Department of Psychology

2020

New Pedagogical Tool for Promoting Mental Health Among Young Children

Associate Professor Mette Skovgaard Væver from the Department of Psychology has received DKK 6 million in funding from the Independent Research Fund Denmark for the Copenhagen Daycare Project.

Award for Valuable Work on the Mental Health of Infants, Toddlers and Their Parents

Associate Professor Mette Skovgaard Væver, University of Copenhagen, receives this year’s ‘A Good Start in Life’ Award

Psychological tools for promoting corona restrictions: Empathy is key

In a new set of studies, researchers from the University of Copenhagen et. al. have shown how empathy for vulnerable individuals promotes physical distancing and wearing face masks.

How to manage the COVID-19 transition effectively

Experts, including Robert Böhm from the Department of Psychology, propose "ten considerations" about how to manage the COVID-19 transition effectively in an article in Nature Human Behaviour.

Vaccination poses a social contract

Research article by Robert Böhm, The Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, and Lars Korn, Nicholas W. Meier, and Cornelia Betsch, Media and Communication Science, University of Erfurt. The COVID-19 pandemi…