Please join our 2020 Launch Meeting to discuss the vision, mission and goals of The Institute of Human Development (IHD). This discussion will focus on the goal of integrating and bridging  across disciplines  and building community across departments.

The basic purpose of an Organized Research Unit (ORU) at UC Berkeley is to support important research that cannot be accomplished within any one discipline, department, or school. Advancing a deeper integrative understanding of child and adolescent development—and translating this into actionable insights in ways that have a positive impact on human development in our rapidly changing world—requires a truly trans-disciplinary approach.

These challenges also create a compelling set of opportunities at the interface of Psychology, Education, and Public Health by focusing on their developmental roots and on ways of improving social inequities.

This webinar will focus on the ways that IHD can server the broader needs of the community.  This year the series will be addressing themes and topics, including racial biases and disparities, identity development, belonging, and technology, as well as themes/topics/panels that emerge from discussion during the meeting.

We particularly want to welcome new colleagues from Public Health, Education, and Psychology, as well as a broad range of disciplines across campus, to join us in laying out a shared vision of how we can connect developmental science to positive social impact.

You can join via Zoom or by viewing on our YouTube channel