Sustainable Human Development
Challenges and Solutions for Implementing the United Nations' Goals
1st Edition
Published on 30. July 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
IV, 72 pages
978-0-88937-556-7 (ISBN)
Description
In September 2015, 193 member states of the United Nations adopted the action plan Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which outlines 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Agenda recognizes the need to look beyond narrow economic measures of progress and consider all aspects of well-being for current and future generations, to eradicate poverty worldwide, and to safeguard the planet.
This collection of research from around the world shows that the SDGs need to be addressed in a holistic manner and that psychologists play an important role in their effective implementation, having expertise in addressing questions of how to make national policies work for diverse individuals, how to work with vulnerable persons, and how to track individuals' development over time in the face of societal changes. In particular, the importance of investment in positive child and youth development, the role of life span theories, and the use of longitudinal data are discussed in this volume. Three commentaries explore different aspects of the research presented and help us further understand the complexities of meeting the Agenda.
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Series
Edition
2019
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
For researchers, teachers, and students concerned with the role of psychology in
sustainable human development.
Product notice
Klappenbroschur
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 27.7 cm
Weight
245 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88937-556-7 (9780889375567)
DOI
10.1027/00556-000
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Suman Verma; PhD; Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
Anne C. Petersen; PhD; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Jennifer E. Lansford; PhD; Duke University, Durham, NC.
Anne C. Petersen; PhD; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Jennifer E. Lansford; PhD; Duke University, Durham, NC.
Content
Editorial
Working Toward Sustainable Development for All
Suman Verma, Anne C. Petersen, and Jennifer E. Lansford
Review Articles
The Role of Psychology in Addressing Worldwide Challenges of Poverty and Gender Inequality
Toni C. Antonucci, Martha Bial, Carole Cox, Ruth Finkelstein,
and Laura Marchado
Original Articles
Adaptation and Application of the Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes (MELQO) Framework to Early Childhood Education
Settings in Colombia: Implications for National Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals
Liliana Angelica Ponguta, Carolina Maldonado-Carreno, Sharon Lynn
Kagan, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Ana Maria Nieto, Carlos Andres Aragon,
Angy Mateus, Ana Maria Rodriguez, Andres Motta, Lucero Ramirez
Varela, Paola Andrea Guerrero, and Eduardo Escallon
Experiences of Community Youth Leaders in a Youth-Led Early Childhood
Education Program in Rural Pakistan
Emily E. Franchett, Aisha K. Yousafzai, Muneera A. Rasheed, Saima
Siyal, Chin R. Reyes, and Liliana Angelica Ponguta
Illuminating the Use of the Specificity Principle to Go Inside the Black
Box of Programs: The Sample Case of an El Salvador Positive Youth
Development Program
Jonathan M. Tirrell, Patricia K. Gansert, Elizabeth M. Dowling,
G. John Geldhof, Jacqueline V. Lerner, Pamela Ebstyne King,
Guillermo Iraheta, Kate Williams, Alistair T. R. Sim, and
Richard M. Lerner
Research Spotlights
How Connecting Psychology and Implementation Science Supports
Pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals
Marie-Therese Schultes, Evelyn Bergsmann, Laura Brandt,
Monika Finsterwald, Christina Kien, and Julia Klug
Gender and Positive Youth Development: Advancing Sustainable
Development Goals in Ghana
Nora Wiium, Laura Ferrer Wreder, Bin-Bin Chen, and
Radosveta Dimitrova
Restructuring Educational Systems and Promoting Social Justice
for Young People Involved in Drug Trafficking in Brazil
Alex Sandro Gomes Pessoa, Linda Liebenberg, Dorothy Bottrell,
and Silvia Helena Koller
Well-Being of Turkish and Moroccan Youth in the Netherlands:
Parental Control, Parental Solicitation, and Acculturation to the
Dutch Culture
Nil Horoz, Anja C. Huizink, Monique J. Delforterie, and
Hanneke E. Creemers
Longitudinal Research for Sustainable Development: Toward
a Policy-Driven Agenda
Prerna Banati and Jessica Oyugi
Opinions
Reaching Beyond the Academic Comfort Zone: Pursuit of the SDGs
Requires Bridging the Research-Policy Gap and Involvement
of Beneficiaries
Andrew Dawes
What Does it Take for Young People to be Able to Contribute to and
Benefit From the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals?
Jo Boyden
Psychological Work on the Sustainable Development Goals:
Much Achieved, Even More to Do
Rainer K. Silbereisen
Working Toward Sustainable Development for All
Suman Verma, Anne C. Petersen, and Jennifer E. Lansford
Review Articles
The Role of Psychology in Addressing Worldwide Challenges of Poverty and Gender Inequality
Toni C. Antonucci, Martha Bial, Carole Cox, Ruth Finkelstein,
and Laura Marchado
Original Articles
Adaptation and Application of the Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes (MELQO) Framework to Early Childhood Education
Settings in Colombia: Implications for National Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals
Liliana Angelica Ponguta, Carolina Maldonado-Carreno, Sharon Lynn
Kagan, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Ana Maria Nieto, Carlos Andres Aragon,
Angy Mateus, Ana Maria Rodriguez, Andres Motta, Lucero Ramirez
Varela, Paola Andrea Guerrero, and Eduardo Escallon
Experiences of Community Youth Leaders in a Youth-Led Early Childhood
Education Program in Rural Pakistan
Emily E. Franchett, Aisha K. Yousafzai, Muneera A. Rasheed, Saima
Siyal, Chin R. Reyes, and Liliana Angelica Ponguta
Illuminating the Use of the Specificity Principle to Go Inside the Black
Box of Programs: The Sample Case of an El Salvador Positive Youth
Development Program
Jonathan M. Tirrell, Patricia K. Gansert, Elizabeth M. Dowling,
G. John Geldhof, Jacqueline V. Lerner, Pamela Ebstyne King,
Guillermo Iraheta, Kate Williams, Alistair T. R. Sim, and
Richard M. Lerner
Research Spotlights
How Connecting Psychology and Implementation Science Supports
Pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals
Marie-Therese Schultes, Evelyn Bergsmann, Laura Brandt,
Monika Finsterwald, Christina Kien, and Julia Klug
Gender and Positive Youth Development: Advancing Sustainable
Development Goals in Ghana
Nora Wiium, Laura Ferrer Wreder, Bin-Bin Chen, and
Radosveta Dimitrova
Restructuring Educational Systems and Promoting Social Justice
for Young People Involved in Drug Trafficking in Brazil
Alex Sandro Gomes Pessoa, Linda Liebenberg, Dorothy Bottrell,
and Silvia Helena Koller
Well-Being of Turkish and Moroccan Youth in the Netherlands:
Parental Control, Parental Solicitation, and Acculturation to the
Dutch Culture
Nil Horoz, Anja C. Huizink, Monique J. Delforterie, and
Hanneke E. Creemers
Longitudinal Research for Sustainable Development: Toward
a Policy-Driven Agenda
Prerna Banati and Jessica Oyugi
Opinions
Reaching Beyond the Academic Comfort Zone: Pursuit of the SDGs
Requires Bridging the Research-Policy Gap and Involvement
of Beneficiaries
Andrew Dawes
What Does it Take for Young People to be Able to Contribute to and
Benefit From the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals?
Jo Boyden
Psychological Work on the Sustainable Development Goals:
Much Achieved, Even More to Do
Rainer K. Silbereisen