An interesting article by Omroep Brabant on the mixing of youth work and religious activities in Eindhoven, with Geertjan Overbeek...
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We regularly update this page with the most recent news, press releases, media appearances, and interviews from our lab. If you want to get in touch with Geertjan, please send an email to g.overbeek@uva.nl.
Tjip de Jong: On education and parenting (II)
In his second appearance on this podcast, Geertjan discusses the question whether a youth mental health crisis exists.
Positive Evaluation RICDE in Research Audit
Geertjan was proud to see the Research Institute of Child Development and Education (RICDE) receive an outstanding evaluation from the...
Meet the Professor
Geertjan took part in the UvA “Meet the Professor” program, which aims to bring science to life for children in...
Keynote EADP Conference on Youth Prevention
Geertjan delivered a keynote address on “Youth Prevention in a Changing Society” at the European Conference on Developmental Psychology in...
Volkskrant: Geertjan and Pearl Dykstra on how parents can maintain good relationships with adult children
In this article, Geertjan and Pearl Dykstra share insights on how parents can maintain relationships with adult children.
Tjip de Jong: On education and parenting
In this podcast, Jana Runze and Geertjan talk about the outcomes of their new study published in Public Health.
ACAMH Learn: Goals and gains of preventive youth care across the globe
In this 15 minute interview, Geertjan addresses some basic questions about the goals and gains of preventive youth care.
NRC: We should not elevate social media as the sole scapegoat for mental health issues among young people
In this article, Geertjan and colleagues urge against pathologizing and overgeneralizing social media's effects on youth.
Psyche & Brein: A stew of chicken and egg
Geertjan talks about the role of educational environments and predispositions in the development of problem behavior.
Book chapter: If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn’t be called research
Geertjan was interviewed on the topic of bullying for Jim and Dolf Jansen's new book.
Tijd voor Max: Kinderfonds MAMAS
In a Tijd voor Max broadcast, Geertjan discusses the importance of early assistance to vulnerable South African families and children.
RICDE: The influence of digital media and technology on youth
In this podcast, Geertjan discusses UvA's new research priority area Youth Digitality.
Sociale Vraagstukken: Opinion piece preventive youth care
Is preventive youth care too often interpreted as a mission to detect and intervene (too) quickly?
Weekend Avisen: Sexual double standards in adolescence
How do adolescents these days experience the double sexual standard? And is this standard shifting or developing in Western nations?
NRC: The importance of informal support programs for parents
An interesting article by NRC on the importance of informal support programs for parents.
Halt: Social resilience and criminal risk
Geertjan was invited by Halt to reflect on the fine line between adolescent experimentation and ‘true’ criminal risk in youths.
De Pedagoog: Interview with Geertjan
For the NVO 60-year jubilee conference ‘The Next Generation’, Geertjan was invited to deliver a keynote on youth prevention.
RICDE: Education during the COVID lockdowns
In this podcast, Geertjan discusses the consequences of the COVID lockdowns for youths’ mental health.
Volkskrant: When children are the boss
What would happen if parents would allow their children to be the boss for one weekend and call the shots...