NCPI Scientific Committee

The NCPI Scientific Committee is a multidisciplinary group of Brazilian researchers that meets regularly to synthesize scientific knowledge about early childhood development generated by diverse fields of scholarship into a integrated developmental perspective. Inspired by the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, housed within the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, the NCPI Scientfic Committee aims to communicate complex concepts and key science-based messages to policymakers, public managers and civil society leaders through easily-understood language and metaphors.

WORKING PAPERS synthesizing cross-disciplinary science in accessible language, along with complementary communications products The committee identifies topics that are central to child development and can influence the formulation of Brazilian public policies and programs related to the well-being of children and their families, especially the most vulnerable. The discussions and ongoing consensus-building processes result in Working Papers and complementary communications products. Members of the Scientific Committee also regularly collaborate with other NCPI workstreams, such as the International Symposium, Executive Leadership Program and Innovation Lab, and represent NCPI in interviews and media statements.

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The Impact of Early Childhood Development on Learning Executive Functions and Early Childhood Development: Necessary Skills for Autonomy The Importance of Family Bonds in Early Childhood Home Visits as a Strategy to Promote Parenting and Development in Early Childhood Impacts of the Family Health Strategy and Challenges for Child Development The Neighborhood and Whole-Child Development in Early Childhood

Established in 2011 as the scientific anchor of the Núcleo Ciência Pela Infância partnership, the committee is currently composed of 26 leading researchers whose expertise span the areas of education, medicine, public health, nursing, epidemiology, neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, economics, demography, urban planning, management and public policy.

NCPI SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBERS

AVAILABLE IN PORTUGUESE AT THE NCPI CONTENT LIBRARY

Repercussions of the Covid-19 Pandemic for Child Development Racism, Early Education and Early Childhood Development High-Quality Early Education “I’m grateful for the opportunity to be part of a group of researchers with such solid and diverse academic training related to child development. The complexity of our task to synthesize and update the scientific knowledge base on child development led to beneficial conversations around connecting the dots of scientific thought, beyond each of our own specific fields of academic production, with the aim of clearly communicating with Brazilian public policymakers.”

DARCI NEVES DOS SANTOS

Adjunct Professor, Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia