dr. V.E. (Vera) Heininga

Assistant Professor of Resilience in Youth, studying daily reward processes

Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences

Telephone:

+31 50 36 33722 3

E-mail:

v.e.heininga rug.nl

Homepage ORCID Research Portal

The role of reward anticipation in mental health in youth (2024 - onward). Supervising PhD candidate Jessie van Grieken
Individual differences in long-term outcomes of peer experiences (2023 - onward). Supervising PhD candidate Shuiqing Huang
BeReal project (NWO XS beurs 2023)
Formele titel van de beurs: Picture perfect? Predicting Psychological Resilience in Youth by Machine Learning
This project applies state-of-the-art machine-learning algorithms to adolescents’ photographic data in order to forecast individual differences in psychological resilience, mental health status, and well-being.
Check-in project (Mentaal Gezond Groningen beurs 2024)
Formele titel van de beurs: Aansluiting van jongereninitiatieven in Groningen op de wensen en behoeften van Groningse jongeren
A citizen-science collaboration with young people to map the requirements for drop-in youth facilities across the province of Groningen. Partners include the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), the Municipal Public Health Service (GGD), and other regional stakeholders.
JUST-OS project (Open Science fund beurs 2023)
Formele titel van de beurs: JUST-OS for all: An AI-based chatbot for navigating Open Science resources
Development of an artificial-intelligence–driven chatbot to guide researchers through open-science tools and repositories. This international consortium is led by our faculty (PI: Rink Hoekstra) in partnership with Utrecht University, the Digital Competence Centre, and affiliates of the Open Science Framework in the United States.
Mini Many Labs project (Open Science fund beurs 2023)
Formele titel van de beurs: Title Mini Many Labs: Creating a shared infrastructure for collaborating within the Experience Sampling Method community to improve reproducibility
An inter-university initiative to build a shared experience‐sampling platform for collaborative research and student theses. Participants include multiple Dutch universities and KU Leuven.
Every child is different (in Dutch)
www.iederkindisanders.nl

This interdisciplinary national crowdsourcing study aims to examine positive mental health and mental health problems in parents of children (aged 4-18) and children/ adolescents (aged 8-18), characterized by both vulnerabilities and strengths.

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09 July 2025 1.56 p.m.