The European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) has awarded Wim Meeus and Stefanie Nelemans two major awards.

The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science will invest in education and young people in a resilient society.

On our first Tour de Consortium: Utrecht-based CID-researchers gave us a closer look into their experimental approaches through tours and demonstrations.

Communication researchers from the University of Amsterdam carried out an experiment in NEMO Science Museum to find out.

Thirty Utrecht-based researchers have been awarded a Veni-grant. Among them are Dr Ao Chen and Dr Sita ter Haar, who focus on speech and language development.

The research programme How does a baby’s brain become social? by Professor of Biological Developmental Psychology Chantal Kemner has been nominated for the prestigious Huibregtsen Prize 2016. The prize is meant for recent research programmes that are both scientifically renewing and socially relevant. The Huibregtsen Prize Jury, which was presided over by KNAW President José…

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Eveline Crone received an ERC Consolidator Grant. The grant will be used to study prosocial development during adolescence. For more information (in Dutch), please click here.

Karin Fikkers defended her dissertation on Thursday, February 25 2016 at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The results of her thesis attracted attention in the media. “My dissertation shows that most teens don’t become more aggressive as a result of media violence exposure because of their social environment. For example, for adolescents growing up in…

Jet Bussemaker, minister of Education, Culture and Science and Jos Engelen, chairman of the governing board of NWO met with four program leaders of gravitation programs coordinated by Utrecht University, with a visit to the Child Research Center Utrecht. Read more