Organised Symposia & Conferences

Schuhmacher, N., & Henderson, A. (2022). The ontogenetic roots of children’s early socio-emotional competencies. ICIS International Congress on Infant Studies, Ottawa, Canada, 7-10 July.

Giner-Torréns, M., Wefers, H., & Schuhmacher, N. (2019). Nachwuchsworkshop Entwicklungspsychologie [Workshop for young researchers in developmental psychology ], Münster, 10-12 July.

Schuhmacher, N., & Wefers, H. (2017). Caretaker and baby in action - Dynamic systems approach to analyzing caretaker-infant interactions. Paper Symposium organized at the Joint Conference of Developmental Psychology and Educational Psychology of the German Psychological Society (PAEPSY), Münster, Germany, 11-14 September.

Schuhmacher, N., & Dworazik, N. (2017). Moral in der Mache - Moralische Entwicklung bei Kindern im Vor- und Grundschulalter [Moral in the making - Moral development in pre- and primary-schoolers]. Paper Symposium organized at the Joint Conference of Developmental Psychology and Educational Psychology of the German Psychological Society (PAEPSY), Münster, Germany, 11-14 September.

Schuhmacher, N., & Köster, M. (2016). Young scientist workshop: Multidisciplinary approaches to socio-cognitive development (MASCD). Conference organized for young researchers in the field of socio-cognitive development, Münster, 28-29 October.

Köster, M. & Schuhmacher, N. (2016). Cognitive and motivational underpinnings of early helping behavior. Paper Symposium organized at the 2016 International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 26-28 May.

Schuhmacher, N. (2015). Emerging social and situational constraints of children’s altruisitic and mutualistic behavior. Paper Symposium orgnanized at the 2015 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 19-21 March.

Conferences

2024

Schuhmacher, N. (2024). Development and promotion of early prosocial behavior – ideas on to test the effectivness of cooperative games. Paper presented at the Regionaltagung Entwicklungspsychologie, Münster, Germany, 27 February.

2023

Schuhmacher, N., & Kärtner, J. (2023). Imitation as a social learning mechanism of helping behavior in 1-year-olds. Paper presented at the 52nd annual meeting of the Jean Piaget Society (JPS), Madrid, Spain, 1-3 June.

Schuhmacher, N., & Kärtner, J. (2023). The Role of Imitation in Toddlers’ Prosocial Development - Insights from Two Experimental Studies. Poster presented at the 25. Fachgruppentagung Entwicklungspsychologie (EPSY), Berlin, Germany, 3-5 September.

2021

Schuhmacher, N., Toppe, T., Stengelin, R., Schmidt, L. S., & Amini, N. (2021). Families' Stress and Coping Strategies During Covid-19 Lockdown. Poster presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, USA, 7-9 April.

Kärtner, J., Giner-Torréns, M., Schuhmacher, N. (2021, Apr 7-9). The social roots of early helping behavior. Paper presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, USA, 7-9 April.

2019

Schuhmacher, N. (2019). Does early prosocial behavior predict morality in preschoolers? A longitudinal study from toddlerhood to preschool-years. Paper presented at the Gemeinsame Tagung der Fachgruppen Entwicklungspsychologie und pädagogische Psychlogie (PAEPSY), Leipzig, Germany, 9-12 September.

Schuhmacher, N., Köster, M. & Kärtner, J. (2019).The imitation of prosocial activities in 16-month-olds – How children learn to help others. Paper presented at the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, March 21-23.

2018

Schuhmacher, N., & Wefers, H. (2018). Workshop Dynamic Systems. Workshop organized for Methodenworkshop des Leipziger Forschungszentrums für frühkindliche Entwicklung (LFE), Leipzig, Germany, 7-9 March.

2017

Schuhmacher,N., Wefers, H., & Kärtner, J. (2017). Discovering cultural differences in early mother-infant interaction using State-Space-Grids. Paper presented at the Gemeinsame Tagung der Fachgruppen Entwicklungspsychologie und pädagogische Psychlogie (PAEPSY), Münster, Germany, 11-14 September.

Wefers, H., Schuhmacher, N., & Kärtner, J. (2017). Apathetic or hyped up babies? Culture-specific norms and the dynamics of early mother-infant interaction. Paper presented at the Gemeinsame Tagung der Fachgruppen Entwicklungspsychologie und pädagogische Psychlogie (PAEPSY), Münster, Germany, 11-14 September.

Schuhmacher, N., & Kärtner, J. (2017). Effekte von Gruppenzugehörigkeit und moralischer Information auf die Evaluation Anderer bei Vorschülern - Wie stabil ist der in-group bias im Angesicht (un)moralischen Verhaltens [Effects of group membership and moral information on preschoolers' evaluations of others]? Paper presented at the Gemeinsame Tagung der Fachgruppen Entwicklungspsychologie und pädagogische Psychlogie (PAEPSY), Münster, Germany, 11-14 September.

Invited Talks

Schuhmacher, N. (2023). How to measure and promote quality in early childhood education. Invited Talk at the Medienforum Bersenbrück, Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück, October 13.

Schuhmacher, N. (2022). Early Moral Development - From the Social Origins of Initial Helping Behavior to Complex Helping Decisions in Preschool Children. Invited talk at the Colloquium at the Department of Developmental Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, May 24.

Schuhmacher, N. (2021). Early helping behavior – Investigating the social origins of early prosocial and moral development. Invited talk at the Jacobs Center Zürich, University of Zürich, May 21.

Schuhmacher, N. (2019). Zur Bedeutung von Freundschaften in der frühen Kindheit [The relevance of peers during early childhood]. Invited talk at “Unter Freunden. Interdisziplinäre Begegnungen, Ringvorlesung Studium im Alter“ [Among friends, Lecture for Studies for Lifelong Learning], WWU Münster, June 17.

Schuhmacher, N. (2017). Soziale Einflüsse auf frühes prosoziales Verhalten und moralische Entwicklung im Vorschulalter [Social influences on early prosocial and moral development]. Invited talk at the Colloquium at the Deparment of Education, Psychology and Sociology, TU Dortmund University, November 27.

Schuhmacher, N. (2016). Soziale Einflüsse auf frühes prosoziales Verhalten und moralische Entwicklung im Vorschulalter. Invited talk at the Conference on „Kind & Moral” [child & morality], University of Chemnitz, 3-5 November.

Schuhmacher, N. (2015). The Role of Individual, Dyadic and Social Factors in Toddler’s Joint Collaborative Activities with Unfamiliar Peers. Invited talk at Unseld Lecture FORUM SCIENTIARUM, University of Tuebingen, June 22.

Schuhmacher, N. (2012). Die Entwicklung Prosozialen Verhaltens im 2. und 3. Lebensjahr [The development of prosocial behavior in the 2nd and 3rd year of life]. Invited talk at the Colloquium at the Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Münster, May 22.

Schuhmacher, N. (2009). The Development of Prosocial and Cooperative Behavior during the 2nd Year of Life. Invited talk at the Colloquium of the Developmental Psychology Department, University of Groningen, December 7.

Schuhmacher, N. (2009). Warum Kinder Anderen helfen - Die Entwicklung und Förderung prosozialen und kooperativen Verhaltens im 2. Lebensjahr [Why children help others - The development and promotion of prosocial and cooperative behavior during the 2nd year of life]. Invited talk at the Department of Social Work & Health, University of Applied Sciences Emden, November 4.