12th October 2026
On October 8, 2026, the GreenTouch project was presented at RSU Psychology Days in Riga, Latvia.
GreenTouch brings together partners from Latvia, Slovenia, Portugal, and Cyprus to co-create digital, nature-based resources that support student mental health, nature connectedness, and sustainability competences in higher education.
Organised by Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), this year’s event, “Contemporary Psychology: People, Environment, and Technology,” brought together students, researchers, and practitioners from Latvia and abroad for lectures, symposia, and discussions on current developments in psychological research and practice. It provided an excellent setting for GreenTouch, with each project partner contributing a session as part of the GreenTouch: EcoMind Development for Higher Education Future programme.
The Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and the Behavioral Science in Health – BSiH Lab participated online and were represented by Katerina Hadjipieri and Angelos Kassianos. Katerina presented the findings of the in-depth needs analysis conducted to inform the development of the GreenTouch digital tool.
The presentation outlined the mixed-methods design of the study, combining a survey with focus groups involving students and staff from higher education institutions across Cyprus, Latvia, Portugal, and Slovenia. It also highlighted the main findings, including the relationship between nature connectedness and well-being, the factors that influence nature connectedness, and the features and resources that students and staff would like to see incorporated into a digital tool.
These findings informed the design of the GreenTouch digital tool, which has now been developed and is about to be piloted.
A big thank you to our partners at RSU for organising such an inspiring event and for inviting us to share our wor
