Lead: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Involved: Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Science
Founded: 2021

• Prof. Dr. Moritz Daum, Department of Psychology (Chair)
• Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Moser Opitz, Institute of Education (Deputy Chair)
• Prof. Dr. Alexandra Freund, Department of Psychology
• Prof. Dr. Reto Huber, Developmental Neurobiology (Children's Hospital)
• Prof. Dr. Peter Klaver, Center for Research and Development HfH
• Prof. Dr. Beatrix Latal, Developmental Paediatrics (Children's Hospital)
• Prof. Dr. Esther Stoeckli, Institute of Molecular Life Sciences
• Prof. Dr. Susanne Walitza, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (PUK)

The DSN-ZH examines the complexity of human development from psychological, educational, sociological, medical, biological and comparative perspectives. Its research encompasses developmental changes across the entire lifespan of an individual human being at different levels and in comparison to non-human species. The methods used combine approaches from basic research, clinical research, translational research and applied research.