Principal Investigators
Prof. dr. C. L. (Claudi) Bockting
Co-Director
Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), dept. Psychiatry / IAS
PI: Micro factors and interventions in common mental health problems and severe psychiatric disorders
PhD Students:
Junus van der Wal ('Understanding the dynamics of depression in high-risk urban populations using a complex systems approach')
Hanan Bozhar ('Understanding affective and addictive disorders in adolescents in an urban background using a life-course complex systems approach') [involved as co-director]
Karoline Huth ('Networks of addiction and depression in multi-ethnic urban settings') [involved as co-director]
Amber Koert ('Exercise training and the prevention of stress in high-risk adolescents') [involved as co-director]
Lotte Brinkhof ('Promoting preventive interventions based on resilience network for aging individuals in urban settings') [involved as co-director]
Email: c.l.bockting@amsterdamumc.nl
dr. C. (Christian) Bröer
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG, group: Political Sociology: Power, Place and Difference
PI: Qualitative and interpretive approaches to the social context of interventions, perceptions of problems and interventions and involvement of stakeholders
Email: c.broer@uva.nl
Prof. dr. D. A. J. P. (Damiaan) Denys
Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), dept. Psychiatry
PI: Autonomy and psychiatric disorder
Email: d.denys@amsterdamumc.nl
dr. S. (Sacha) Epskamp
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY
PI: Statistical and computational modeling, more specifically network analysis of symptoms of common mental disorders over time in relation to context and interventions
PhD Students:
Alessandra Mansueto ('Urban mental health and modelling symptom networks. From network analysis to interventions')
Maarten van den Ende ('Computational modelling of psychological and social dynamics in urban mental health conditions: the case of addictive substance use')
Email: mail@sachaepskamp.com
dr. R. J. (Ruth) van Holst
Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), dept. Psychiatry
PI: Autonomy and psychiatric disorders
PhD Student: Karoline Huth ('Networks of addiction and depression in multi-ethnic urban settings')
Email: r.j.vanholst@amsterdamumc.nl
dr. M. (Mary) Nicolaou
Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), Public Health
PI: Social determinant of mental health problems at macro level
PhD Student: Junus van der Wal ('Understanding the dynamics of depression in high-risk urban populations using a complex systems approach')
Email: m.nicolaou@amsterdamumc.nl
Prof. dr. B. (Bram) Orobio de Castro
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG, Developmental psychopathology
PI: Interventions in a group-setting, including school- and family setting
Email: b.castro@uva.nl
dr. B. C. (Barbara) Schouten
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY
PI: Adapting and testing interventions for vulnerable groups, including ethnic minorities
PhD Student: Alessandra Mansueto ('Urban mental health and modelling symptom networks. From network analysis to interventions')
Email: B.C.Schouten@uva.nl
Prof. dr. K (Karien) Stronks
Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), dept. , Public Health
PI: Ethnicity and common mental health problems
PhD Student: Junus van der Wal ('Understanding the dynamics of depression in high-risk urban populations using a complex systems approach')
Email: k.stronks@amsterdamumc.nl
dr. V. (Vitor) Vasconcelos
Faculty of Science, Institute for Advanced Studies
TT: Assistant Professor in Data-driven Systems Dynamics
Email: vvvasconcelos@gmail.com
dr. R. (Rixt) van der Veen
Faculty of Science, FNWI
PI: The impact of (early) life experiences on coping in a complex environment
Email: r.vanderveen@uva.nl
dr. G. (Gerlieke) Veltkamp
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG
PI: Social context of interventions, perceptions of problems and interventions and involvement of stakeholders
Email: g.veltkamp@uva.nl
Prof. dr. R. W. H. J. (Reinout) Wiers
Co-Director
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY
PI: Developing and testing personalized interventions
PhD Students:
Alessandra Mansueto ('Using network science to study familiar and individual mental health issues in urban settings')
Hanan Bozar ('Understanding affective and addictive disorders in adolescents in an urban background using a life-course complex systems approach') [involved as co-director]
Lotte Brinkhof ('Promoting preventive interventions based on resilience network for aging individuals in urban settings') [involved as co-director]
Maarten van den Ende ('Computational modelling of psychological and social dynamics in urban mental health conditions: the case of addictive substance use') [involved as co-director]
Karoline Huth ('Networks of addiction and depression in multi-ethnic urban settings') [involved as co-director]
Email: R.W.H.J.Wiers@uva.nl