Child with RUBI

Research and Education

UC San Diego’s Early Care and Education program serves as a child-development demonstration school and supports multidisciplinary research efforts, such as psychology, education, linguistics, sociology, anthropology and technology.

Current collaborations include:

• UC San Diego Education Studies 131/139 Field Study Practicum Host
• First 5/UC San Diego Community Health, Breastfeeding Friendly San Diego Initiative
• UC San Diego Cognitive Science Department
• UC San Diego Psychology Department, Early Learning and Cognition Lab
• UC San Diego Human Development
• UC San Diego Human Department of Sociology
• San Diego State University, Child and Family Development

Past collaborations include:

• UC San Diego Temporal Dynamic Learning Center (NSF Cyber Learning Grant): RUBI “iterative immersive design,” a unique advantage in the field of human-robot interaction in collaboration with the University of Queensland, Australia
• UC San Diego School of Medicine, Social and Behavioral Science Program