LCICD

LCICD 2026 is on! The 10th Lancaster International Conference on Infant and Early Child Development will be held in Lancaster, UK on 26-28 August, 2026. Abstract submission deadline: 24th April 2026: wp.lancs.ac.uk/lcicd/

Talk session 9 marks the end of LCICD 2025! Thank you to Kai Jia Tey, Julien Mayor (on behalf of Audun Rosslund), and Catherine Tamis LeMonda. Thank you all for coming and we hope you enjoyed the conference.

Two excellent talks in Talk Session 8, from Kelsey Frewin and Hiromichi Hagihara with a focus on object categorisation in infancy.

And our final keynote speaker for LCICD 2025 was Judit Gervain with a fantastic talk on prenatal experience and language acquisition

Another picture from Talk Session 1 where Sobana Wijeakumar delivered a brilliant talk on caregiver-infant interactions and infant visual short-term memory!

And we conclude the day with Talk Session 7, hearing from Paul Gallenkemper and Eleanor Johns. Please enjoy the poster reception where we will have buffet food, wine & a range of soft drinks available

Exploration, free play, and babies’ point of view were the common themes in Talk Session 6! Thank you to Hiroki Yamamoto, Hana D’Souza, and Hadar Karmazyn-Raz for your excellent talks.

Two brilliant talks from Chiara Capparini and Betul Teskin in Talk Session 4, focussed on prenatal experimental methods and the foetal experience in utero.

A fantastic keynote from Karen Adolph on baby behaviour & movement.

Poster session 1 is underway in the foyer

A big thank you to our sponsors @NIRx_NIRS for a fantastic demonstration about fNIRS and how it can be effective for telling us about brain activity in infancy!

In talk session 2 we heard two fantastic talks from Ronit Roth Hanania and Zeynep M. Suata 👏🏼

Next we heard from Sobana Wijeakumar and Abi Fiske in Talk Session 1, what a great session!

Thank you to today’s keynote Diane Poulin-Dubois for a fantastic talk and discussion about infants’ insights into the mind.

The deadline for abstract submissions for LCICD 2025 has been extended! You can now submit until May 2nd. Submit here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/lcicd/abstract…

📢 We are delighted to announce our keynote speakers for the 9th LCICD, Aug 27-29 2025! We will be joined at Lancaster University by Karen Adolph, Diane Poulin-Dubois, and Judit Gervain. Abstract submission is OPEN now until April 25th: wp.lancs.ac.uk/lcicd/abstract…

Join us as a full-time Research Assistant with the @UoM_ChildStudy & @LuCiD_Centre to help with participant recruitment and ongoing projects from infancy to preschool years. Apply by 21/5/2024. Details: jobs.manchester.ac.uk/internal/Job/J…

We have a 3-year postdoc position to work on children’s curiosity @lancspsychres . Please share widely – the application deadline is 5th May 2024! Full details and application portal here: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?i…

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Job Opportunity! Join our team @lancspsychres on a @LeverhulmeTrust funded project on infant language development! We're hiring a 3- year, full-time senior research associate. Application deadline: July 15th. Details & apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…