What’s the project?
Our team — made up of social scientists, biologists, and young people from the UK and Japan — is trying to understand the causes behind girls’ and women’s higher risk for anxiety and depression.
Today, we know that hormonal changes and experiences of sexism are both linked to mental health issues, but we don’t fully understand how these factors interact over time.
See our project page to learn about all of the stages of this project.
Find out more
You’ll be part of a youth-led team exploring how things like puberty and hormones, gender roles, online and real-life experiences, and unequal standards (like sexism and racism) impact wellbeing.
- Help conduct surveys, workshops and interviews with young people about mental health and life experiences
- Analyse research data as a team
- Share your views on how we talk about puberty, gender, and mental health
- Join regular meetings (online and in person)
- You’re aged 16-19
- You care about mental health, gender inequalities, and social justice
- You’re interested in learning about social / scientific research – you don’t have to have a scientific background!
- You live in London
- Payment of £25 an hour in accordance with NIHR guidelines plus reasonable travel expenses.
- Training and support
Please apply by completing this short form here
Please apply before 4th December noon.
Please note that the McPin Foundation regularly promotes opportunities on behalf of other institutions; we are not responsible for the continuation or contents of further correspondence with any project partners where we are not listed as the project main point of contact.
