Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung
01.01.2026 - 31.12.2028

StuPsy

The project investigates the development, determinants, and effects of mental health throughout the course of (under)graduate and doctoral studies.

StuPsy

Contact

Dr. Nicolai Netz

Consortium lead StuPsy

German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies

netz@dzhw.eu

Project Staff

  • Mareike Rußmann (M.A.)
    russmann@dzhw.eu

Cooperating Institutions

Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung

Projects

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  • Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik

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    StaR_MHI is a three-part collaborative project within the expert network of the German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), the University Hospital Halle, the Leibniz Institute of Resilience Research (LIR), the German Youth Institute (DJI), the LMU University Hospital München, the Charité University Hospital Berlin, the University Hospital Jena, the Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, the Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo), the Institute of Psychology and the Student Health Management of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg that aims to identify predictors of students’ mental health, validate them through high-frequency longitudinal analyses, and adapt and further develop suitable interdisciplinary intervention platforms for support and guidance.

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  • Universität Duisburg-Essen

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    PsychKOMPASS analyzes psychosocial counseling services for students nationwide, identifies needs and barriers, and, based on this analysis, develops evidence-based, practical recommendations for the sustainable improvement of services at universities and student services organizations.

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  • Universität Bremen

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    The CAMPUS framework developed from the project will include suitable recommendations for universities, based on a systematic investigation of risk and resilience factors at both the individual level and the structural institutional level of higher education.

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  • Otto-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

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    HoPsy taps into analytical potential at the interdisciplinary interface of higher education research and health science and strengthens the possibility of evidence-based control by universities for the health-sensitive further development of higher education structures by providing more differentiated findings on the simultaneous influence of individual and institutional determinants.

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  • Universität Kassel

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  • Technische Universität Braunschweig

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    GesA Stud develops and evaluates low-threshold, personalized interventions to promote student health and sustainably enhance academic success.

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