We are an European non-profit organization and we develop Research and Policy Recommendations.
Keywords: Policy Recommendation; Citizen Science; Science to Policy; Research; Neurosciences; Mental Health; Environmental Health; Public Health; Life Sciences; Climate Change; Ethics & Project Security Assessment; UN Sustainable Development Goals.
What is our expertize?
- Narrowing of the gap between knowledge and the mainstream implementation of science through the development of recommendations that establish a process of science to policy. Supporting not only science implementation, but also the capacity to implement policy based on science.
- Promoting the involvement of citizens in the scientific process by implementing the Citizen Science concept to the research and projects developed by the institute.
- Develop research in the areas of:
- Public Health and Environmental Health in connection to Climate Change;
- Mental Health and Neurosciences, specially on the exposome and other factors that may impact human health, and more specifically people’s mental health.
- Developing research that explores the boundaries of research, that depict already established and scientifically accepted, is still poorly understood;
- Support the development of policy recommendations that support the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
- Develop ethics & project security assessments.
Besides our expertise, we also develop other activities more focused on the educational side of our work. We develop online campaigns, through our newsletter and social media, that targets communities, as well as developing training programs, and formal and non-formal educational projects, within the scope of higher and non-higher education.
As a nonprofit, we started working on health promotion in 2008 under the name of ADIJ. In 2018 the institute was registered as Health Citizens.
Our Team
Félix Soares – Executive Director
Inga Schmidt – Researcher
Diana Chaves – Director
Carla Gomes – Project Manager
Nikolai Volkov – Researcher
Astrid Lindberg – Researcher
Alessandro Conti – Researcher
Charlotte Smith – Researcher
Hannah Fischer – Researcher
Callum Mackenzie – Researcher
Giulia Bianchi – Researcher
Erik Andersson – Researcher
Saoirse Byrne – Researcher
Lukas Weber – Researcher
Rita Santos – Director & Researcher
Ana Barreto – Project Manager
Jade Smith – Researcher
Peter Jon – Researcher
Qianzi Wang – Media Manager
Jakub Nowak – Researcher
Sofia Müller – Researcher
Liam O’Connor – Researcher
Beatriz García – Researcher
Maria Popa – Researcher
Elena Ivanova – Researcher
Soren Lund – Researcher
Charlotte Tremblay – Researcher
Jakub Svoboda – Researcher
Michael Hathen – Consultant
Lino Souza – Researcher
Linda Angsy – Researcher
Nora Whole – Researcher
Mateo Silva – Researcher
Elena Rossi – Researcher
Lars Jensen – Researcher
Camille Dubois – Researcher
Julien Lefebvre – Researcher
Fleur Janssen – Researcher
Mateo Fernandez – Researcher
Sigrid Holen – Researcher
Ivan Petrov – Researcher
Freja Nielsen – Researcher
Bram de Vries – Researcher
Zofia Kowalska – Researcheroland)
