Healthy Start Transformative Research Meeting: Can Adolescents Be Game Changers for 21st century societal challenges?

Location: Delft, het Meisjeshuis
Date: October 8-10, 2025

Details:

Thank you for participating in this Transformative Research Meeting, exploring the potential of adolescents to address 21st-century societal challenges. This interdisciplinary workshop combines insights from psychology, neuroscience, economics, sociology, and design thinking to understand how adolescents’ societal contributions emerge, are motivated, and can have implications for policy. Join us in transforming cutting-edge research into real-world impact by developing new ideas and actionable strategies to empower adolescents as change-makers in society.

Highlights:

  • Presentations by leading experts including Ron Dahl, Patricia Lockwood, Candice Odgers, and Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Lydia Krabbendam, Esther Roozendaal, Anna van Duijvenvoorde, Sander Thomaes, Jeroen van der Waal, Wilco van Dijk, Susanna Osinga, Milene Goncalvez, Ryan Muetzel, Gijs Schumacher, Bert Bakker, Ili Ma, Wouter van den Bos, Eveline Crone, Lysanne te Brinke, and Suzanne van de Groep.
  • Interactive sessions on design thinking, participatory action designs, and Living Labs.
  • Panel discussions with youth organizations and researchers from diverse disciplines.
  • Focus on interventions and societal contributions through interdisciplinary research and participatory designs.

Contact

ADDRESS

Erasmus University Rotterdam
Mandeville Building T13
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam, the Netherlands