2018 Volume 29 Issue 4 Pages 208-218
The internationalization of study of development in Japan and contributions to international society has been an issue for a long time. In this study, based on three symposiums held in the 2017 Conference of the Japan Society of Developmental Psychology, the internationalization of studies of development is discussed from the following three perspectives. The first examines cultural dependency of study of development from the viewpoints of developmental research from Europe and America (especially English-speaking countries), the second examines the current status in internationalization by Japanese researchers and the academic trends of studies of development, based on high-quality cases of development studies, and the third examines the role and potential of the Japan Society of Developmental Psychology and the association's journal and considers the possibilities of supporting researchers toward internationalization. Finally, this paper discusses what should lie at the root of studies that tend to be overlooked by researchers aiming for internationalization.
