Lene Arnett Jensen

Lene Arnett Jensen is Senior Research Scientist at Clark University. Together with colleagues, she has conducted research on moral development and identity in countries such as Denmark, India, Thailand, Turkey, and the United States. Her "cultural-developmental" theoretical approach conceptualizes the lifespan in terms of flexible developmental templates that accommodate cultural diversity. Her recent and forthcoming publications include Child Development: A Cultural Approach, Third Edition ...See more

Lene Arnett Jensen is Senior Research Scientist at Clark University. Together with colleagues, she has conducted research on moral development and identity in countries such as Denmark, India, Thailand, Turkey, and the United States. Her "cultural-developmental" theoretical approach conceptualizes the lifespan in terms of flexible developmental templates that accommodate cultural diversity. Her recent and forthcoming publications include Child Development: A Cultural Approach, Third Edition (forthcoming, Pearson), Human Development: A Cultural Approach, Third Edition (2019, Pearson), Child Development Worldwide: A Cultural Approach (2018, Pearson), Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture (2016, Oxford University Press), Moral Development in a Global World (2015, Cambridge University Press), and Bridging Cultural and Developmental Psychology (2011, Oxford University Press). From 2004 to 2015, she was editor-in-chief for the journal New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development . In recent years, she has been a visiting professor at Stanford University, Aalborg University in Denmark, Maharaja Sayajirao University in India, and the University of Bordeaux in France. See less