Line Nielsen

Line Nielsen serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Social Sciences while concurrently holding a postdoctoral position at the National Institute of Public Health (University of Southern Denmark). Her research focuses on public mental health promotion across community and educational settings, with particular emphasis on children/adolescents, social inequality, and evidence-based interventions through the nationally recognized ABCs of mental health framework.

Dr. Nielsen's research program integrates public health, psychology, and education to develop practical mental health initiatives. She investigates measurement tools (e.g., ABC-behaviour scale), digital media impacts on adolescent well-being, and multi-level interventions in universities. Her work consistently employs interdisciplinary approaches and practitioner co-creation, ensuring research translates into actionable community resources that address social determinants of mental health.

Analysis of her 2024-2025 publications reveals a cohesive trajectory in mental health promotion methodology: longitudinal register studies on social media effects, photovoice projects capturing student perspectives, and digital co-creation of wellbeing resources. Her work bridges quantitative scale validation with qualitative participatory methods, emphasizing real-world applicability across educational and community contexts.

Her impactful contributions have been recognized with:

• Public Health Prize 2022 for the ABCs of mental health project (awarded by Danish Society for Public Health)

Dr. Nielsen manages the ABCs of mental health initiative and SAMF student well-being program while designing courses that translate research into practice. Her teaching spans undergraduate mental health promotion courses and Master in Public Health continuing education, emphasizing practical application through interdisciplinary collaboration with health authorities and educational institutions.

She contributes to the ABCs of Mental Health Centre of Excellence, Centre for Early Childhood Cognition, and Virtual Learning Lab where she develops digital mental health resources. Her cross-institutional work combines university-community partnerships with national register data analysis, notably through co-creation projects where students actively shape wellbeing interventions.