Partner 1 – Senior Advisor
name
Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg
nationality
Swedish
city / country
Djursholm, Sweden
professional status
Professor Emerita of Physiology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Professor Emerita University of Skövde
Founder and former President of The Oxytocin Foundation
role in the project
Scientific Advisor on stress regulation, compassion-based approaches, and the neurobiological mechanisms underlying resilience and social connectedness.
keywords
#oxytocin #stress and resilience #compassion-focused approaches #attachment and social connectedness #emotional regulation #trauma-informed interventions #child and adolescent mental health #preventive mental health #well-being promotion #school-based support.
orcid
general expertise and its relevance for the project
Professor Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg is a physician and internationally recognised researcher with extensive expertise in the neurobiology of stress, attachment, social bonding, and the health-promoting effects of oxytocin. Her research has significantly advanced the understanding of how supportive relationships, compassion, touch, and positive social interactions influence emotional regulation, resilience, and physiological recovery from stress and adversity. She has published extensively on the role of oxytocin in promoting calmness, reducing anxiety, enhancing social connectedness, and supporting mental and physical well-being across the lifespan.
Within the VOICE project, her expertise is highly relevant to the theoretical underpinnings of compassion-based and relationship-centred approaches aimed at improving the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents exposed to adversity and trauma. Her work provides a strong scientific foundation for interventions that seek to foster safety, trust, emotional regulation, and supportive interpersonal environments within schools. Her contribution would strengthen the project's conceptual framework linking social connectedness and compassionate practices to improved access to care, early intervention, and long-term resilience among vulnerable young people.
education
1976 – PhD in Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet
1971 – MD, Karolinska Institutet
research outputs and their impact
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contributions to science, public health, and education
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