Young Equal: Children's and adolescents' responses to the pandemic

The living conditions and everyday life of young people were profoundly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. There are many studies showing that the mental health, wellbeing and learning of young people was negatively affected by school closure, distance learning and other disease containment measures, but it has been hard to draw firm conclusions about the COVID-19 impact on young people’s mental health and learning. We are responding to these challenges by planning for a number of empirical studies, combining quantitative and qualitative analyses.

The purpose of the project is to improve our understanding of the welfare for children and young people and the consequences of the pandemic and the restrictions on education, wellbeing, mental health, and living conditions.