Successful Mediators of Normative Youth Development
Keynote Speaker:
Mamphela Ramphele, South Africa
University of CapetownVice-Chancellor
Twilight of the Twentieth Century: A Panel Discussion
Geraldine Van Bueren, United Kingdom
The Programme on International Rights of the Child,
Queen Mary and Westfield College
Deborah Prothrow-Stith, United States
School of Public Health, Harvard University
Else Oyen, Norway
The Comparative Research Programme on Poverty
University of Bergen
Homelessness and Social Isolation
Overview paper by Irene Rizzini, Brazil
Universidade Santa Ursula, Center for Research on Childhood
Bruce Harris, Honduras
Casa Alianza
Indira Koithara, India
Visha Yuvak Kendra
Curt Rhodes, Jordan
Questscope
Discussant: Anne Power, United Kingdom
The London School of Economics and Political Science
Social Problems
Overview paper by Rob White, Australia
The University of Melbourne
Augusto Perez-Gomez, Columbia
Programa La Casa, Universidad de los Andes
Peter Copping, Canada
Street Kids International
Teresita Silva, Philippines
Childhope
Discussant: John Devine, United States
School Partnership Programs
Life Skills
Overview paper by Jim McKechnie and Sandy Hobbs, United Kingdom
University of Paisley
Jim Palos, United States
Midtown Educational Foundation
Jill Swart-Kruger and Loise Chawla, South Africa
University of South Africa, Growing up in Cities Project, Street Wise
Fred Ogwal-Oyee, Uganda
UNICEF Uganda Country Office
Discussant: Carman Elisa Florez, Columbia
Universidad de los Andes
Social and Psychological Well-Being
Overview paper by Felton Earls, United States
Harvard University School of Public Health
Wilhelm Heitmeyer, Germany
Interdisciplinary Institute for Conflict and Violence Research
University of Bielfeld
Lynne Jones, Bosnia
University of Cambridge, Centre for Family Research
Jean Whyte, Ireland
Trinity College Dublin
Discussant: Maya Carlson, United States
Harvard University
Wrap-Up Session
Mr. Malcolm Cross, Netherlands
European Research Center on Migration and Ethnic Relations
Junior Scholars
Miguel Fontes, Brazil
The Global Orphan Project
Rosana Rodrigues Heringer, Brazil
Federal University of Vicosa
Sudhir Venkatesh, United States
University of Chicago
Alexandra M . Freund, Germany
Max Planck Institute for Human Development