Andrews</li><li><a href="https://webapps.unitn.it/du/en/Persona/PER0123370/Curriculum" target="_blank">Ilaria Pietropoli</a> - University of Trento </li><li><a href="https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=GPLOU01" target="_blank">George B. Ploubidis </a>- University College of London </li><li><a href="https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/apoortman" target="_blank">Anne-Rigt Poortman </a>- Utrecht University </li><li><a href="https://www.socium.uni-bremen.de/about-the-socium/members/wiebke-schulz/en/" target="_blank">Wiebke Schulz</a> - University of Bremen</li><li><a href="https://www.suz.uzh.ch/en/institute/aboutus/professors/shanahan.html" target="_blank">Michael Shanahan</a> - University of Zurich </li><li><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Olivier-Thevenon" target="_blank">Olivier Th茅venon</a> - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)</li><li><a href="http://www.demografia.hu/en/staff-veroszta-zsuzsanna" target="_blank">Zsuzsanna Veroszta</a> - Hungarian Demographic Research Institute</li><li><a href="https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/about_us_6113/staff_directory_1899/daniela_vono_de_vilhena_1993/">Daniela Vono de Vilhena</a>, Population Europa (MPIDR)</li><li><a href="https://cms.wzb.eu/en/persons/lara-bister">Lara Bister</a>, Bocconi University </li><li><a href="https://www.gundulazoch.de/">Gundula Zoch</a>, University of Oldenburg</li></ul> <div class="spacer"></div> <aside class="menu menu-bottom"> <ul> <li class="top-level"> <a class="active" href="/page/child-and-adolescent-development">Child and adolescent development</a> </li> <li class="top-level"> <a href="/page/equity-and-diversity-in-demography-and-demographic-research">Equity and Diversity in Demography and Demographic Research</a> </li> <li class="top-level"> <a href="/page/family-demography-and-family-law">Family demography and family law</a> </li> <li class="top-level"> <a href="/page/health-morbidity-and-mortality">Health, morbidity and mortality</a> </li> <li class="top-level"> <a href="/page/infertility-medically-assisted-reproduction">Infertility and Medically Assisted Reproduction</a> </li> <li class="top-level"> <a href="/page/migrant-and-minority-fertility">Migrant and minority fertility</a> </li> <li class="top-level"> <a href="/page/open-science-in-demography">Open Science in Demography</a> </li> <li class="top-level"> <a href="/page/parent-network">Parent Network</a> </li> <li class="top-level"> <a href="/page/phd-network">PhD network</a> </li> <li class="top-level"> <a href="/page/register-based-fertility-research">Register based fertility research</a> </li> <li class="top-level"> <a href="/page/sustainable-ageing">Sustainable Ageing</a> </li> </ul> </aside> </main> <footer> <span> <address> <div> <div class="organization"> <p>EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR POPULATION STUDIES <br> (EAPS) </p> </div> <div class="details"> <div> <p> PO Box 11676 <br> 2502 AR The Hague </p> </div> <div> <p> Lange Houtstraat 19 <br> 2511 CV The Hague <br> The Netherlands </p> </div> <div> <p> eaps@nidi.nl </p> </div> </div> </div> </address> <div class="hosted-by"> <p>EAPS is hosted by</p> </div> <div class="privacy-statement"> <a href="/page/privacy-statement">Privacy statement</a> <p>EAPS is registered as a foundation under Dutch law at the Chamber of Commerce in The Hague, The Netherlands, number 40410936</p> </div> </span> </footer> <script src="/theme/eaps/js/app.js" defer></script>