Dr Lene Arnett Jensen is a recognised researcher in the field of human development from an intercultural perspective. She is the founder of the cultural-developmental approach, which integrates universal and culture-specific aspects of development.  Her research focuses, amongst other things, on moral development, culture, religion and values in various communities around the world.

Dr Lene Arnett Jensen is a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Psychology at Clark University in Massachusetts, USA (research professor). She was awarded her PhD by the University of Chicago through the Committee on Comparative Human Development. She is the author and principal developer of the cultural-developmental approach, which integrates research into universal and culture-specific aspects of human development.

Dr Jensen served as Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious series New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development for over a decade. She is also the editor of two major publications by Oxford University Press - The Oxford Handbook of Moral Development and The Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture. She has also co-authored four widely used academic textbooks on human development, adolescence and early adulthood.