Our vision

To unite developmentalists around the world in a science that cares. 

Our mission

We foster a limitless, caring science through people, places, and practices.

 

People (our members – we foster the You and Us relationship)
Places (our communities – we build regional and global communities, both locally and virtually)
Practices (our research-practice-policy networks – we create a web of minds, hearts, and actions)

 

PEOPLE

• We support early and mid-career researchers and senior scholars from diverse disciplines around the world 
• We nurture early career developmentalists
• We offer numerous opportunities to our members 

 

PLACES

• We organize biennial meetings  to unite developmentalists around the world
• We build regional and local communities of developmentalists through our Regional Workshops
• We host webinars and virtual meetings for a science that cares

 

PRACTICES

• We are committed to advancing developmental science and its caring application around the world
• We engage with local researchers and communities and build strong capacity to create research-practice partnerships 
• We are committed to translating developmental science into local and global policy