International and Interdisciplinary ConferencePublikationsdatum 22.01.2026

„Growing Up in Challenging Contexts“, February 2–3, 2026


Prof. Dr. Veronika Magyar-Haas, Dr. Anne Ramos, Fabienne Huber, and Mila Glavchovska from the Department of Education Sciences at the University of Fribourg, together with the Swiss Society for Early Childhood Research (SSECR), are organizing an international and interdisciplinary conference entitled “Growing Up in Challenging Contexts,” which will take place in Fribourg on February 2–3, 2026. This conference has an impressive program with outstanding keynote speakers Prof. Dr. Shazly Savahl (University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Utrecht University, Netherlands) and Dr. Stephanie Simon (Dortmund University) and excellent contributors. This conference brings together researchers from various disciplines and practitioners from the medical and social fields of early childhood: https://www.earlychildhoodresearch.ch/annual_meeting