Institute of Human Development at UC Berkeley

The Institute of Human Development seeks to advance understanding of human development through pioneering contributions to developmental science. The broader mission is to advance knowledge that informs policies and practices — in ways that lead to improvements in the lives of infants, children, adolescents, their families, communities, and society.

The Institute's vision of developmental science is integrative and transdisciplinary. It incorporates work from several disciplines — including developmental psychology, education, science of learning, developmental neuroscience, developmental biology, genetics/epigenetics, and computational modeling of learning processes — that investigate the processes that underpin learning and development.