
EXperiMental: Co-designing mental health inclusivity

Welcome to ExperiMental, the 2nd Swiss Contribution Multilateral Academic Project (MAPS) project that will identify, educate, and encourage characteristics of mentally healthy and resilient adolescents, with the goal to generate long lasting mental health inclusivity in schools.
Stakeholders
Diverse stakeholders relevant to building mental health inclusivity in school
Data
Wearable longitudinal data, Physical activity, and Lifestyle habits
Methods
Machine learning and explainable AI for the design of personalised youth interventions
Latest news
- EXperiMental begins at Augusta Šenoa Primary School
In September 2026, the first EXperiMental Croatian observational phase – Participatory Action Research (PAR) – will begin at Augusta Šenoa Primary School. - University of Amsterdam “Mental Health, Youth and Society” Summer School
From 25 June to 15 July, a PhD student and psychologist from our team attended the “Mental Health, Youth and Society” summer school, organized by the University of Amsterdam. - Observational data collection ongoing for the Romanian leg of EXperiMental
We are excited to announce the commencement and the ongoing observational study including digital phenotyping, wearable data, and EMAs data collection with students from grades 9-10 at the Economic Administrative College of Iasi, Romania.
Project title: “EXperiMental: Wearable Technology and EXplainable AI for Mental Health and Inclusivity in School”.
Implementation period: 1 July 2025 – 30 June 2029.
Budget: CHF 1,043,526.
The project is funded within the framework of the Second Swiss Contribution Multilateral Academic Projects (MAPS) by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) (IZ11Z0_230189), the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI) Romania (F-RO-CH-2024-0158), and the Croatian Science Foundation (MAPS-2024-8755).