Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
phdcn-study.bsky.social
Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
@phdcn-study.bsky.social
A multi-cohort study of children coming of age, 1995 to the present. https://sites.harvard.edu/phdcn/
Pinned
This is the official Bluesky account for the PHDCN+, a longitudinal multi-cohort study of children from Chicago started in 1995 and followed through 2024. Follow us here and on our website (sites.harvard.edu/phdcn/) for updates about the data and findings.
PHDCN – Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
sites.harvard.edu
Can children with the same background have radically different futures just because they were born a few years apart?

Yes. Marked by Time (@harvardpress.bsky.social) shows how social change and the "character trap" reshape lives in ways traditional risk models miss. (1/2)
February 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
In a new paper with @russellsagefdn.bsky.social, Robert J. Sampson assesses key research issues in racial inequalities in criminal justice, then outlines a future research agenda to better understand and potentially reduce these inequalities: www.rsfjournal.org/content/11/3/1
Frontiers of Research on Racial Inequalities in Criminal Justice
Racial disparities in contact with the criminal justice system remain a pressing concern for both scholars and the public, yet debate persists about how best to explain and reduce them. The articles i...
www.rsfjournal.org
October 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is the official Bluesky account for the PHDCN+, a longitudinal multi-cohort study of children from Chicago started in 1995 and followed through 2024. Follow us here and on our website (sites.harvard.edu/phdcn/) for updates about the data and findings.
PHDCN – Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
sites.harvard.edu
October 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New in Science Advances from @phdcn-study.bsky.social: 2/3 of people who ever carried guns began in adulthood, and their patterns of carrying differ greatly from those who began carrying in adolescence. Open access at www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #ScienceAdvancesResearch
Dual pathways of concealed gun carrying and use from adolescence to adulthood over a 25-year era of change
Distinct patterns by life-course stage—adolescence versus adulthood—reveal dual pathways for concealed gun carrying and gun use.
www.science.org
December 4, 2024 at 8:14 PM