A new #zproso paper is out!

Stijn Ruiter@stijnruiter.bsky.social · last mo.

Most procedural justice research has been cross-sectional—making causal claims difficult. Our longitudinal study asks whether police legitimacy reduces delinquency, or whether delinquency shapes legitimacy beliefs. The stronger evidence points to the latter. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Neue Studie «Männlichkeit im Wandel» von @jacobscenteruzh.bsky.social und männer.ch: erstmals repräsentative Daten für die Schweiz. Dominante Männlichkeitsbilder sind besonders bei jungen Männern verbreitet – verbunden mit mehr Gewaltbereitschaft. www.news.uzh.ch/de/articles/...

Dominante Männlichkeitsvorstellungen

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How does housing design affect local criminality? A short presentation of my work with coauthors at @cep-lse.bsky.social from this years' ⭐ Annual Research Night ⭐. Many thanks for having me. Proud to be a part of @econ.uzh.ch and @jacobscenteruzh.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju2p...

"Does Housing Design Drive Gang Formation?" | Carmen Villa | Research Slam

YouTube video by UZH Department of Economics

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Looking back on our 2026 Jacobs Center Scientific Retreat at Schloss Marbach: three inspiring days of engaging discussions, insightful presentations, poster sessions, and roundtable exchanges that strengthened collaboration and sparked new ideas. Thank you to everyone involved!

📖💰Can paying disadvantaged teenagers keep them in formal education? 📖💰 In England, 30£/week didn't bring long run benefits. Other policies (part-time edu, traineeships...) might better suit some pupils. New blog summary linked below. @theifs.bsky.social @iza.org wol.iza.org/opinions/whe...

When paying students to stay in school falls short

Paying disadvantaged teenagers to stay in school slightly raises enrolment but does not improve qualifications or future job prospects

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Event tip for Baden 🧠 @rujoanna.bsky.social will be part of Pint of Science Baden and talk about: “Life is like a box of languages: growing up multilingual.” 📅 Tuesday, 19 May 🕕 Doors open: 6 PM 📍 Royal Baden Talk in English · Free entry

Researchers from the Jacobs Center joined the 2026 LIFE Spring Academy at the University of Virginia, where LIFE Faculty and Fellows from the US, Germany, and Switzerland shared and discussed their research. #LIFESpringAcademy

In our next #ResearchSeminar, Prof. @kanske.bsky.social will discuss "The Social Brain - Empathy and Perspective Taking as Risky Strengths" 📅 May 18th, 2:30 p.m., Andreasstrasse 15 in Zurich, AND 4.55/57. Everyone is welcome, no registration is needed.

New #z-proso paper by Hanne Duindam et al. out! Our latest study shows: adolescents who experience persistent bullying, distress & distrust are more susceptible to conspiracy thinking & violent extremism by age 24. Developmental trajectories matter for understanding radicalisation.

Shattered Safety? Developmental Trajectories for Conspiracy Mentality and Violent Extremist Attitudes - Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Journal of Youth and Adolescence - Violent extremism in the context of conspiracy belief poses growing societal challenges, yet developmental pathways remain poorly understood. Shattered...

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Join our next #ResearchSeminar with Prof. Sabine Seehagen on Sleep, Screens, and Science: A Contextual Approach to Early Development. 📅 April 27th, 2:30 p.m., Andreasstrasse 15 in Zurich, AND 4.55/57. Everyone is welcome, no registration is needed.

Student mental health is critical. Our new preprint (osf.io/preprints/ps...) shows how to strengthen it. We evaluated the effectiveness of the teaching module “Strengthening Mental Health Together”. The aim? Boost mental health literacy, insight orientation, study crafting and coping.

Our next #ResearchSeminar features Prof. Björn Brey, who will talk about “The Death of King Coal and the Scars of Deindustrialization”. 📅 March 30th, 2:30 p.m., Andreasstrasse 15 in Zurich, AND 4.55/57. Everyone is welcome, no registration is needed.

Join us for our next #ResearchSeminar with Prof. @jsoland.bsky.social on “How Measurement is Affecting Evaluation Results: Evidence from 100 Randomized Control Trials”. 📅 February 23rd, 2:30 p.m., Andreasstrasse 15 in Zurich, AND 4.55/57. Everyone is welcome, no registration is needed.

Recently accepted by #QJE: “(Not) Thinking About the Future: Financial Information and Maternal Labor Supply,” by Costa-Ramón (@anacostaramon), Slotwinski, Schaede (@ursina), and Brenøe: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

(Not) Thinking About the Future: Financial Information and Maternal Labor Supply*

Abstract. Does information about the long-run financial costs of reduced labor supply increase mothers’ working hours? We document descriptively that long-

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A new #zproso paper led by @laurabech.bsky.social examines youth-to-parent physical aggression (PYPA) and childhood behavioral and interpersonal risk and protective factors. Findings include a cumulative prevalence of 32.5% (across ages 11-24), with a peak at age 13.

Physical aggression toward parents from ages 11 to 24: prevalence trajectory and risk and protective factors - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Physical youth-to-parent aggression (PYPA) is among the most understudied forms of family aggression in the general population. This study examined the prevalence and developmental course of PYPA from...

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Using ecological momentary assessment data from the #zproso add-on study D2M, research led by Aja Murray tests how social media use relates to negative emotion and depression: use and negative affect co-occur, but do not predict each other. Moreover, social media inertia is linked to depression.

Made by the www.growingbrains.ch Team @jacobscenteruzh.bsky.social at the University of Zurich. Big thanks to everyone! 🌱 UZH psychology students: Lena Götz und Gian Andri Bamert (UZH Psychology), directed and cut by Leon Junge, supported by Jasmin Wyss, including doctoral student Elena Federici

Ever wondered how MRI creates images from inside the body? We made a child-friendly explainer video (german) 🎥👇 youtu.be/k-KCyoUP9vA #scicomm

Wie wir mit Magnetresonanztomographie (MRT) das Gehirn sichtbar machen

YouTube video by NMR Kids Lab

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A new study using #zproso data led by Aja Murray tests the link between reading frequency and adolescent mental health. Using counterfactual and random-intercept cross-lagged panel models, results show no association, indicating reading frequency isn’t a protective factor without further context.

#wearehiring We have vacancies @jacobscenteruzh.bsky.social: * Stabmitarbeiter:in, Swiss EdLab 80 - 100% * Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in, Swiss EdLab (2 Stellen) 80 - 100% * Mitarbeit bei der z-proso-Studie (20–50%) Visit: www.jacobscenter.uzh.ch/en/jobs.html

A new #zproso paper led by Clarissa Janousch examines how adolescent cannabis use relates to cognitive performance in young adulthood: cannabis use is linked to reduced attention and declarative memory at age 24, whereas it is not associated with spatial working memory.

A Fine-Grained Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Cannabis Use and Its Relation to Cognitive Performance in Young Adulthood - International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Cannabis use in adolescence has been linked to lower adult cognitive function, but the specific contributions of age of onset and usage frequency remain unclear. This study analyzed data from the Zuri...

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Using criminal justice data from the #zproso study, new research led by Gian Ege examines how offences shape prosecutorial decisions in Swiss juvenile justice: while individual factors influence who faces legal proceedings and how often, sanction severity is driven by offence type and recidivism.

In our next #ResearchSeminar, Prof. Dr. Izumi Matsudaira will discuss “From Parents to Offspring: Unlocking Brain Development Through the “TRIO Study”. 📅 December 15th, 2:30 p.m., Andreasstrasse 15 in Zurich, AND 3.46. Everyone is welcome, no registration is needed.

Our next #ResearchSeminar features Prof. Dr. Fernanda Marquez-Padilla, who will talk about “Rolling Back Progresa: School and Work After the End of a Landmark Anti-Poverty Program”. 📅 November 24th, 2:30 p.m., Andreasstrasse 15 in Zurich, AND 3.46. Everyone is welcome, no registration is needed.

Our article 🍷📚 Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Educational Outcomes (with Manuel Bagues) 📚🍷 is forthcoming at the Journal of Health Economics 🎉 The open-access article is linked below. @warwickecon.bsky.social @econ.uzh.ch @theifs.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...

A new #zproso paper by Marta Codina and colleagues found that adolescents with learning disabilities reported more suicidal ideation and self-injury, and lower levels of protective factors, highlighting the need for early identification and tailored prevention strategies. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

We recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Jacobs Center at the @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social in Zurich - with a keynote, research insights, and a roundtable on how research can inform policy and practice. Thanks to everyone who joined us! Here’s to the next decade! 🎉

Fantastic LEARN Workshop at The University of Zurich, focusing on consolidating our scientific outcomes to inform education policy and the wider community. Thank you to Andreas Edel, to our speakers, all participants, and the @jacobscenteruzh.bsky.social team for an inspiring, engaging programme!

Join us for our next #ResearchSeminar with @jessdaik.bsky.social on "From Data Quality to Publication Bias: Challenges for Trustworthy Social Science". 🗓️ October 27th, 2:30 p.m., Andreasstrasse 15 in Zurich, AND 3.46. Everyone is welcome, no registration is needed.

Join our #ResearchSeminar, led by Dr. @yikang-zhang.bsky.social on "BFF in the Making: Examine peer selection and influence process in the context of cheating behaviour". 🗓️ September 29th, 2:30 p.m, Andreasstrasse 15 in Zurich, AND 3.46. Everyone is welcome, no registration is needed.