Human and Community Development

Research Networks

The Foundation supports interdisciplinary research networks, "research institutions without walls," on topics related primarily to human and community development. They are Foundation-initiated projects that bring together highly talented individuals from a spectrum of disciplines, perspectives, and research methods. The networks explore basic theoretical issues and empirical questions that will increase the understanding of fundamental social issues and are likely to yield significant improvements in policy and practice.

Current Research Networks:

• Research Network on an Aging Society
• Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice
• Building Resilient Regions
• Center for the Advancement of Health
• Economic Inequality and Social Interactions
• The Effects of Inequality on Economic Performance
• The Family and the Economy
• Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
• Initiative on Depression and Primary Care
• The Nature and Origin of Preferences
• Network on Early Experience and Brain Development
• Socioeconomic Status and Health
• Network on Mandated Community Treatment
• Network on Mental Health Policy Research 
• Network on Transitions to Adulthood 
• Network on Youth Mental Health Care

Past Research Networks:

• Consortium on the Biology of Parasitic Diseases and Network on the Biology of Parasite Vectors 
• Inequality and Poverty in the Broader Perspective 
• Mental Health and the Law 
• Network on Mind-Body Interactions 
• Psychopathology and Development 
• Successful Midlife Development 
• Successful Pathways Through Middle Childhood