Symposium Agency and Systems in Developmental and Educational Psychology

Symposium on Agency and Systems in Developmental and Educational Psychology, with keynote speakers: Prof Jonathan Tudge & Prof Erica Burman

DCU Educational Disadvantage Centre's Symposium on Agency and Systems in Developmental and Educational Psychology with keynote presentations from:- Professor Erica Burman, Professor of Education, University of Manchester, author of Deconstructing Developmental Psychology- Professor Jonathan Tudge, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a leading expert on the work of Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory

Venue: E214 the Ann Louise Gilligan Lecture theatre, St. Patrick's Campus Drumcondra DCU,Date/Time: February 19th 2026 4-6.30pm, with tea/coffee from 3.30pm.

The Symposium is being organised by DCU Educational Disadvantage Centre & School of Human Development, in conjunction with the Centre for the Developing Person & School of Psychology, TCD.

The keynote presentations are responding to two books on Agency and Systems in Developmental Psychology:- Reconstructing agency in developmental and educational psychology: Inclusive Systems as Concentric Space. (Routledge 2020), by Professor Paul Downes, Professor of Psychology of Education, DCU Institute of Educationhttps://www.routledge.com/Reconstructing-Agency-in-Developmental-and-Educational-Psychology-Inclusive-Systems-as-Concentric-Space/Downes/p/book/9781032089751

and

- Children as agents in their worlds: A psychological–relational perspective. Routledge (2020) by Professor Sheila Greene and Dr. Elizabeth Nixon https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315625911Professor Sheila Greene is Professor and Fellow Emeritus, School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublinm Dr. Elizabeth Nixon is Associate Professor in Developmental Psychology, TCD School of PsychologyPanel Response from Professor Paul Downes, Professor Sheila Green and Dr. Elizabeth Nxion, plus audience discussion

All are welcome.