This cluster explores the rapid changes in families in Asia and seeks to understand how these changes shape child development. Researchers in the Children and Family cluster focus on a broad range of phenomena highly relevant to policymakers, institutional decision-makers, and professionals.

Our research influences policy and professional decision-making from government to individual clinicians helping clients cope with mental health or violence, and every level in between. What researchers in our cluster have in common is a commitment to bringing serious and sophisticated conceptualization, expert substantive knowledge, and rigorous methodological approaches to advancing knowledge about families and children.