Ambition portfolio: Mental well-being of youth
Ongoing projects
Well-b-young
Collaboration with youth to identify which universal school-based initiatives effectively enhance youth mental well-being
Amplifying youth perspectives on mental well-being
Amplify young people’s understandings of what it means to be mentally well and make visible where their perspectives challenge existing adult-led frameworks
Life Goals Rotterdam
Mental resilience through sport
Resilience to Anxiety at School
How can teachers, parents, and peers help?
Unwind
Harnessing music, art and cultural participation as mental-health interventions
Mbo-students as co-researchers in MRI research
Researching the neural mechanisms of self-disclosure of societal topics among youth
Completed projects
Enhancing well-being and personal development for medical students
Promoting equity and sustainable employability
Promoting a sociotechnical approach toward adolescent relationships and sexuality in the digital age
A transdisciplinary collaboration toward scientific and societal agenda setting
Touching minds
Bridging research, art, and outreach with 3D-printed brain MRIs
Xposed (Unmasked)
A gamified solution to study pornographic stereotypes
PISA study
Mental health Policy Impact on Suicide Attempts and self-harm incidents in youth
SPARK
In this transformative project, convergence researchers, children (aged 8-12 years) and (mental) health care professionals explore three important challenges of child participation in research.
Music’s mental toolbox
This project explores music’s role towards well-being and societal engagement among young people in Rotterdam.
Just-In-Time-Adaptive mechanisms
Mental health-apps in co-creation with youth
Never Mind
A theater production on mental health and social inequality made by and for youth
What is happening inside my head?
Online lesson series on mental health and the brain
HERSENSPIN
HERSENonderzoek en educatie voor SPeels INzicht
(Re)Searching a Healthy Start
An educational podcast project