Academic Papers

Ager, W., Reifels, L., Augustinavicius, J., & Pschiuk, L. (2022). Exploring current responses to the climate crisis in MHPSS interventions in humanitarian settings (Editorial). Intervention, 20(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.4103/intv.intv_3_22

Cadamuro, A., Birtel, M.D., Di Bernardo, G.A, Crapolicchio, E., Vezzali, L., & Drury, J. (2021). Resilience in children in the aftermath of disasters: A systematic review and a new perspective on individual, interpersonal, group, and intergroup level factors. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 31, 259-275. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2500

Cowan, J., Dzidic, P., & Newnham, E.A. (2023). The Australian mainstream media’s portrayal of youth climate activism and dissent. Qualitative Sociology Review, XIX (2), 74-91. http://www.czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/qualit/article/view/18044

Cuartas, J., Bhatia, A., Carter, D., Cluver, L., Coll, C., Draper, C.E., et al. (2023). The climate crisis and violence against children. Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 7(9), 605-607. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00137-2

Cuartas, J., McCoy, D.C., Torres, I., Burghardt, L., Shonkoff, J.P., & Yoshikawa, H. (2024). The developmental consequences of early exposure to climate change‐related risks. Child Development Perspectives. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12503

Cuartas, J., Ramírez-Varela, L., Spitzer, J., Brieant, A., Ghazanfar, A., Lansford, J. E., & Sanson, A. (2025). Climate change, families, and human development: Review of the evidence. Journal of Cognition and Development, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2025.2468187

Newnham, E.A., Dzidic, P.L., & Kelly, L.M. (2023). Child disaster resilience in action: Post-bushfire qualitative perspectives on a school-based preparedness program. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 96, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103925

Newnham, E.A., Mergelsberg, E.L.P., Chen, Y., Kim, Y., Gibbs, L., Dzidic, P., et al. (2022). Long term mental health trajectories after disasters and pandemics: A multilingual systematic review of prevalence, risk and protective factors. Clinical Psychology Review, 97, 102203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2022.102203

Pereira, T., & Freire, T. (2021). Positive Youth Development in the Context of Climate Change: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 786119. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.786119

Romanello, M., Di Napoli, C., Drummond, P., Green, C., Kennard H., Lampard, P., et al. (2022). The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Health at the mercy of fossil fuels. The Lancet, 400(10363), 1619-1654. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01540-9

Sanson, A., Malca, K.P., Van Hoorn, J., & Burke, S.E.L. (2022). Children and Climate Change (Elements in Child Development). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009118705

Sanson, A.V., Van Horne, J., & Burke, S.E.L. (2019). Responding to the impacts of the climate crisis on children and youth. Child Development Perspectives, 13(4), 201–207. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12342

Thomaes, S. (2025). Climate change and youth development: A view of an emerging field. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254251317141

Vergunst, F., & Berry, H.L. (2022). Climate change and children’s mental health: A developmental perspective. Clinical Psychological Science, 10, 767–785. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026211040787

Verlie, B., & Flynn, A. (2022). School strike for climate: A reckoning for education. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 38, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1017/aee.2022.5