Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences

 Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collaboration

Working together to solve society's problems

The Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences contributes innovative solutions to many of the challenges facing society. We do this in collaboration with both the public and private sectors.

Our work is deeply integrated into both research and practice. This enables us to develop advanced methods and strategies to manage psychological, social and organisational issues. To maximise our impact and efficiency, we work closely with a wide range of stakeholders in both the public and private sectors. Through these partnerships, we create synergies that reinforce our joint efforts to promote mental health and develop sustainable solutions to meet the needs of the future.

If you are interested in hearing more about opportunities for collaborating with the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, please contact Professor Mimi Yung Mehlsen from the department management team for further information.

Mimi Yung Mehlsen

Professor
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Examples of collaboration with practice:

The effects of restorative justice

The project investigates different ways of carrying out restorative justice meetings between victims and offenders in Denmark, by comparing the impacts mediations and restorative justice conferences. The project is a collaboration between 7 Danish police districts and researchers from Aarhus University and the Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing. Read more (in Danish) about the Konfliktråd Impact Project (KIP). 

Perceptions of memory

The project attempts to map perceptions of memory for different professional groups. Similar studies have been carried out in other countries, but such systematic studies have not been carried out in Denmark. The first part of the study focuses on children's memory, while the second part addresses memory more generally. Finally, we’re also interested in studying how we experience our own memories.
Read more about the OMHU project here (in Danish). 

Support family well-being

Can you improve the well-being of Danish families by strengthening relationships through various services for couples? This is what the research project Styrk Familiens Trivsel is investigating. Using a stepped care strategy, the services are matched with the couple's own wishes and needs. Read more about the project on VoresParforhold.dk (in Danish).

Vitalising conversations

The vitalisation model contributes tools to vitalise conversations with people in different life contexts. This can be within work life, student life or school life. The model focuses on four basic psychological needs – the need for meaning, the need for autonomy, the need for relatedness and the need for competence – and how they create motivation in people. The more about the vitalisation mode (in Danish).

Well-being and the psychological work environment

Training managers in knowledge and competencies aimed at well-being and the psychological work environment has an impact on their self-confidence, perceived competencies and employees' psychological work environment. The well-being of both managers and employees improves.

Read more about the Matterhorn project (in Danish).

Young people, the internet and psychedelics

In collaboration with the City of Aarhus, the researchers behind the project will generate new knowledge about 'therapeutic drug use', young people's individual and collective strategies for unofficial self-care, as well as the internet's role in influencing young people's attitudes and behaviour to improve their mental health. We also want to provide information and validate work to prevent drug abuse among young people and improve drug treatment by including young people's views on the Danish healthcare system and their relationship with it.
Revised 31.03.2025
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