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GEMH Researcher Leads Landmark WHO Study on Gaming and Health at Trimbos Institute
Nastasia Griffioen - 02-06-2025Dr. Nastasia Griffioen, who has started working at the Dutch Trimbos Institute in 2024 but has remained part of the GEMH Lab ever since 2017, has been given an ambitious assignment by the World Health Organization. Nastasia and her team at the Trimbos Institute will be reviewing and mapping the landscape of games and health/wellbeing literature for the WHO. .
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The last PRESS Play!
Ken Koontz - 16-10-2024After touring for more than 2,5 years, performing in more than 80 performances in 4 countries, countless choices and even more button-pushes, the very last PRESS Play will be on Friday 29 November at 8pm Campo Nieuwpoort, Ghent. .
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un-TILTED! Wins Gold at the 2024 Serious Play Awards
Ken Koontz - 19-09-2024un-TILTED! is a video game designed to help young adolescents (4th-6th grade) develop self-control in challenging situations, and it has won Gold at the 2024 Serious Play Awards!
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Meet the Bloombox!
Jeanine Jennings - 28-04-2023The Bloombox is a free and open-access collection of tools to help teams and companies build science-branded, inclusive, and effective projects that promote human flourishing.
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GEMH's response to Jonathan Haidt's stance on social media and wellbeing
Jeanine Jennings - 28-03-2023Recently, prominent social psychologist Jonathan Haidt posted a piece about social media and teen girls’ mental health. Nastasia has her own thoughts on this, read them here!
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€3.7 Million awarded for interdisciplinary project on hope and climate change
Hanneke Scholten - 14-03-2023An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, University of Twente (including our GEMH Lab co-director Hanneke Scholten) and the municipality of Amsterdam, have received €3.7 million from the National Growth Fund to explore hope as a social response to climate change.
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Stories of Impact
GEMH Lab - 04-10-2022Treating Youth Anxiety Through Gaming with Dr. Isabela Granic, Dr. Hanneke Scholten, and Ken Koontz
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Over $1.6 million awarded to GEMH Lab by TWCF
Nastasia Griffioen - 19-05-2022As the Games for Emotional and Mental Health Lab enters a new era of transitions and changes, we are extremely excited to announce that the Templeton World Charity Foundation has awarded us with over $1.6 million to share our knowledge with like-minded individuals!
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Dr. Scholten in All in the Game Podcast 'How games can make you more resilient in life'
GEMH Lab - 08-03-2022GEMH Lab's Dr. Hanneke Scholten was a main guest on the BNR 'All in the Game' podcast to talk about how games can positively influence our daily lives.
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GEMH Lab welcomes new Youth Advisors!
Nastasia Griffioen - 26-06-2023We are excited to welcome into the fold four new Youth Advisors, who will be providing sage counsel for our latest project, Wisper!