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October 29, noon, Barnum 116: Margarita Azmitia, "Finding Your Niche: How First Generation Early and Late Adolescents Transition to Middle School and to and from College." November 16, noon, Location TBA: Linda M. Wagener, "Once There Was War," a documentary about how young adults from Bosnia, Iraq and Kyrgyzstan have tried to find meaning and purpose after the wars that devastated their countries. December 3, noon, Location TBA: Malene Gram, "Family Food Purchasing Decisions: Roles of Parents and Children" |
The Stanford Center on Adolescence aims to promote the character and competence of all young people growing up in today's world. The Center's work provides guidance for parenting, for improved educational practice, and for youth development in a wide variety of community settings.
Contemporary trends worldwide have made the Center's mission urgent as well as global. On the positive side, many autocratic regimes have given way to democratic forms of governance. Yet, at the same time, emerging and mature democracies alike have seen young people disengaging from the civic institutions that make democratic participation possible. Why the lack of interest, and how can we get today's young involved in their communities in a constructive manner?
Just as troubling is the waste of potential that results from failing to acquire the skills and attitudes needed for successful careers. How can we prepare young people for competitive, entrepreneurial, and technological economy that will dominate the world tomorrow?
The Center's research focuses on the general question of how to prepare young people for active and productive citizenship in a democratic society. Researchers have focused on a wide range of topics and approaches, ranging from biological studies of puberty and its consequences to developmental accounts of the acquisition of character and competence in today's society. The Center's current work aims to establish youth purpose as an important focus of scientific study and educational practice.
The Center sponsors an in-house colloquium series for researchers from different Stanford departments and schools to discuss a topical issue related to adolescence.
The Center on Adolescence encourages participation at professional meetings, invited talks, and other events related to the work of Center.
The Center granted research awards in 2007, 2008, and 2009, to non-Stanford doctoral students, postdocs, and early-career faculty from a variety of disciplines to study phenomena and concepts related to youth purpose.
The Center partners with the Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations and the Thrive Foundation to explore and develop ways to foster purpose and thriving in young people at school and in other areas of their lives
The Center hosts conferences at Stanford and in association with national conferences of leading professional organizations related to adolescence.
