NYU Global TIES for Children

Cómo promover políticas públicas para la primera infancia, basadas en investigación Hirokazu Yoshikawa, codirector del Global TIES for Children Center, presentó las claves para la relación entre la investigación y las políticas públicas.

How has the digital era impacted the mental health and future potential of today’s youth? Jonathan Haidt, author of "The Anxious Generation," will discuss the challenges posed by smartphone use in childhood and its consequences for education, creativity, and societal well-being.

October 29 | 4:30-6:00pm
19 Washington Square North

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Jonathan Haidt, Author, "The Anxious Generation" (Penguin Press, 2024); Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership, NYU Stern School of Business

Shaping Childhood: Parenting Perspectives and Practices in Changing Societies Shaping Childhood: Parenting Perspectives and Practices in Changing Societies  Talk when October 23, 2024 4:30‐6pm where 19 Washington Square North who NYU Abu Dhabi Institute in New York Open to the Public

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🇬🇭 Calling all early and mid-career researchers in Ghana and Colombia 🇨🇴

Applications are now open for the LEARN program, which aims to strengthen the research capacity and international network participation of scholars in education and child development in Ghana and Colombia!

🌎 The Jacobs-funded initiative is a collaboration between Facultad de Educación - Universidad de los Andes, University Of Cape Coast (UCC), & NYU Global TIES for Children. It will provide an opportunity for scholars to enhance their academic excellence, contribute to significant educational improvements, benefit from guidance from local and international mentors, and collaborate with a network of global experts through annual workshops and monthly seminars. It will run from 2025 - 2027.

You are eligible to apply if:
✅ You obtained your PhD in the last 10 years
✅ You are a faculty member, researcher, or scholar at a higher-ed or research institute in Ghana or Colombia
✅ Your research is related to education or child development
✅ You are proficient in basic quantitative research methodologies
✅ You are proficient in English or have a desire to improve your English
✅ You are committed to engaging with the LEARN Network and contribute to its activities

To apply you will need an updated CV, at least two references, and the ability to provide a letter of support from your institute if you progress in the application. To ask further questions email [email protected]

Apply by 18 October here ➡️ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0F53bdFvVolCTgKcVHuxQ4BG7z4b79H21c-NJTaWetOaB1Q/viewform

Rohingya refugees residing in Bangladesh have been exposed to profound trauma in addition to ongoing daily stressors of living in the refugee camps. Accurate assessments of mental health burden and their impact among this population require culturally sensitive tools that remain lacking in this context.

HAP, along with Global TIES-New York University conducted this study and the purpose of this study was to characterize salient cultural concepts of distress (CCDs), their causes, consequences, and approaches to treatment, among Rohingya refugees living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to help inform future measurement and intervention design.

Please click on the link below to access the article:
https://rdcu.be/dQMjX

NYU Global TIES for Children
New York University

Impact of Phone-Based Caregiver Support in Jordan The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and unders...

We are thrilled to announce that Florencia Boo will be joining us as the new Director of Global TIES for Children, effective Fall 2024!

With an impressive background, most recently as a Lead Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank, Florencia brings extensive expertise in early childhood development, social protection, and health programs.

As we welcome Florencia, we also extend our deepest gratitude to our founding co-directors, J. Lawrence Aber and Hirokazu Yoshikawa. They have been instrumental in shaping Global TIES for Children and will continue supporting TIES as esteemed professors at NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Read the full bilingual announcement: https://bit.ly/3zUqyx7

https://www.who.int/news/item/18-11-2023-who-leads-very-high-risk-joint-humanitarian-mission-to-al-shifa-hospital-in-gaza

WHO leads very high-risk joint humanitarian mission to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza Earlier today, a joint UN humanitarian assessment team led by WHO accessed Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza to assess the situation on the ground, conduct a rapid situational analysis, assess medical priorities and establish logistics options for further missions. The team included public health e...

📣 shoutout 📣

NYU TIES co-director Hirokazu Yoshikawa presented 'Measuring support for children’s self-sustaining engagement in learning in Colombian, Ghanaian, Jordanian, and Kenyan preschool and primary classrooms' in the 'Beyond letters and numbers: Conceptualizing and measuring the inputs and outcomes of play across contexts' session today.

Congrats to Hiro and to all the co-authors!
Casey Moran, Sharon Kim, Tahiya Mahbub, Ph.D, Peggy Dubeck,
Matthew Jukes, Jonathan Stem, Kellie Lynn Betts, Tabitha Nduku, Kendra Strouf