Our Research

NCCF brings together leading scholars and graduate students from psychology, education, health, family studies, psychiatry, sociology, economics, and political science in the interdisciplinary analysis of complex social phenomena. NCCF collaborates with various schools of Columbia University and departments at Teachers College, and with centers engaged in similar work nationally and internationally. Research projects span a broad spectrum of activities within the context of six related research themes:

Early Care and Education
Families
Social Context of Education
Systems/Governance
Neighborhood/Community
International