• Cognitive development
• The role of social and economic change in adolescent development
• Contexts and processes of identity construction
• Families, parents, friends and romantic partners
• Life trajectories and change processes
• Transitions and adolescence
• Emerging adulthood
• Vocational development and work meanings
• Adolescent health and well-being
• Political development, citizenship and political participation
• Cultural perspectives on adolescent development
• Prevention, promotion and intervention projects for adolescent development
• Biological and neuropsychological aspects
• Pubertal maturation
  
  

The topics highlight new developments in terms of theory and methodology of interest to psychologists, sociologists, psychiatrists, biologists, and educationalists.