Center on the Developing Child

Events

Centre for Social Policy Fellows Meeting

This spring's fellows meeting will host David Gordon, Professor of Social Policy, University of...

Informing investment decisions for children's services: An economic model for central and local government

What if commissioners of social services could have their own version of "Which?"...

Communities that Care: Better outcomes for young people and the communities they live in

In a time of unprecedented austerity, government is asking the public and voluntary sectors to...

The Social Research Unit Annual Lecture invites you!

This year's annual lecture will host Dr. Jack Shonkoff, Professor of Child Health and...

The Unit invites you to hear Christina Salmivalli speak about reducing bullying

The Social Research Unit invites you to a seminar with Christina Salmivalli, Professor of...

Evidence-based programmes: Tackling barriers to effective implementation

The Social Research Unit at Dartington have partnered with the Institute for Effective Education...

First Center for Social Policy Fellows Meeting of 2012

This year's first Center for Social Policy meeting will take place at Dartington Hall on the...

Based at Harvard University, the Center on the Developing Child generates, translates, and applies knowledge in the service of improving life outcomes for children globally. The Center is the 'go to' place to examine the latest evidence on brain development and biological processes.

Why we collaborate:

Professor Jack Shonkoff, Director of the Center presented the 2011 Social Research Unit Annual Lecture. Like the SRU, Professor Shonkoff is looking for the next generation of innovation as well as trying to maximise the benefits of the current zeitgeist.

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