Everyday wellbeing: Evidence-based strategies for schools

July 2026

Webinar with Dr Madeline Hayward and Dr Seungyeon Kim

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There is a silent pandemic of worsening youth mental health nationally and globally. New research from Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures sheds light on the causal factors and broader determinants of this growing mental health crisis among young people, and what can be done to improve youth wellbeing.

Dr Seungyeon Kim and Dr Madeline Hayward will share some of the key findings from Koi Tū’s long-running research in youth mental health and wellbeing, and shed light on what young people are saying about the factors that both support and compromise their mental health. With a focus on strategies and practical tools that schools can implement at the policy, whole-school, and classroom level to embed positive mental health support into the everyday life of the school, this session is designed to help school leaders and teachers take a practical, evidence-based approach to student wellbeing.

About the presenters

Dr Madeline Hayward

Madeline is a fellow in youth mental health. She is passionate about supporting the wellbeing of young people in Aotearoa and her work focuses on identifying evidence-based approaches to enhancing youth mental health. Madeline completed her PhD at Auckland University of Technology, where she examined how the police respond to people experiencing mental distress. She holds a BA(Hons) in Psychology from the University of Otago.

Dr Seungyeon Kim

Seungyeon specialises in youth mental health at Koi Centre for Informed Futures. Her work involves understanding how to support young people in Aotearoa New Zealand to flourish and bridging youth and community perspectives into evidence, policy, and practice. She completed her PhD in Psychology at the University of Sydney; her research background is in understanding the relationship between mental health and technology use, and more broadly, behavioural addictions.

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