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Digital Participation

24 March 2026: In the DFG-funded project “Making e-participation work for transformations”, the interdisciplinary project team held its first workshop. 

Mental Health and Schools

19 March 2026: At the German School Award winners’ conference, Kevin Dadaczynski gave a talk on the importance of mental health in schools.

WHO meeting on child and adolescent health

12 March 2026: A discussion took place in Lisbon on the WHO strategy for child and adolescent health and the work of the WHO Collaborating Centres.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7snBjg2Dk68

HBSC-Introduction Video

10 Feb 2026: The HBSC-study team is now also active on YouTube and has created a video to mark the 2026 survey. 

https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/41/1/daag012/8461752

40 Years Health Promotion

05 Feb 2026: Marking its 40th anniversary, the editorial summarizes the contributions made by the journal Health Promotion International.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/josh.70116

Effectiveness of MindMatters

22 Jan 2026: The publication reports on the effectiveness of the MindMatters intervention on the mental health of primary school pupils.

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/gesundheitserziehung/team/gentiana-kodra

New team member

01 Jan 2026: We warmly wellcome Gentiana Kodra as a new member of our team. Gentiana supports the professorship in research and teaching.

https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/12/12/1613

frühstArt-Study Protocol

26 Nov 2025: The study protocol for the formative evaluation of the 12-month frühstArt intervention has been published.

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/health-education/team/afifah-pribadi

New team member

15 Dec 2025: We warmly wellcome Afifah Pribadi as a new member of our team. Afifah supports the professorship in research and teaching.

https://www.aok.de/pp/berliner-gesundheitspreis/

Nebolus receives a health award

17 Oct 2025: We are delighted that our Nebolus project has been awarded second prize in the Berlin Health Prize.

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/mentale-gesundheit-wie-schulen-kinder-und-jugendliche-unterstuetzen-koennen-100.html

Mental Health and Schools

11 Oct. 2025: In the education magazine “Campus & Karriere,” Prof. Dadaczynski spoke about mental health and the role of schools.

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/health-education/team/anna-lena-kurth

New team member

01 Sep. 2025: We warmly welcome Anna-Lena Kurth as a new member of our team. Anna-Lena will be working on the frühstArt project.

https://academic.oup.com/heapro

Associate Editor of the Journal "Health Promotion International"

07 April 2025: Starting in May, Prof. Dadaczynski will support the renowned journal published by Oxford University Press as an associate editor.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/hbsc-germany

HBSC now on LinkedIn

03 April 2025: The German network of the HBSC study now provides regular information on current study findings, background information and current topics.

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/medizin-ernaehrung/kommt-das-schulfach-gesundheit-das-sagen-experten-110382992.html

Health as a school subject: yes, no?

01 April 2025: Prof. Dadaczynski was interviewed as part of an article in the FAZ on the health of pupils and a health subject at school.