Youth Leadership Workshop

9 July 2025, by PPPE

Youth Leadership Workshop
On June 25 and 26, 2025, the first expert workshop on youth leadership took place at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The two-day event, hosted by Prof. Dr. Jennifer Tackett and co-organized with Dr. Eva Bleckmann and Prof. Dr. Jenny Wagner, brought together leading researchers to explore what leadership in adolescence really means.
Participants from Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, and the US shared insights from their research and sparked discussions about the resources, challenges and processes involved in the development of young leaders. We are very inspired by the lively, interdisciplinary exchange that paves the way for future research!
The workshop was funded by a Workshop and Conference Grant from Northwestern University awarded to Dr. Tackett. The collaboration is also supported by a Seed Funding Grant from University of Hamburg and Northwestern University (Project lead: Dr. Tackett and Dr. Bleckmann).