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Robin Achterhof is an Assistant Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam, focusing on youth mental health and social behavior. His research is driven by the question of how to strengthen everyday social connections that underpin youth mental health. He primarily utilizes experience sampling methodology (ESM) to map the real-time evolution of social interactions, emotions, and well-being among young people. He leads the Rotterdam ESM Group and is involved in several critical projects, including IC-You, which aims to improve communication between young individuals and trusted adults, and Perfect Parents, which examines the societal pressures leading to parental burnout. His interdisciplinary background in pedagogical sciences, developmental psychology, and psychiatry allows him to bridge fundamental research with real-world questions regarding youth development. He teaches courses within Pedagogical Sciences at both the bachelor and master levels, encouraging students to critically analyze how social connections shape youth development and supervise theses related to youth mental health.
Department of Econometrics / MSc Econometrics and Management Science.