IHD cultivates innovative scholarship and training across disciplines and the systems that shape human development to generate actionable solutions that promote thriving of all infants, children, adolescents, families, and society. 

Our Vision

A world where all infants, children, youth, and families benefit from equitable and expansive opportunities for thriving across the life course.

Our Values

Impactful science and solutions for pressing and complex challenges in human development–especially for children and youth–call for:

• Effective collaboration across disciplines, as no one discipline has the answers.
• Respect for and learning from youth, families, and policy/practice experts to strengthen the relevance of our research questions, methods, and dissemination strategies.
• Trustworthy and sustained external partnerships and participatory action research (PAR) approaches to inform research and innovations while empowering youth and families.
• Intergenerational mentorship and training to support the next generation of integrative and impactful scholars to promote advances in human development.