‘TRA:WELL’ in the children's and youth journal ‘Frontiers for Young Minds’

The ‘TRA:WELL’ project was funded as part of the “Sparkling Science 2.0” funding programme and recently published a new article in ‘Frontiers for Young Minds’, which is actively co-created by children. In this way, the project supports child-friendly science communication and early engagement with science and research.

The article entitled ‘The Power of Active Mobility: How Walking and Cycling Can Boost Well-being’ is based on the project results of ‘TRA:WELL’, which were developed in collaboration with pupils in Austria aged 12 to 14. The study examined how active mobility, such as walking or cycling, affects the well-being of young people. The results show that even simple forms of everyday exercise, such as walking or actively travelling to school, can significantly increase well-being. In addition, active mobility increases the likelihood of achieving the 60 minutes of daily exercise recommended by the World Health Organisation. The study thus underlines the importance of everyday exercise for health and quality of life.

Frontiers for Young Minds is a multi-award-winning, freely accessible science journal for children and young people. One of its special features is its innovative peer review process, in which children and young people aged 8 to 15 actively participate as so-called Young Reviewers in the evaluation of submitted articles. This ensures that the scientific content is understandable, age-appropriate and presented in an appealing way.

The publication thus fits in well with the objectives of the ‘Sparkling Science 2.0’ funding programme, which promotes the connection between scientific research and the involvement of young people.

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