Psychological Sciences Research Institute, UCLouvain, Belgium & Yale Child Study Center, Yale University, USA.
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2020 Jul;2020(172):135-149. doi: 10.1002/cad.20359. Epub 2020 Sep 22.
Although developmental science has always been evolving, these times of fast-paced and profound social and scientific changes easily lead to disorienting fragmentation rather than coherent scientific advances. What directions should developmental science pursue to meaningfully address real-world problems that impact human development throughout the lifespan? What conceptual or policy shifts are needed to steer the field in these directions? The present manifesto is proposed by a group of scholars from various disciplines and perspectives within developmental science to spark conversations and action plans in response to these questions. After highlighting four critical content domains that merit concentrated and often urgent research efforts, two issues regarding "how" we do developmental science and "what for" are outlined. This manifesto concludes with five proposals, calling for integrative, inclusive, transdisciplinary, transparent, and actionable developmental science. Specific recommendations, prospects, pitfalls, and challenges to reach this goal are discussed.
尽管发展科学一直在不断发展，但这些快速而深刻的社会和科学变革的时代很容易导致令人迷失方向的碎片化，而不是连贯的科学进步。发展科学应该朝着哪些方向发展，才能有意义地解决影响人类整个生命周期发展的现实世界问题？需要进行哪些概念或政策转变来引导该领域朝这些方向发展？本宣言是由发展科学领域来自不同学科和观点的一组学者提出的，旨在针对这些问题引发对话和行动计划。在强调了四个值得集中和经常紧急研究的关键内容领域之后，概述了关于“如何”开展发展科学研究和“为何”开展发展科学研究的两个问题。本宣言最后提出了五个建议，呼吁开展综合性、包容性、跨学科、透明和可操作性的发展科学研究。文中讨论了实现这一目标的具体建议、前景、陷阱和挑战。
