Manifesto for new directions in developmental science

Barbot, Baptiste; Hein, Sascha; Trentacosta, Christopher; Beckmann, Jens F.; Bick, Johanna; Crocetti, Elisabetta; Liu, Yangyang; Rao, Sylvia Fernandez; Liew, Jeffrey; Overbeek, Geertjan; Ponguta, Liliana A.; Scheithauer, Herbert; Super, Charles; Arnett, Jeffrey; Bukowski, William; Cook, Thomas D.; Côté, James; Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Eid, Michael; Hiraki, Kazuo; Mark Johnson, Mark; Juang, Linda; Landi, Nicole; Leckman, James; McCardle, Peggy; Mulvey, Kelly Lynn; Piquero, Alex R.; Preiss, David D.; Siegler, Robert; Soenens, Bart; Yousafzai, Aisha Khizar; Bornstein, Marc H.; Cooper, Catherine R.; Goossens, Luc; Harkness, Sara; Van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.

doi:10.1002/cad.20359

Manifesto for new directions in developmental science

Barbot, Baptiste; Hein, Sascha; Trentacosta, Christopher; Beckmann, Jens F.; Bick, Johanna; Crocetti, Elisabetta; Liu, Yangyang; Rao, Sylvia Fernandez; Liew, Jeffrey; Overbeek, Geertjan; Ponguta, Liliana A.; Scheithauer, Herbert; Super, Charles; Arnett, Jeffrey; Bukowski, William; Cook, Thomas D.; Côté, James; Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Eid, Michael; Hiraki, Kazuo; Mark Johnson, Mark; Juang, Linda; Landi, Nicole; Leckman, James; McCardle, Peggy; Mulvey, Kelly Lynn; Piquero, Alex R.; Preiss, David D.; Siegler, Robert; Soenens, Bart; Yousafzai, Aisha Khizar; Bornstein, Marc H.; Cooper, Catherine R.; Goossens, Luc; Harkness, Sara; Van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.

Authors

Baptiste Barbot

Sascha Hein

Christopher Trentacosta

Professor Jens Beckmann j.beckmann@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Johanna Bick

Elisabetta Crocetti

Yangyang Liu

Sylvia Fernandez Rao

Jeffrey Liew

Geertjan Overbeek

Liliana A. Ponguta

Herbert Scheithauer

Charles Super

Jeffrey Arnett

William Bukowski

Thomas D. Cook

James Côté

Jacquelynne S. Eccles

Michael Eid

Kazuo Hiraki

Mark Mark Johnson

Linda Juang

Nicole Landi

James Leckman

Peggy McCardle

Kelly Lynn Mulvey

Alex R. Piquero

David D. Preiss

Robert Siegler

Bart Soenens

Aisha Khizar Yousafzai

Marc H. Bornstein

Catherine R. Cooper

Luc Goossens

Sara Harkness

Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn

Abstract

Although developmental science has always been evolving, these times of fast-paced and profound social and scientific changes easily lead to disorienting fragmentation rather than coherent scientific advances. What directions should developmental science pursue to meaningfully address real- world problems that impact human development throughout the lifespan? What conceptual or policy shifts are needed to steer the field in these directions? The present manifesto is proposed by a group of scholars from various disciplines and perspectives within developmental science to spark conversations and action plans in response to these questions. After highlighting four critical content domains that merit concentrated and often urgent research efforts, two issues regarding “how” we do developmental science and “what for” are out- lined. This manifesto concludes with five proposals, calling for integrative, inclusive, transdisciplinary, transparent, and actionable developmental science. Specific recommendations, prospects, pitfalls, and challenges to reach this goal are discussed.

Citation

Barbot, B., Hein, S., Trentacosta, C., Beckmann, J. F., Bick, J., Crocetti, E., …Van IJzendoorn, M. H. (2020). Manifesto for new directions in developmental science. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020(172), 135-149. https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20359

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jul 13, 2020
Online Publication Date	Sep 22, 2020
Publication Date	2020-07
Deposit Date	Sep 18, 2020
Publicly Available Date	Sep 22, 2021
Journal	New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
Print ISSN	1520-3247
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	2020
Issue	172
Pages	135-149
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20359

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Barbot, Baptiste, Hein, Sascha, Trentacosta, Christopher, Beckmann, Jens F., Bick, Johanna Crocetti, Elisabetta Liu, Yangyang Rao, Sylvia Fernandez, Liew, Jeffrey, Overbeek, Geertjan Ponguta, Liliana A., Scheithauer, Herbert Super, Charles Arnett, Jeffrey, Bukowski, William Cook, Thomas D., Côté, James Eccles, Jacquelynne S. Eid, Michael Hiraki, Kazuo Mark Johnson, Mark, Juang, Linda, Landi, Nicole, Leckman, James, McCardle, Peggy, Mulvey, Kelly Lynn, Piquero, Alex R. Preiss, David D., Siegler, Robert, Soenens, Bart, Yousafzai, Aisha Khizar, Bornstein, Marc H., Cooper, Catherine R. Goossens, Luc, Harkness, Sara & Van IJzendoorn, Marinus H. (2020). Manifesto for new directions in developmental science. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development 2020(172): 135-149 which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20359. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.