ISSBD cares for developmental science, the global community, and foremost its members and local and global networks who make caring change a reality. We strive for a science that promotes holistic and positive social development by investing in our members (people) and forming networks (places) to close research–practice gaps around the world (through practices). We have members from over 70 countries across 6 continents, and we have hosted biennial meetings around the world, along with regional meetings, since 1969. We foster solidarity in a network of researchers that enables immediate and sustained growth by providing lasting, focused support for early career researchers, majority world researchers, and all our members. Our Regional Representatives promote active local engagement by hosting local workshops across a range of scientific focus areas with the aims of making real impacts in surrounding communities, and we build and strengthen synergies for a global community of developmental scientists.
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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