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BootStRaP-FOR2974 Meeting in Cologne

By renata@e-etika.lt|2025-08-18T14:10:58+00:00August 13, 2025|News and Media|Comments Off

13 August, 2025. The BootStRaP project members Naomi Fineberg, Jeremy Solly, Murat Yucel, and Matthias Brand met the Research Unit FOR2974 „Affective and cognitive mechanisms of specific Internet use disorders“ (funded by the German Research Foundation; spokesperson Matthias Brand) in Cologne, on August 13th.

The meeting focused on exploring synergies between Bootstrap and FOR2974, as well as other international projects. In glorious weather and a magnificent setting, participants engaged in productive discussions on joint analysis strategies, survey methodologies, and publications.

Information and photo provided by Prof. Dr. Matthias Brand,
Head of General Psychology: Cognition; Faculty of Computer Science, University of Duisburg-Essen

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Funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the grant agreement 101080238. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

This work was supported by the
UKRI Innovate UK program

The BootStRaP: Boosting Societal Adaptation and Mental Health in a Rapidly Digitalizing, Post-Pandemic Europe is a Europe-wide study uniting scientists from 14 countries and 22 institutions to address and reduce the risks of harmful internet use among teenagers—the online generation. The BootStRaP study follows the success of the European Network for Problematic Usage of the Internet (2018–2022), which significantly advanced global understanding of the links between health, internet use, and problematic behaviors’.

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