School teacher teachers her students with the help of a laptop at the rural school (West Bengal, India).

Knowledge Base

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.

- Mahatma Ghandi (1869 -1948)

This knowledge platform for scholarly publishing is provided by the ECPC. Research and scholarly output included here has been selected and deposited based on its relevance to early childhood development, social cohesion, violence prevention and peace promotion, and more. Additional literature will be added as it becomes available.

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Global Education Monitoring Report 2019: Migration, displacement and education: Building bridges, not walls. Paris: UNESCO Publishing; 2018.
Cities Welcoming Refugees & Migrants: Enhancing effective urban governance in an age of migration. Paris, France: UNESCO; 2016.
G20 Initiative for Early Childhood Development: Building human capital to break the cycle of poverty and inequality.; 2018.
&Peace IE. Global Peace Index 2019: Measuring peace in a complex world. Sydney, Australia: Institute for Economics & Peace; 2019.
Aber L., Biersteker L., Dawes A., Rawlings L. Social Protection and Welfare Systems: Implications for Early Childhood Development. In: al P.RBritto, editor. Handbook of Early Childhood Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy. New York: Oxford Univ. Press; 2013. 2. p. 260-274p.
Aboud F. Evaluation of an early childhood parenting programme in rural Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr. 2007;25(1):3-13.
Aboud F., Yousafzai A. Very Early Childhood Development. In: Black R.E, Laxminarayan R., Temmerman M., Walker N., editors. Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health: Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 2). Washington (DC); 2016.
Abramowitz S., Panter-Brick C. Medical Humanitarianism: Ethnographies of Practice. Penn University Press; 2015.
Abramowitz S., Marten M., Panter-Brick C. Medical humanitarianism: anthropologists speak out on policy and practice. Med Anthropol Q. 2015;29(1):1-23.
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Kohli RM, Zhang Y. TET enzymes, TDG and the dynamics of DNA demethylation. Nature. 2013;502(7472):472-9.
Kohrt B., Marienfeld C., Panter-Brick C., Tsai A., Wainberg M. Global Mental Health: Five Areas for Value-Driven Training Innovation. Acad Psychiatry. 2016;40:650-8.
Kriesberg L., Dayton B. Constructive Conflicts: From Escalation to Resolution. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 2011.
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Lake A. Early childhood development-global action is overdue. Lancet. 2011;378:1277-8.
Lakkis NA, Osman MH, Aoude LC, Maalouf CJ, Issa HG, Issa GM. A Pilot Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting in Refugees from Syria in Lebanon and Jordan. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2020;11.
Lamb M. The Role of the Father in Child Development. Wiley; 2004.
Lamb M., Lewis C., Cabrera N., Tamis-LeMonda C. Father-child relationships. In: Handbook of father involvement: multidisciplinary perspectives(link is external). Routlege; 2013. 1. p. 119-134p.
Landers C. Integrating Early Childhood Development and Violence Prevention. New York: Colombia University; 2014.
Langer A., Stewart F., Venugopal R. Horizontal Inequalities and Post-Conflict Development. Palgrave Macmillan; 2011.
Langford R, Panter-Brick C. A health equity critique of social marketing: where interventions have impact but insufficient reach. Soc Sci Med. 2013;83:133-41.
Lansford J., Bornstein M. Evaluation Report of the Better Parenting Project: National multisectoral collaboration on behalf of young children. New York, NY: UNICEF; 2007.
Lansford J., Deater-Deckard K. Childrearing discipline and violence in developing countries. Child Dev. 2012;83(1):62-75.
Lebowitz E., Silverman W., Martino A., Zagoory-Sharon O., Feldman R., Leckman J. Oxytocin response to youth-mother interactions in clinically anxious youth is associated with separation anxiety and dyadic behavior. Depress Anxiety. 2017;34(2):127-136.
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Leckman J., Donaldson C., Affolter F., Ponguta L. Pathways to wellbeing and a more peaceful and sustainable world: The transformative power of children and families. Japanese Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2019;60.
Leckman JF, Rubinstein J. Not just in Philadelphia – But across the globe. Depression and Anxiety. 2019.
Leckman J., Britto P. Steps toward peace and violence prevention across generations: The potential of Early Child Development in the context of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2018;2018:5-12.
Leckman JF, Ponguta LA, Pavarini G, Hein SD, McCarthy MF, Staiti H, et al. Love and peace across generations: Biobehavioral systems and global partnerships. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2021;8:100092.
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Leckman J., Panter-Brick C., Salah R. Peace is a lifelong process: The importance of partnerships. In: Leckman J., Panter-Brick C., Salah R., editors. Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families. Vol 15. MIT Press; 2014. 3. p. 3-17p.
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Leckman J., Herman A. Maternal behavior and developmental psychopathology. Biol Psychiatry. 2002;51(1):27-43.
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Lederach J. Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation Across Cultures. Syracuse University Press; 1996.
Lee B., Leckman J., Khoshnood K. Violence, health, and South-North collaboration: Interdisciplinary research in light of the 2030 Agenda. Soc Sci Med. 2015;146:236-42.
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LEGO,. Responsive caregiving, early learning and play, and children’s safety and security during COVID-19. LEGO Foundation; 2021.
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Leyva D., Weiland C., Barata M., Yoshikawa H., Snow C., Trevino E., et al. Teacher-child interactions in Chile and their associations with prekindergarten outcomes. Child Dev. 2015;86:781-99.
Lilja I. Handbook on counselling asylum seeking and refugee women victims of gender-based violence. European Union’s Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme ; 2019.
Lindsay K., Buss C., Wadhwa P., Entringer S. The Interplay Between Nutrition and Stress in Pregnancy: Implications for Fetal Programming of Brain Development. Biological psychiatry. 2019;85:135-149.
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