The ERU organizes biennial writing weeks since 2012 where early career researchers work together on a pre-registered scientific paper under the supervision of leading scholars in the field of developmental psychology. The writing weeks are targeted at ERU members and aim to foster international collaboration and networking opportunities among early career researchers working in developmental psychology across Europe. Writing weeks comprise of a five-day program full of training activities, networking events, and writing time to kick-start the collaboration on a joint paper with fellow early career scholars and leading scholars in the field. The writing weeks are highly successful as evidenced by the publications that have resulted from them.  

The ERU-EADP open science writing week 2025 will take place in Póvoa de Varzim, near Porto, Portugal from March 31 to April 4, 2025. The topics and mentors of this year include:

• Relational and sexual development, education, and health with prof. Daphne van de Bongardt
• Evaluation strategies and open science practices in parenting intervention research with prof. Ana Catarina Canário
• Intergenerational transmission of self-esteem with prof. Spyridon Tantaros
• Outgroup prosocial behavior, civic engagement, and peacebuilding in childhood and adolescence with prof. Laura K. Taylor
• Parental, occupational, and academic well-being: possible spillover effects, antecedents, and outcomes with prof. Katja Upadyaya
• Prosocial functioning and well-being in everyday life using intensive longitudinal data with prof. Antonio Zuffianò