updated 2025-06-20
The research group focuses on the living conditions, health and well-being of children and young people from a Nordic and health-promoting perspective. The Nordic region has a strong tradition of welfare, equality, and a child rights perspective, which creates unique opportunities to promote young people’s health and development. Children and young people are a particularly important group to research because they are in a malleable and crucial phase of life – what happens during childhood affects health and quality of life well into adulthood. By focusing on promoting factors rather than just problems, we can help create long-term, sustainable, and inclusive societies. Our work contributes knowledge that strengthens preventive and health-promoting work in, for example, schools, families, and social institutions throughout the Nordic region.
Current active members
Gita Hedin – website – convener
Eliva Atieno Ambugo – website
Fereshteh Baygi – website
Olin Blaalid Oldeide – website
Åsa Bringsén – website
Bjarne Bruun-Jensen – website
Anne Clancy – website
Hadil Elsayed – email
Helena Gard – website
Jennifer Gothilander – website
Julie Dalgaard Guldager – website
Dan Grabrovski website
Zofia Hammerin – website
Malin Holmström Rising – website
Catrine Kostenius – website
Hilde Laholt – website
Sofie Lundström – website
Ulrika Lögdberg – website
Anneli Martilla – email
Nikko Männikkö – email
Merja Männistö – website
Berit Misund Dahl – email
Jennie Ryding website
Katarina Sjögren Forss – website
Helga Sol Olafsdottir – website
Thomas Tjelta – website
Charlotte Overgaard – website
Maria Kääriäinen – email
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