May 13th Owen will hold the open lecture "The Effects of Early Child Care from Infancy through Adolescence: Risks, Benefits, and Controversies".
Time: May 13th, 14:15 - 16:00. Place: Room U35, Helga Engs hus, University of Oslo
Margaret Owen is professor and director of the Center for Children and Families at the University of Texas at Dallas.
For almost 20 years Dr. Owen was a member of the investigative team directing the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, a prospective longitudinal study of the effects of child care on over 1300 children and their families from birth through age 15. The open lecture will address "the child care puzzle" with findings from this landmark study and from other major studies.