You can now register for the upcoming #MentalHealthDialogues webinar ✨

📅 7 October 2025 | 11:00–12:30 CET

📍 Online (Zoom) – Registration: ucph-ku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🎤 Our team members, Adam and Gloria, will be at the @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social talking about the immersive classroom experience 'Lina'.

📅 Join us on October 7th at 1PM!

🔗 More info: www.ucd.ie/geary/newsev...

@gloriamit.bsky.social #ASPbelong #HelpingKidsLab #AcademicSky #Lina #MentalHealth

👋 Say hello to Laura Taylor and Méabh Finnegan at the Helping Kids! Lab, University College Dublin School of Psychology, who are leading Dissemination and Stakeholder Engagement for ASP𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨.

#ASPbelong #aspbelong #SocialPsych #mentalhealth #AcademicSky #dissemination

Interested in learning more about ASPbelong? Check out their site to see more about this exciting initiative! 📱🎧 #ASPbelong #DevPsy #SocialPsych #AcademicSky #PhDSky
@aspbelong.bsky.social

www.augmentedsocialplay.com#about-2

What beliefs prevent people from implementing helpful interventions? To learn more about potential barriers to mental health initiatives in schools, read Méabh Finnegan’s section of the ASPbelong newsletter here. ⬇️ @aspbelong.bsky.social #ASPbelong

www.augmentedsocialplay.com/updates/from...

🚨 Webinar tomorrow! 🚨

🗓️ Feb 4 | ⏰ 10:00 GMT / 11:00 CEST

Our colleague Dr. Valeria Motta, a philosopher specializing in loneliness & empathy, will explore the vital role of young people in research!

Together with our sister EU projects.

📢 Register: lnkd.in/dRaKwEZz

📢 Join us on February 4, 2025, at 11 AM CET for Mental Health for All, the 3rd session in
#MentalHealthDialogues
webinar series! 🌍

We'll explore strategies to engage vulnerable groups in research. Co-hosted by 7 Horizon Europe sister projects.

🔗 Register here: ucph-ku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

In 2024, we fostered creativity & belonging through cultural exchanges in Czechia, the UK & Portugal. Our final exchange in Portugal was unforgettable:

🎮 Playtesting our first episode
📖 Exploring Lina’s Diary
🎧 Curating playlists
🎨 Artwork & 🎭 drama games
🧗 Adventure park fun

Here’s to 2025!

Despite our expertise in creating immersive experiences for teens, we know we can’t fully grasp what it’s like to grow up today. That’s why we work closely with young people to hear their voices and gain valuable feedback. Curious how it works? 🧵

No matter our race, sexuality, background, or upbringing, we are all human—each of us seeking warmth and a safe place where we feel like we truly belong 🫶

#aspbelong #belonging #safespace #youngpeople #mentalhealth

🚨 New Pub Alert! 🚨

Excited to share our OA article:

Gamified Digital Mental Health Interventions for Young People: Scoping Review of Ethical Aspects During Development and Implementation

By Wanda Spahl, Valeria Motta, Kate Woodcock & Giovanni Rubeis.

👉 games.jmir.org/2024/1/e64488

#EduTech

Behind all our efforts in technical, academic or artistic fields lies our ultimate goal: helping young people feel more connected to their classmates and more content in their lives. 🌈🍀

Delighted to see the UK government prioritise student wellbeing and belonging alongside academic success!

WHERE IT STARTED: Before #ASPbelong, several of our colleagues co-developed LINA, an AR game for kids (10–13) to solve a classmate's disappearance through puzzles 🧩, teamwork 🤝, theatre 🎭 & AR 📱—while fostering mental health awareness.

LINA 2.0 and much more is on the way!

🎥 youtu.be/pB7AO5WPmKQ

📢 Call for Submissions
Join us at "Empowerment, Autonomy, and Social Connections in XR Serious Games" at #FDG25 in Vienna! 🌍
🗓️ Workshop: April 15, 2025
📝 Submission deadline: Jan 23, 2025
🎮 Focus: Ethical questions in serious games
Details: xrsocialinteraction.wordpress.com/workshop2025/

Hello Bluesky! We are an international team of academics and industry professionals collaborating to design immersive games that support youth mental health and foster a sense of belonging. Follow us on our journey! #HorizonEurope