Welcome to the ISSBD 2010 congress !
On behalf of the University of Zambia, the multidisciplinary Local Organising Committee and the International Scientific Programme Committee, I am delighted to invite you to Lusaka in July 2010 for the 21st international congress of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD).

Prof.Robert Serpell, Congress Chair / Convenor: 

Since its foundation in 1969, the ISSBD has held its biennial congresses on five continents. It is a truly international organisation with more than 1,100 members in 60 countries. Its main objective is to promote systematic research on human development throughout the life-span. The University of Zambia is greatly honoured by this opportunity to host a world-wide gathering of developmental researchers, and we hope to make your experience an intellectually enriching and socially agreeable one..More

Prof. Stephen Simukanga, Vice-Chancellor, University of Zambia:

"We consider it a great honour that the University of Zambia has been selected to host this important international congress. We look forward to receiving delegates from around the world, to sharing with them the unique character of our university, our city and our nation, and to learning from them about commonalities and differences in the challenges posed by human development in Zambia and elsewhere."

 Other Welcome Messages

Prof. Anne C Petersen- ISSBD President, 2006-2010

Welcome to ISSBD 2010! ISSBD is proud to have selected Zambia as the site for our 2010 meeting. The University of Zambia Local Organising Committee submitted an outstanding and rigorous proposal for this meeting. ISSBD has sponsored several regional workshops on the continent of Africa over the past two decades but ....More

Prof. Rainer Silbereisen - President of ISSBD, 2002-2006

Having been a member of ISSBD for almost more years than I care to remember, and having had to honour to serve the Society as its President from 2002 to 2006, I want to endorse the decision taken by ISSBD to hold its Biennial Meetings 2010 in Zambia, and I want to do this for two main reasons. The first comes simply from wonderful memories I have of my trip to Zambia in 1996 when I attended the ISSBD African Regional Workshop held in Lusaka. I was overwhelmingly impressed by the friendship shown to me by the local organisers and their colleagues, by the professionalism of the staff at the university, and by the sheer energy and determination of the young people I encountered....More

Prof. Lea Pulkkinen- President of ISSBD, 1991-1996

The 21st international biennial meetings of the International |Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) will be hosted by the University of Zambia (UNZA) 18 - 22 July 2010 Lusaka Zambia. This meeting will be an important milestone in the African program that ISSBD started at the beginning of the 1990s. Several workshops have been organized in Africa in different countries such as Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Namibia, and Zambia. ...More