Dear Colleagues,


The Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood has now resurrected our thematic regional conferences around the globe in the off-years from our biennial Conference on Emerging Adulthood.

Please mark your calendar and join us at Poznań, Poland on Jun 29th – July1, 2026 for what is shaping up to be a great conference.


Sincerely,

Carolyn McNamara Barry, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Psychology
University of Scranton
President, Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood

I cordially invite an international group of researchers to participate in a conference dedicated to the topic of emerging adulthood.

This event offers a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary dialogue on the complex transformations shaping the lives of young adults in today's world. I believe that our shared reflections and exchange of experiences will not only deepen our scientific understanding, but also inspire new and innovative directions for future research.


ks. prof. Mieczysław Polak

Dean Faculty of Theology
Dziekan Wydziału Teologicznego
 

I am pleased to invite you to join the conference dedicated to exploring the challenges and opportunities accompanying the transition into adulthood. In today’s rapidly changing social and cultural landscape, the assumption of full responsibility for one’s life is increasingly delayed, and the journey toward maturity has become more intricate and multi-stage.

This gathering will offer a forum for in-depth examination of this phenomenon, with particular attention to its developmental, cognitive, and social dimensions. I am convinced that our joint search for answers to questions about the boundaries and definitions of adulthood will allow us better to understand the dynamics of change in the younger generation.


Mariusz Urbański

Dean of the Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Science
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

Dziekan Wydziału Psychologii i Kognitywistyki
Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu


Keynotes


Jeffrey Jensen Arnet
Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett is the leading authority in the world on the age period from 18 to 29 that he named emerging adulthood. Dr. Arnett is a Senior Research Scholar in the Department of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Lene Arnett Jensen
Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Lene Arnett Jensen is Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Psychology at Clark University, Massachusetts, USA. She received her Ph.D. from the Committee on Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago.
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Committees


Scientific Committee

Chair: Lucyna Bakiera, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

Byron G. Adams, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Karolina Appelt, Ph.D.
Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

Jan Cieciuch, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Institute of Psychology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland

Kamil Janowicz, Ph.D.
University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poznań, Poland
 
Dariusz Krok, PhD, Associate Professor
Department of Health Psychology and Quality of Life, University of Opole, Poland

Konrad Piotrowski, Ph.D., Associate Professor
University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poznań, Poland

Anna Wieradzka-Pilarczyk, Ph.D.
Faculty of Theology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

Monika Wysota, Ph.D.
Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts in Kalisz, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
 
Wanda Zagórska, PhD, Associate Professor
Institute of Psychology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland

Local Organizing Committee

Chair: Anna Wieradzka-Pilarczyk, Ph.D.
Faculty of Theology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
 
Byron G. Adams, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Karolina Appelt, Ph.D.
Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

Alicja Jajko-Siwek, Ph.D.
University of Economics and Business, Poland

Itzel Eguiluz Ph.D.
Health Sciences School, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

Lisa Gaudette Ph.D. 
Clarck University, USA

Larry Nelson, Ph.D., Professor
School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, USA

Piotr Pisecki Ph.D., Associate Professor
Faculty of Theology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

Michał Szymandera
Faculty of Theology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

 
 



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