If you are interested in learning more about what loneliness is, what can cause loneliness, and how it can be eased, then please visit our website Loneliness Across Cultures.
On this website, more than 40 people from five different countries (e.g., India, Egypt, Bulgaria, Israel, Austria) talk about their personal loneliness experiences. Their insights and knowledge are available to you in more than 40 videos.
Related to this, a personal note: For some of my studies, I analysed data that we collected in Israel in 2019. I am very grateful to my Israeli participants and collaborator for their time, openness and willingness to share their experiences in this research. Getting to know you has been a true pleasure and I sincerely appreciate and admire whoever I got to know better. This is not to say that I agree with Israeli politics. I strongly oppose the discrimination and violence against Palestinians by the Israeli state. I hope for justice and a peaceful life for everyone.
In the media
2025
Live Journalism: Waarom zijn jongeren eenzaam? - AT5; De Balie (06-05-2025)
https://debalie.nl/programma/live-journalism-waarom-zijn-jongeren-eenzaam-06-05-2025/Loneliness research across cultures - OUR PLANET, OUR YOUTH, OUR FUTURE! (30-03-2025)
https://www.uu.nl/en/research/dynamics-of-youth/new-magazine-on-global-engagement-and-youth-researchVeel RUG-studenten voelen zich eenzaam - OOG Radio en TV (27-02-2025)
https://www.oogtv.nl/2025/02/veel-rug-studenten-voelen-zich-eenzaam/3 out of 4 students feel lonely - 'I can't connect to people' - UKrant (26-02-2025)
https://ukrant.nl/magazine/3-out-of-4-students-feel-lonely-i-see-people-i-hear-them-but-i-cant-connect/?lang=enDriekwart studenten is eenzaam: ‘Ik zie mensen en ik hoor ze, maar ik kan geen contact leggen’ - Ukrant.nl (26-02-2025)
https://ukrant.nl/magazine/driekwart-studenten-is-eenzaam-ik-zie-mensen-en-ik-hoor-ze-maar-ik-kan-geen-contact-leggen/2024
Striving to Connect - Science Magazine (25-04-2024)
https://www.science.org/content/article/can-science-find-ways-ease-loneliness2023
In het jonge en bruisende Utrecht voelt 15 procent van de inwoners ernstige eenzaamheid: wat doe je eraan? - Het Algemeen Dagblad (AD) (13-10-2023)
https://www.ad.nl/utrecht/in-het-jonge-en-bruisende-utrecht-voelt-15-procent-van-de-inwoners-ernstige-eenzaamheid-wat-doe-je-eraanMAX Ouderenjournaal tegen eenzaamheid - NPO1 (28-09-2023)
https://pers.omroepmax.nl/afleveringen-max-ouderenjournaal-tegen-eenzaamheid/Is Loneliness Just a Problem in Individualistic Cultures? - Psychology Today (28-09-2023)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/lonely-not-alone/202309/is-loneliness-just-a-problem-in-individualistic-cultures-2Do We Really Need More Social Contact to Feel Less Lonely? - Psychology Today (22-06-2023)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/lonely-not-alone/202306/do-we-really-need-more-social-contact-to-feel-less-lonelyShould we design cities for loneliness? - Happy Cities (16-02-2023)
https://happycities.com/blog/should-we-design-cities-for-loneliness2022
Making Space For Loneliness In Our Cities - Next City (22-10-2022)
https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/making-space-for-loneliness-in-our-cities-design-researchEenzaamheid onder jongvolwassenen ‘zorgelijk hoog’. - Het Parool (29-09-2022)
https://www.parool.nl/nederland/eenzaamheid-onder-jongvolwassenen-zorgelijk-hoogAre We Really Lonelier Than Ever? - Psychology Today (22-05-2022)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/lonely-not-alone/202305/are-we-really-lonelier-than-everDe relaties die we wel hebben maken ons vaak eenzamer dan de relaties die we niet hebben. - Dagblad van het Noorden (26-04-2022)
https://dvhn.nl/meer/leven/Meer-dan-Alleen-27595894.htmlWhat can international students do to cope with loneliness? - DUB (18-02-2022)
https://www.dub.uu.nl/en/depth/what-can-international-students-do-cope-loneliness2021
What does it mean if so-and-so many percent feel lonely? A somewhat more technical post about numbers (30-08-2021)
https://loneliness-across-cultures.com/what-does-it-mean-if-so-and-so-many-percent-feel-lonely-a-somewhat-more-technical-post-about-numbers/Wereldwijd meer eenzaamheid door corona: verschilt dat gevoel per cultuur? - NU.nl (11-08-2021)
https://www.nu.nl/gezondheid/6150802/wereldwijd-meer-eenzaamheid-door-corona-verschilt-dat-gevoel-per-cultuur.htmlThe Loneliness of the Odd One Out: How Not Fitting in with Social Norms May Make You Lonely (23-06-2021)
https://loneliness-across-cultures.com/the-loneliness-of-the-odd-one-out-how-not-fitting-in-with-social-norms-may-make-you-lonely/Eenzaamheid - Radio Swammerdam (30-05-2021)
http://www.radioswammerdam.nl/Loneliness across cultures - an online exhibition (01-05-2021)
http://loneliness-across-cultures.comSo, what is loneliness? (17-04-2021)
https://loneliness-across-cultures.com/so-what-is-loneliness/Juist in collectivistische culturen meer eenzaamheid - Volkskrant (02-03-2021)
https://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/juist-in-collectivistische-culturen-meer-eenzaamheid~bec8b9bc/?Waarom voelen mensen zich eenzaam? - Quest (24-02-2021)
https://www.quest.nl/mens/psychologie/a35586970/waarom-ben-ik-eenzaam/2020
Het eenzaamheidsvirus - Glasnost (23-11-2020)
https://www.glasnostici.nl/2020/11/24/glasnost-s10e06-23-11-20/Corona maakt eenzamen extra kwetsbaar. - Friesch Dagblad (18-03-2020)
https://frieschdagblad.nl/regio/Corona-maakt-eenzamen-extra-kwetsbaar-26801625.html