Welcome

01 May 2026: We warmly welcome Simon Wallraf as a new member of our team. Simon Wallraf will be working on the eParT project.

15 April 2026: We warmly welcome Philip Lorenz as a new member of our team. Philip Lorenz will be working on the eParT project.

01 April 2026: We warmly welcome Avelina Lovis-Schmidt as a new member of our team. Avelina Lovis-Schmidt will be working on the HBSC project.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.