Mission Statement
Established in 1990 by the Governing Council, the International Affairs Committee mission is to advocate for an international perspective on child development research and theory within the Society and its work. A central goal of the Committee is to broaden international representation in the membership and publications of the Society. The committee accomplishes its mission by facilitating international collaborations in research, education, and application by holding formal workshops and conferences, as well as informal international exchanges of knowledge about child development.
> Read the Mission Statement formulated at a meeting in Greece. Funded by SRCD's research grant program.
> Read the International Affairs Committee Spotlight - June 1, 2018
Human Development Intervention Network
The International Affairs committee launched a new global network for human development intervention research, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Using the new global network, a researcher or interventionist is able to create a member profile on the network and then use searchable databases to connect with other individuals conducting similar work and to access resources to use in designing human development interventions and evaluations. We developed and launched an on-line platform (www.hdin.org) that:
- Connects individuals conducting research and human development interventions in different countries to researchers with related interests;
- Indexes measures that can be used in evaluations of interventions and methods that can promote rigorous evaluations; and
- Facilitates exchanges of ideas among a network of scholars and action partners who implement interventions to promote human development around the world.

Publication News
This volume follows from the SRCD special topic meeting held in Prague in fall 2014 on positive youth development in the context of the global recession. Positive youth development in global contexts of social and economic change, Petersen, A. C., Koller, S. H., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Verma, S. (Eds.). (2017)
For more information, visit the publisher's website.
Committee Roster
Kathryn Modecki, Co-Chair | 2023-2027 | Griffith University |
Vaishali Raval, Co-Chair | 2023-2027 | University of Miami, Ohio |
Chidozie Nwafor | 2021-2025 | Nnamdi Azikiwe University |
Fernando Salinas-Quiroz | 2021-2025 | National Pedagogic University |
Stella Christie | 2023-2027 | Tsinghua University |
Shuang Lu | 2023-2027 | University of Central Florida |
Abraham Sagi-Schwartz | 2023-2027 | University of Haifa/Tel-Hai College |
Stephen Asatsa, Governing Council Representative, Ex-Officio | 2023-2025 | Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kenya |
Gustavo Carlo, Governing Council Representative, Ex-Officio | 2023-2025 | University of California, Irvine |
Nazlı Akay, SECC Representative | 2023-2025 | Middle East Technical University |
Dorsett (Roman) McNeil, Staff Liaison | 2022- | Society for Research in Child Development |