The 15th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) will take place on the 16th to 19th of September, 2016 in the coastal town of La Barrosa in Andalusia, Spain. The conference theme is: ¿Qué será, será? Adolescent Research into the Future: Visions and Challenges.

Below, you’ll find information about the keynote speakers:

  • Lisa Diamond: “Development of gender identity and sexual orientation.”
  • Saskia Kunnen: “A complex dynamic systems perspective on adolescents: Adolescence is complex, dynamic and systemic. So let’s study it that way.”
  • John Schulenberg: “The contributions to the life course of adolescence and the transitions to adulthood.”
  • Carles Feixa: “From generation @ to generation #. Adolescence in the digital era”.

Apart from key note speeches, there will also be a round-table discussion with Håkan Stattin, Rainer Silbereisen, Ingrid Schoon and Wim Meeus on Issues with large cohort and longitudinal studies, and a podium discussion between Howard Sercombe and Peter Uhlhaas on: The Adolescent Brain: What we can and cannot infer.

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