Centre for Developmental Science
The Centre for Developmental Science researches developmental processes to improve lives across all ages, nationally and internationally.
The Centre for Developmental Science is a research centre using basic science to understand the development of infants, children, and adults, to improve the lives of families in Aotearoa and globally. By uncovering the individual, contextual, cognitive, and social processes that underlie development across the lifespan, the Centre forms a hub for developmental science at the University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau.
Our research
The Research Centre houses academic staff members from the School of Psychology whose research and expertise lie in innovative methods and approaches from developmental science mixed with the cognitive sciences, data science, machine learning, virtual reality, genomics, and more. We apply these tools across broad age ranges and diverse interactive contexts, including parent-child interactions, child-child interactions, and infant-experimenter interactions. These include studies completed in-person at the School of Psychology, in the community, and at large scale on the Internet, via methods of gamified citizen science.
How can you get involved?
For caregivers: To register your interest in participating in studies with the Centre for Developmental Science, click on the button below to enter your details :
For students, researchers and media inquiries: The Centre for Developmental Science supports the developmental science seminar series (DEPSA) at the School of Psychology, offers Hons, Masters and PhD thesis supervision and can host visiting researchers. If you are interested in knowing more about our research please send us a message to: developmentalscience@auckland.ac.nz