Development Studies examines the social, economic and political processes that shape human well-being across low- and middle-income settings. Emerging after the Second World War, it brings together ...

Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham are members of the large-scale long-term national HEALthy Brain and Child Development study consortium. Providing scientists around the world ...

The environment in which children grow up can play a central role in their mental development and psychological well-being. For instance, past studies have found that a family's socioeconomic status ...

Urban studies is sometimes considered a loosely defined interdisciplinary academic domain, lacking the scientific rigour needed to understand cities. In Canada, urban studies is a little more than 50 ...

With a focus on interdisciplinary, out-of-the-box solutions, the center funds projects that aim to make a difference ...

A Singapore study tracking 328 mother-child pairs has found two distinct pathways linking maternal mental health to child outcomes at age four. The research from A*STAR Institute for Human Development ...