Research Institutes

Research within the unit covers the entire range of the human life span, and allows for a description and explanatory analysis of phenomena at different levels of the socio-ecological context. Each research institute focuses on a central domain of societal and individual development. A common approach is the dedication to multidisciplinarity, taking advantage from an integration of different, but complementary, theoretical and methodological paradigms.

• Health and Behaviour
  • Stress, Pain and Pain Modulation 
  • Health Promotion and Aggression Prevention
  • Self Regulation and Health
  • Economic and Social Well-being
  • Addictive and Compulsive Behaviours

• Generations and Family
  • Early Childhood: Education and Care 
  • Youth Research: Context and Structures of Growing-up
  • Ageing and Life Span Development

• Social Work, Social Pedagogy, Social Welfare (IRISS)

• PEARL Institute for Research on Socio-Economic Inequality (IRSEI)