Societal Challenges & Urban Mental Health

Impact of Generative AI on Science and Society

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International summits at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Amsterdam have gathered experts in generative AI, computer science, and the psychological and social implications of AI to explore its role in research and society. Fundamentals of living guidelines for AI use in research, developed from these discussions, were published in Nature and can be accessed here. Additionally, five key priorities for ChatGPT in research are detailed here.

  • Bockting, C. L., van Dis, E. A. M., van Rooij, R., Zuidema, W., & Bollen, J. (2023). Living guidelines for generative AI — why scientists must oversee its use. Nature, 622, 693-696. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03266-1

    van Dis, E. A. M., Bollen, J., Zuidema, W., van Rooij, R., & Bockting, C. L. (2023). ChatGPT: five priorities for research. Nature, 614(7947), 224–226. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00288-7

Urban Environments

Over 50% of the world’s population lives in urban areas. While city life offers many attractions, it also presents significant mental health challenges. Claudi Bockting, alongside Prof. Dr. Reinout Wiers and Prof. Dr. Harm Krugers, co-directs the Centre for Urban Mental Health. This research group focuses on creating interventions to address mental health issues in cities, by taking into account the complex systems that contribute to common mental health conditions.

  • Franzoi, D., Bockting, C. L., Bennett, K. F., Odom, A., Lucassen, P. J., Pathania, A., Lee, A., Brouwer, M. E., van de Schoot, R., Wiers, R. W., & Breedvelt, J. J. F. (2023). Which individual, social, and urban factors in early childhood predict psychopathology in later childhood, adolescence and young adulthood? A systematic review. SSM - Population Health, 25, 101575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101575

    Huth, K., Wal, J. van der, Zavlis, O., Luigjes, J., Lakerveld, J., Galenkamp, H., Lok, A., Stronks, K., Bockting, C. L., Marsman, M., Goudriaan, A., & Holst, R. van. (under review). Individual and neighborhood determinants of depressive symptoms in ethnic minorities in the urban HELIUS sample: A multi-level network perspective. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4518516/v1

    Breedvelt, J. J., Tiemeier, H., Sharples, E., Galea, S., Niedzwiedz, C., Elliott, I., & Bockting, C. L. (2022). The effects of neighbourhood social cohesion on preventing depression and anxiety among adolescents and young adults: Rapid review. BJPsych open, 8(4). https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2022.57

    van der Wal, J. M., van Borkulo, C. D., Deserno, M. K., Breedvelt, J. J. F., Lees, M., Lokman, J. C., Borsboom, D., Denys, D., van Holst, R. J., Smidt, M. P., Stronks, K., Lucassen, P. J., van Weert, J. C. M., Sloot, P. M. A., Bockting, C. L., & Wiers, R. W. (2021). Advancing urban mental health research: from complexity science to actionable targets for intervention. Lancet Psychiatry, 8(11), 991–1000. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(21)00047-x

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