Invited Presentations

Malti, T. (2024, March). Becoming caring: The potential of human prosocial development. Virtual keynote presented at the Annual Conference of the Japanese Society of Developmental Psychology (JSDP), Osaka, Japan.

 

Malti, T. (2024, February). Wege zu einer humanen Weltgemeinschaft: Entwicklungspotenziale erkennen und staerken (towards a humane global community: Understanding and nurturing developmental potential). Keynote presented at the Presidential Lecture Series, Technical University Braunschweig and Braunschweig Scientific Society, Germany.

 

Malti, T. (2023, November). Becoming humane: Origins and impacts of kindness in child development. Keynote presented at the Workshop Synergies in Prosocial and Altruistic behavior, University of Cordoba, Spain.

 

Malti, T. (2023, October). Every child matters: Supporting healthy, kind development across contexts. Keynote presented at the Workshop Child Well-being in Formal and Informal Care and Education Contexts: New Perspectives on Intervention, Universita Cattolica, Milan, Italy.

 

Malti, T. (2023, September). Project RAISE: A social-emotional traning framework for refugee families and service providers. Invited presentation at the 2023 European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP), Turku, Finland.

 

Malti, T. (2023, September). Fokus sozial-emotionale Stärken: Die Gesundheit jeden Kindes fördern (Nurturing every child’s health and wellbeing via social-emotional development). Keynote presented at the Vienna Conference on Health Promotion, Vienna, Austria.

 

Malti, T. (2023, August). Every child matters: Supporting healthy development through community-based interventions. Keynote presented at the 15th ISSBD African Regional Workshop, Kampala, Uganda.

 

Malti, T. (2023, August). Project RAISE: A social-emotional training framework for refugee families and service providers. Invited presentation at the 2023 European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP), Turku, Finland.

 

Malti, T. (2023, August). The power of psychodiversity: Finding commonality and specificity in child development. Keynote to be presented at the 4th Cultural Diversity, Migration, and Education Conference, Halle (Saale), Germany.

 

Malti, T. (2023, March). Nourishing the next generation: Building healthy, kind, and productive children. Keynote presented at the U of T President’s Reception, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Malti, T. (2023, March). Nourishing the next generation: Building healthy, kind, and productive children in Taiwan. Keynote presented at the U of T Meet Anywhere Alumni event, Taipei, Taiwan.

 

Malti, T. (2023, March). Nourishing the next generation: Building healthy, kind, and productive children in South Korea. Keynote presented at the U of T Meet Anywhere Alumni event, Seoul, South Korea.

 

Malti, T. (2023, March). Forschung Kind: Wege zu einer gesunden und menschlichen Gesellschaft (Child development, health, and humankind: A research agenda). Keynote presented at the SPIN2030 Science Fair Kick-off Event, Leipzig, Germany.

 

Malti, T. (2022, December). Wege zu einer empathischen Weltgemeinschaft: Wie entwickeln sich gesunde und friedfertige Kinder? (Toward an empathic world community: How healthy, peaceful children develop). Keynote presented at the Dies Academicus, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.

 

Malti, T. (2022, November). Caring about not-caring: Using the science of social-emotional development to prevent violence. Keynote presented at the 26th Workshp on Aggression, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany.

 

Malti, T. (2022, October). Caring about caring: Nurturing prosociality in every child. Keynote presented at the Breakthroughts in Early Childhood Conference,  Northern Kentucky Convention Center, Cincinnati, USA.

 

Malti, T. (2022, September). Becoming kind: Nurturing every child’s social-emotional potential. Keynote presented at the Ispa Instituto Universitario, Lisbon, Portugal.

 

Malti, T. (2022, June). Discussant of the symposium entitled Social behaviour: From assessment to intervention in the life-span (Chair: Antonella Marchetti).  Symposium presented at the  26th Biennial Meeting of the ISSBD, Rhodes, Greece.

 

Malti, T. (2022, June). Implementing a social-emotional development training framework across different sectors. In C. Spiel (Chair), From science to policy and practice: Key factors for successful implementation of innovations. Special event contribution presented at the 26th Biennial Meeting of the ISSBD, Rhodes, Greece.

 

Malti, T. (2022, April). Empathie in der Schule: Gemeinsam die Welt erleben (The empathetic school: Experiencing the world together). Keynote presented at the Schulnetz21, Network for Healthy and Sustainable Schools, Canton Zurich, Switzerland.

 

Malti, T., & Kirchschlaeger, P. (2021, December). Caring about caring children: A bird’s-eye view. Wilhelm Wundt Dialogue, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.

 

Malti, T. (2021, November). How can we grow kindness? Lessons from the science of child social-emotional development. Virtual Keynote at the Graduate Program in Developmental Psychology, University of Sevilla, Spain.

 

Malti, T. (2021, November). Translating the science of social-emotional development into practice through research-practice partnerships. Virtual Keynote at the International Opening WebConference, Department of Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literature, and Psychology, University of Florence, Italy.

 

Malti, T. (2021, August). Prävention von aggressivem Verhalten durch Foerderung der sozial-emotionalen Entwicklung (Preventing aggression in childhood and youth through the promotion of  social-emotional development)  Virtual Keynote presented at the Conference on Aggression, Department of Clinical Psychology for Children, Adolescents, and Families, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

 

Malti, T. (2021, April). Chair and Moderator of the conversation roundtable entitled Nurturing development and health in refugee and migrant children: What’s next? Conversation roundtable at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD).

 

Malti, T. (2021, April). Moderator of the invited address by Frosso Motti-Stefanidi, On adaptation of immigrant youth in Greece at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD).

 

Malti, T. (2021, March). The kind child: Foundations, pathways, and impacts of prosocial development. Presentation at the Graduate Program in Sciences of the Person and Education, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

 

Malti, T. (2020, November). Preventing bullying in schools through the promotion of social-emotional development: What’s next? Keynote presented at the Second International Conference on Child and Adolescent Development and Prevention and Intervention of School Bullying.  Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China (virtual presentation).

 

Malti, T. (2020, February). The power of caring: Building empathy and respect. Keynote presented at the event Welcoming Tomorrow: Reflections on the Power of Commitment. A symposium in honor of Zeynab and Mohammed Asadi-Lari. University of Toronto, Mississauga, Canada.

 

Malti, T. (2019, December). Children’s and adolescents’ social-emotional development in everyday interactions. Member of the panel entitled “moral development” at the conference in honor of Nancy Eisenberg, Tempe, AZ, USA.

 

Malti, T. (2019, November). Children’s and adolescents’ social-emotional development in everyday interactions. Keynote presented at the Conference on Le esperienze sociali ed emotive dei bambini e degli adolescenti nella rete. University of Florence, Italy.

 

Malti, T. (2019, November). Beyond empathy: Nurturing kindness in the early years. Keynote presented at the International Winter Training School: Evidence-Based Interventions, Social and Emotional Competenec in Infancy and Childhood: Developing Inclusion. Sapienza University Rome, Italy.

 

Malti, T. (2019, October). From being nice to being kind: Mechanisms of prosocial development. Talk presented at the University of Maryland Developmental Science Colloquium Series, Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, USA.

 

Malti, T. (2019, August). Using the science of child social-emotional development to inform practice. Keynote presented at the 19th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Athens, Greece.

 

Malti, T. (2019, August). Specificity and commonality: Complementary principles of development. In P. Leman (Chair), Does developmental psychology have a future? Symposium contribution presented at the the 19th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Athens, Greece.

 

Malti, T. (2019, August). Social-emotional development in refugee children: Toward tailored interventions. In K. Weichold (Chair), Promotion of positive development, healthy, and wellbeing across the life span. ISSBD-EADP symposium contribution presented at the 19th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Athens, Greece.

 

Malti, T. (2019, August). Discussant of the symposium entitled Social-emotional competence in early childhood: The role of social interactions and play in early education and care settings. 19th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Athens, Greece.

 

Malti, T. (2019, March). Developing kindness in children. Keynote presented at the Moral Development Pre-Conference, Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, Md, USA.

 

Malti, T. (2019, March). Facing adversity: The specificity of the refugee experience and children’s social-emotional development. In M. Bornstein (Chair), Specificity in developmental science: Illustrations from species, cultures, and families. SRCD-ISSBD Presidential Symposium contribution presented at the 2019 SRCD Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA.

 

Malti, T. (2018, December). Childhood aggression: Linking social-emotional processes and biological mechanisms. Paper presented at the Offord Center for Child Studies, McMaster University, Canada.

 

Malti, T. (2018, October). Social-emotional development in children: Pathways to mental health. Paper presented at the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, Canada.

 

Malti, T. (2018, July). Within-species comparisons of social-emotional development in the context of adverse experiences. In M. Bornstein (Chair), Multilevel comparison in developmental science: Illustrations from species, cultures, and families. Invited symposium at the 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Gold Coast, Australia.

 

Malti, T. (2017, November). How children navigate social conflict: Empathy, conscience, and inclusive caring. Keynote presented at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, Cleverginga Seminar, Cairo, Egypt.

 

Malti, T. (2017, November). Social-emotional development in young children: Pathways to health and well-being. Keynote presented at the 2nd International Conference of the Institute for Human Development (IHD), Aga Khan University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

 

Malti, T. (2017, July). Educating the mind and the heart: Why kindness matters. Keynote presented at the XVIII International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) Conference, Hofburg, Vienna, Austria.

 

Malti, T. (2017, June). Building kindness: Why children and adolescents help and harm others. Paper presented at the Department of Psychology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

 

Malti, T. (2017, June). On the life course, for a lifetime. Keynote presented at the symposium in honor of Marlis Buchmann, Marbach Castle, Germany.

 

Malti, T. (2017, May). Emotions, mind, and morality: A view from social-emotional developmental theory. Keynote presented at the Workshop on Morality, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milano, Italy.

 

Malti, T. (2017, May). Toward better evidence: Preventing violence, nurturing prosocial development. Keynote presented at the Conference in Honor of Gian Vittorio Caprara, Sapienza University Rome, Italy.

 

Malti, T. (2017, May). Emotional development and social behaviour. Keynote presented at the Department of Psychology, Sapienza University Rome, Italy.

 

Malti, T. (2017, April). Child mental health: Nurturing social-emotional development. Paper presented at the Department of Psychology, Schiller University, Jena, Germany.

 

Malti, T., Peplak, J., Colasante, T., & Sette, S. (2016, July). Physiological and affective responses to peer exclusion. Paper presented at the 24th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Vilnius, Lithuania.

 

Malti, T. (2016, June). Social exclusion and the development of fairness orientations in childhood and adolescence. Paper presented at the Conference on Tolerance and Radicalization in Times of Social Diversity, Sir Peter Ustinov Institute, Vienna, Austria.

 

Malti, T. (2016, March). Children’s emotional experiences: Exploring mechanisms and consequences. Paper presented at the Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.

 

Malti, T. (2015, November). The development of children’s emotions and behaviors in contexts of moral conflict. Keynote presented at the Workshop on Communicative and Social Competencies within Development and Learning in Early Childhood, University of Leipzig, Germany.

 

Malti, T. (2015, July). Navigating moral conflict: Children’s and adolescents’ emotions and behavior in peer relations. Keynote presented at the Workshop on Moral Behavior, Center for Advanced Studies (CAS), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany.

 

Malti, T. (2015, June). Holistic Student Assesssment: Preventing problem behaviors, promoting socioemotional development in schools. Public lecture presented at the University of Applied Sciences, School of Applied Health, Linz, Austria.

 

Malti, T. (2015, May). Why we (don’t) care: Evil, empathy, and moral development. Paper presented at the 4th Annual International Roots of Empathy Research Symposium, Toronto, Canada.

 

Malti, T. (2015, March). Healthy social-emotional development and peer exclusion. Paper presented at the Pre-Conference on Peer Relations, Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Philadelphia, USA.

 

Malti, T. (2015, March). Reducing victimization, increasing morality: A developmental frame. Paper presented at the Pre-Conference on Moral Development, Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Philadelphia, USA.

 

Malti, T., Cui, L., Dys, S., & Buchmann, M. (2014, June). Developmental and social antecedents of civic competence. Paper presented at the Volkswagen conference entitled Challenges in the Third Decade of Life – Individual Development and Health, Social Opportunities and Inequalities, Castle Herrenhausen, Germany.

 

Malti, T. (2014, March). Mind, emotions, and morality. Paper presented at the Department of Philosophy, Cognitive Science Group, York University, Canada.

 

Malti, T. (2014, March). Children’s emotions, morality, and aggression. Paper presented at the Department of Psychology, Brock University, Canada.

 

Malti, T. (2014, January). Is empathy the key? Social-emotional development and interventions for aggression in children and adolescents. Paper presented at the School of Education, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

 

Malti, T. (2013, November). Children’s moral emotions, moral cognition, and prosocial behaviour. Keynote presented at the conference entitled Cognition and Cooperation, University of Tuebingen, Germany.

 

Malti, T. (2013, October). Children’s emotional and moral development. Discussant of the Plenary Address by Nancy Eisenberg at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Association for Moral Education (AME), Montreal, Canada.

 

Malti, T. (2013, October). Children’s externalizing behavior: Developmental antecedents, assessment, and intervention. Paper presented at the Clinical Area Brown Bag Series, University of Buffalo, USA.

 

Malti, T. (2013, October). Children’s moral emotions and morally relevant behavior. Paper presented at the Department of Psychology, University of Pavia, Italy.

 

Malti, T. (2013, September). Translating developmental psychology into practice: Challenges in prevention and clinical interventions. Participant of a round table to be presented at the European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland.

 

Malti, T. (2013, September). Chair and Discussant of the symposium entitled Morality, emotions, and the development of antisocial behavior. European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland.

 

Malti, T., Beelmann, A., & Noam, G.G. (2013, August). Introduction to the second Jacobs Foundation conference entitled Methodological dilemmas in developmental intervention research. Jacobs Foundation Conference Series entitled Good enough: When are evidence-based interventions ready for dissemination. Marbach Castle, Germany.

 

Malti, T. (2013, July). Moral emotions: A developmental perspective. Keynote presented at the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Chateau de Bossey, Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland.

 

Malti, T. (2013, June). Children’s emotions in situations involving social exclusion. Paper presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society (JPS), Chicago, USA.

 

Malti, T., Noam, G.G., & Beelmann, A. (2013, May). Introduction to the first Jacobs Foundation conference entitled Translation of evidence-based knowledge into real-world settings. Jacobs Foundation Conference Series entitled Good enough: When are evidence-based interventions ready for dissemination. Marbach Castle, Germany.

 

Malti, T. (2013, April). Discussant of the symposium entitled Social-emotional assessment and intervention for reducing aggression: Integrating developmental theory and research. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Seattle, USA.

 

Malti, T. (2013, April). Chair of the symposium entitled The role of cognitive and affective moral development in children’s prosocial behavior. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Seattle, USA.

 

Buchmann, M., Malti, T., & Titzmann, P. (2013, January). Design and measurement issues in cross-national research on child migration. Paper presented at the Comparison-Comparability Workshop, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, USA.

 

Malti, T. (2012, November). Children’s emotions, morality, and social exclusion. Paper presented at the Faculty of Educational Psychology and Evaluation, University of Vienna, Austria.

 

Malti, T. (2012, November). Children’s and adolescents’ social emotions: Development, assessment, and interventions for aggressive behaviour. Keynote presented at the Building Bridges Through Education conference, University of Applied Sciences, School of Applied Health, Linz, Austria.

 

Malti, T. (2012, September). Emotions and children’s mental health: Development and interventions for early antisocial behaviour. Paper presented at the Connaught Global Challenge International Symposium, Toronto, Canada.

 

Malti, T. (2012, June) Emotions, morality, and bullying. Paper presented at the Workshop for Morality and Bullying, Zurich, Switzerland.

 

Malti, T. (2011, October). Emotions and morality in children. Paper presented at the Social-Personality Group, York University, Canada.

 

Malti, T., & Eisner, M.P. (2011, July). Which programme components matter? A mediator analysis of the Zurich PATHS study. Paper presented at the Conference on Evidence-based Developmental Prevention of Violence and Bullying, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

 

Malti, T. (2011, April). Effectiveness of a universal school-based social competence program: The role of child development and economic factors. Paper presented at the Prevention Research Center, Penn State University, USA.

 

Malti, T. (2011, April). Life-skills for youth development. Paper presented at the PEAR Annual Leadership Conference, Boston, MA, USA.

 

Malti, T. (2011, February). The role of moral emotions in the development of children’s morally relevant behavior. Keynote presented at the International Conference on Developmental Psychology, Lisbon, Portugal.

 

Malti, T. (2010, July). Developing life skills in youth. Paper presented at the Jacobs Foundation Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluating Life Skills for Youth Development, Zurich, Switzerland.

 

Rubin, K.H., Malti, T., & McDonald, K.L. (2010, April). The development of civic engagement in adolescence: The role of social relationships and social competence. Paper presented at the Jacobs Conference, Marbach Castle, Germany.

 

Malti, T. (2009, November). Development through tumultuous experiences: Moral emotions and developmental prevention. Keynote presented at the XIVth Workshop Aggression, Free University Berlin and Technical University Berlin, Germany.

 

Malti, T. (2009, October). Evaluating the short- and long-term effects of a universal prevention program to reduce children’s externalizing behavior and increase social competence: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Paper presented at the Workshop Zurich Study on the Social Development of Children, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

 

Malti, T. (2009, July). Development of resilience in childhood. Paper presented at the Summer Academy Conference for the Promotion of Child- and Youth Development, Engelberg, Switzerland.

 

Malti, T. (2009, June). Development of moral emotions and relations to children’s and adolescents’ pro- and antisocial behavior. Paper presented at the Faculty of Educational Psychology and Evaluation, University of Vienna, Austria.

 

Malti, T. (April, 2009). Discussant of the symposium entitled Bully/victim problems in children and adolescents: Associations with moral disengagement and moral values. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Denver, USA.

 

Malti, T., Noam, G. & Petersen, S. B. (2008, September). Crossing contexts to develop resiliency: Reinventing roles for school coordinators, practitioners, and clinicians. Paper presented at the PEAR Annual Leadership Conference, Boston, MA, USA.

 

Malti, T. (2008, June). Measuring social competence in large-scale longitudinal studies. Paper presented at the German Council for Social and Economic Data (RatSWD), Wiesbaden, Germany.

 

Malti, T. (2008, June). Moral emotion expectancies and children’s pro- and anti-social behaviors. Poster presented at the International Symposium Foundations of Human Social Behavior, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

 

Malti, T. (2007, September). Moral motivation, sympathy, and prosocial behavior in childhood. Paper presented at the Center for Character and Citizenship, University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA.

 

Malti, T. (2007, August). Contextual and individual antecedents of aggressive problem behaviors in childhood. Paper presented at the Swiss Commission for Children and Adolescents, Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs, Zurich, Switzerland.

 

Malti, T., & Kriesi, I. (2007, April). Measuring children’s social development in large-scale studies: Methodological challenges. Paper presented at the Swiss Federal Office of Statistics (BFS), Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

 

Malti, T. (2006, October). First results of the Swiss Survey of Children and Youth. Paper presented at the Association for Child Care, Zurich, Switzerland.

 

Malti, T. (2005, November). Depression and giftedness in children and youth: What parents and teachers can do. Paper presented at the Parental Association for Gifted Children, Zurich, Switzerland.

 

Malti, T. (2002, May). Clinical-developmental assessment of children with aggressive problem behaviors. Paper presented at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

 

Malti, T. (2001, November). Introduction to structural equation modeling. Paper presented at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.