Refugees experience mental health issues such as nightmares, a general feeling of insecurity and the fear of unintentionally arising memories before, during and after fleeing from their country. As part of my PhD studies, I was introduced to various mental health programs that aim to reach refugee youth and provide them with learning strategies to…
As part of my PhD project, I explore design solutions for technology enabled interventions promoting resilience in unaccompanied migrant youth (UMY). During my research, I realized more and more how much political regulations impact the living circumstances and thereby the mental wellbeing of the UMY. For the same reason, several NGOs claim legal changes having…
Employed as project assistant at the TU Wien in Austria, I am exploring the design space of youth-specific technologies promoting resilience. To learn from the experts in the area of psychology, I am collaborating with the Medical University of Vienna and Anna Freud Centre in London. The research project is part of the Technology-Enabled Mental Health for Young…