LAYLA E ESPOSITO
$15,000
UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
North Carolina
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
The COVID-19 pandemic was a great revelation that we live in a world without borders in which the collective collaboration of research scientists can successfully develop a vaccine to disrupt even a devastating global crisis. It is this need for global team science and collaborations that served as the impetus for this application. The Global Perspectives on Developmental Science to Address Adolescent Resilience and Well-Being in the Face of Sociocultural and Ecological Challenge conference is co-sponsored by the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) and the International Consortium on Developmental Science Societies (ICDSS) and designed to meet five goals. 1) To integrate cutting-edge global research regarding socio-cultural, contextual, and ecological challenges confronting today’s adolescents and guide policies, programs, and practices that best support resilience and well-being in youth. (2) To introduce and provide training in resource-and- expertise-sharing strategies that translate global approaches to the study of adolescent resilience in ways that benefit families and communities locally. (3) To increase awareness of the value of establishing a global research agenda for the Developmental Science of Adolescence among both US and non-US scholars as a pathway to enhance our understanding of commonalities and differences in youth resilience and well-being. (4) To support early and mid-career global scholars in identifying and overcoming barriers to international research - particularly in terms of collaboration, funding, and publishing. (5) To disseminate a manualized, scalable “best practices” approach to conference training by evaluating and expanding research and mentorship models capable of advancing a global collaborative Developmental Science of Adolescence. This single-day meeting will host an international audience through a highly interactive hybrid platform, prioritizing opportunities for in- person engagement, collaboration, and reflection. We will also create action plans for enhancing and sustaining a network of global scholars focused on adolescent development into the future. This conference will provide an opportunity to critique and discuss recently emerging studies of the COVID-19 pandemic and other ecological threats and practices for building a more diverse and inclusive global science that will advance our broader understanding of youth resilience and well-being around the world. Platforms include panel-led large group discussions, flash talks, small group exercises, wellbeing exercises, and design-based strategies to spur innovation and scholar interaction.