Understanding and Promoting early Learning, Inclusion, and Foundations for Thriving

We are the UPLIFT lab.
We work alongside parents, early years practitioners and policy makers
to conduct meaningful, ethical research into early child development.

The UPLIFT team are based in the Centre for Developmental Science, University of Birmingham, and the Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research, University of Oxford.

Explore our research projects focused on supporting and understanding early child development, with a particular focus on the foundations of executive functions.

Meet our team of researchers dedicated to advancing our understanding of child development and flourishing.

Access our peer-reviewed research reports