Individuals as Producers of Their Own Development: The Dynamics of Person-Context Coactions

In this series, experts present collections of what they judge to be their most interesting publications. Professor Richard M. Lerner has been prominent in the application of developmental science across the lifespan, investigating relational development systems and their impact on positive youth development (PYD) and social justice.

Richard M. Lerner is the Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science and the Director of the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development in the Eliot Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, at Tufts University. He has authored more than 700 scholarly publications, including more than 80 authored or edited books, and was founding editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescence and of Applied Developmental Science. His honors include the American Psychological Association’s (Division 7) Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society, 2013; the Society for Research in Child Development Award for Distinguished Contributions to Public Policy & Practice in Child Development, 2017, and the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development Award for Applications of Behavioral Development Theory and Research, 2018.