CEDEC Activities

CEDEC International Conference, April 20-21, 2012

CEDEC hosted an international conference to be held at the University of Chicago. This conference will brought together leading researchers, key members of international organizations and influential policymakers in developing countries to discuss state-of-the-art research on early childhood development and early childhood interventions. Learn More>>

2010-2011 Workshop Series

The CEDEC hosts critical, multidisciplinary discussions of groundbreaking research on childhood development. These weekly discussions are led by experts from the University and invited external speakers. CEDEC gives particular attention to assessing the weaknesses and strengths of the current literature, and also to how research findings can be translated into deliverable implications for policy interventions.

Fall 2010

10/18/2010 “Technology of Skill Formation” by Patricia Ritter and Maria Rosales from the Harris School, University of Chicago

10/25/2010 “Schools or Parents: What matters for achievement?” by Christian Goldammer from the Economics Department, University of Chicago

11/08/2010 “How to Improve Early Math Learning Using Spatial Skills” by Susan Goldin-Meadow and Susan Levine from the Psychology Department, University of Chicago

11/11/2010 “Early Childhood Health and Human Capital Development” by Janet Currie from the Economics Department, Columbia University (Sponsored by Center for Human Potential and Public Policy)

11/29/2010 “Early Childhood Development in Latin America: What do we know?” by Norbert Shady from the Inter-American Development Bank

01/12/2010 “The Chilean Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey” by David Bravo from the Economics Department, Centro de Microdatos at the Universidad Católica de Chile

Winter 2011

01/20/2011 “The Economics of Developmental Origins” by Arianna Zanolini from the Harris School, University of Chicago

01/25/2011 “Health and Human Capital” by Hoyt Bleakley from the Booth School, University of Chicago

02/03/2011 “Personality Psychology and Economics” by Tim Kautz from the Economics Department, University of Chicago

02/17/2011 “Nutritional moderation of the prenatal stress effect on neurodevelopmental outcomes” by Kate Keenan from the Psychiatry Department, University of Chicago

03/03/2011 “Health, cognition, and personality formation in children of different ethnicities” by Pietro Biroli from the Economics Department, University of Chicago

03/10/2011 “Title TBA” by Wladimir Zanoni from Chapin Hall, University of Chicago

03/17/2011 “Title TBA” by Michael Msall from the Pediatrics Department, University of Chicago

Spring 2011

04/07/2011 “Title TBA” by Emiliana Vegas from the World Bank

04/21/2011 “Title TBA” by Patrice Engle from Department of Psychology and Child Development, CalPoly University