Katariina Salmela-Aro is an Academy Professor in the Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and a visiting Professor at the Institute of Education of the University College London, Australian Catholic University Sydney, and the School of Education at Michigan State University. She is the director of several ongoing longitudinal studies among young people. Her key research themes are digitalization, school engagement, burnout, optimal learning moments, experience sampling, the life-span model of motivation, and related interventions. She is a Member of Academia Europaea and of The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. She is an Associate Editor of the European Psychologist journal. She is a member of the large-scale EU-granted EuroCohort aiming to the development of a Europe-wide longitudinal survey of child and youth well-being.
Scientist: Katariina Salmela-Aro
Climate anxiety and young people
Young people are worried about climate change. Negative emotions can disrupt rest, which in turn can affect their mental health. However, climate anxiety can also drive young people to act. There is no way to prevent young people, even children, from knowing what is happening with the world. It's on the news, it's discussed in ...
Katariina Salmela-Aro: ‘Climate anxiety is like a silver lining, it’s a driving force to do something’
Katariina Salmela-Aro is Academy Professor in the Department of Education and Supervisor for Doctoral Programme in Cognition, Learning, Instruction and Communication at the University of Helsinki, Finland. I view the concepts of climate anxiety and eco-anxiety as interchangeable. Are we talking about the same thing? Katariina Salmela-Aro: I would say that they are quite similar. ...
