Events and conferences

Young People, Farming and Food

19 Mar 2012 - 21 Mar 2012

Young Lives researchers, Yisak Tafere and Tassew Woldehanna presented their work on rural children's work aspirations at a conference in Ghana.

Nutrition and Development: Presentation at IFPRI

09 Feb 2012 - 09 Feb 2012

On Thursday 9 February, the Young Lives team made a presentation at the International Food Policy Research Institute in their ‘brown bag lunch’ series. The seminar was chaired by Marie Ruel, Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition, IFPRI.

Young Lives at Equity for Children

08 Feb 2012 - 08 Feb 2012

Equity for Children hosted the Young Lives team for an invitation-only event at the New School on 8 February 2012.

Tracking Disparities: Who Gets Left Behind?

07 Feb 2012 - 07 Feb 2012

The Niños del Milenio team in Peru held a launch event for their report of the third round of the Young Lives survey in Lima on 7 February 2012.

Seminar at City University New York

07 Feb 2012 - 07 Feb 2012

Young Lives was hosted by the City University New York on 7 February 2012 for a presentation co-convened with Equity for Children and Rutgers University.

The Value of Longitudinal Studies to International Education

01 Feb 2012 - 01 Feb 2012

Earlier today, Wednesday 1 February 2012, Young Lives International Advisory Board member Angela Little presented a paper on The Value of Longitudinal Studies to International Education at The University of Auckland Faculty of Education.

Pathways through Early Education in Andhra Pradesh

19 Jan 2012 - 19 Jan 2012

Young Lives and the Centre for Early Childhood Development and Research (CEDCR) of Jamila Milia Islamia University held a one-day seminar on pathways through early education on 19 January 2012 in New Delhi.

Unkept promises: Round 3 launch in Delhi

12 Jan 2012 - 12 Jan 2012

Despite economic growth, childhood poverty remains a stark reality in India, shows research report launched in New Delhi on 12 January 2012

How Do Children Fare in the New Millennium? Initial Findings from Vietnam Round 3 Survey

24 Nov 2011 - 24 Nov 2011

The Young Lives team in Vietnam hosted a workshop on 24 November to launch initial findings from the third round of the Young Lives household and child survey. The event was opened by Professor Nguyen Quang Thuan, President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences.

Understanding Changes in the Lives of Poor Children: Round 3 launch in Addis Ababa

16 Nov 2011 - 16 Nov 2011

Young Lives Ethiopia held the national launch of its Round 3 Country Report entitled Understanding Changes in the Lives of Poor Childrenon 16 November 2011. A total of 46 participants, drawn from government ministries, NGOs, research institutions, donors and the media, attended the half-day workshop.

Data User Workshop, Hyderabad

29 Oct 2011 - 29 Oct 2011

On Saturday 29 October 2011 the Young Lives team in India will host a one-day introductory workshop for researchers interested in using the Young Lives data. The workshop will focus on the three waves of data which were collected when the two cohorts of Young Lives study children were aged 1 and 8 (in 2002), 5 and 12 (in 2006), and 8 and 15 (2009).

Two faces of India: the haves and the have-nots

28 Oct 2011 - 28 Oct 2011

The Young Lives Round 3 Survey Report The Impact of Growth on Childhood Poverty in Andhra Pradesh: Initial Findings from India was launched at CESS, Hyderabad, on 28 October 2011.

Literacy and Inequality in Educative Transitions: Comparing Practices and Trajectories among Diverse Contexts

10 Oct 2011 - 10 Oct 2011

Presentation of new Young Lives study in Barcelona.

Young Lives Round 3 survey launch at DFID

27 Sep 2011 - 27 Sep 2011

The Young Lives Round 3 survey data was launched at DFID in London on Tuesday 27 September 2011. The roundtable event gave an overview of findings from the third round of household and child surveys.

Delivering Economic Growth for Children - presentation in The Hague

26 Sep 2011 - 26 Sep 2011

A launch of the Young Lives Round 3 survey data was hosted by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague on Monday 26 September 2011. The presentation, attended by Ministry staff, practitioners from Dutch NGOs, researchers and students, gave an overview of findings from Young Lives as it launches the data from its third round of household and child surveys.

Growing Up in an Age of Uncertainty

19 Sep 2011 - 22 Sep 2011

Young Lives hosted a panel at the 2011 DSA/EADI conference in York.

Understanding inequality: Challenges in Delivering Quality Education to Children in Developing Countries panel at UKFIET

13 Sep 2011 - 15 Sep 2011

Young Lives hosted a panel for the first time at the UKFIET Conference on Education and Development, held in Oxford in September 2011.

Measuring the Dynamics of Multiple Deprivations among Children

25 May 2011 - 25 May 2011

Researchers from the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) have recently been working with data from Young Lives to apply a multidimensional poverty measure to longitudinal data on children and their families.

The Agenda for Children from Public Policies

11 May 2011 - 11 May 2011

Young Lives Peru to present nutrition findings at World Vision

Infancy and Diversity: Perspectives from Socio-anthropologic research

04 May 2011 - 04 May 2011

Young Lives insights to be presented at Barcelona conference.

We need to end child poverty in order to break the cycle of poverty.