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The 23 research projects

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The u’GOOD research programme funds 23 projects in nine countries in the Global South focusing on the thematic areas of young people and livelihoods, climate change, digitalisation and mental health.

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Investigating the nexus of relational wellbeing, digital ICT capabilities and mental health resilience among adolescents, youth and young adults in urban and peri-urban areas in Tanzania (TEVUAfya)
The project aims to address mental health challenges among urban youth in Tanzania, gain an understanding of the  factors that affect them, and employ a relational approach using digital technologies.

Digitalisation

How social media use promotes relational wellbeing in the Global South
How do young people in the Global South experience and make sense of their social media use? How does social media use relate to their relational wellbeing?

Digitalisation

Youth-strong: Socio-technical responses to online neglect and global youth economic exploitation
This project aims to protect and enhance the wellbeing of young people in the Global South by addressing the growing threat of digital predation. As young people become increasingly vulnerable to online economic exploitation, there is an urgent need to develop resilient socio-technical systems.

Digitalisation

Adolescent girls and young women BLOOM and THRIVE
Through systematic equity action-analysis, this project applies novel, southern, qualitative and action-oriented participatory methods. It will invite meaningful participation in research, and implementation in advocacy through intersectional, relational approaches.

Digitalisation

Improving relational wellbeing among young people in dense urban environments
Climate change poses a threat to the mental wellbeing of humans and this effect increases in cities that face rising temperatures, noise and air pollution.

Digitalisation

Innovative digital engagement solutions using a relational wellbeing approach
A study to promote mental health and wellbeing in Vietnamese adolescents

Digitalisation