Researcher of the Month
Introducing fresh research to the world

Luisa Fassi
PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge
Luisa studies the relationship between social media use and adolescents' mental health.
Along with co-authors, Luisa has recently published a paper which explores social media use in teens with and without clinical level mental health conditions.
Luisa Fassi
PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge
Do teens with mental health conditions use social media differently than their peers?
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PhD researcher in Applied Health Research at the University of Kent
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Navigating the feed: younger adolescents' reflections on algorithmically curated social media

Professor Victoria Goodyear
Professor of Physical Activity, Health and Wellbeing, University of Birmingham
May 2025
Looking beyond smartphone bans

Dr Kathryn Hesketh and Professor Helen Dodd
UKRI Future Leaders Fellows
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Encouraging adventurous play in the preschool years

Professor Judy Hutchings OBE
Director of the Centre for Evidence based Early Intervention, Bangor University
March 2025
Fostering a school culture against bullying: the KiVa Programme

Dr Kim Sylwander
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Digital Futures for Children Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science
February 2025
When is the right age? Searching for age-appropriate ways to support children's online lives

Professor Li Zhao
Professor of Psychology, Hangzhou Normal University, China
January 2025
Showing faith and trust in children nurtures integrity

Professor Saloni Krishnan and Professor Pablo Ripollés
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December 2024
Intrinsic reward and word learning

Dr Natalie Brown
Research Officer, Welsh Institute of Performance Science, Swansea University
November 2024
Delivering effective menstrual education

Dr Margarita Panayiotou
Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology at the University of Manchester
October 2024
How influential is social media on young people's mental health?