Y. Namer PhD (Yudit)

Assistant Professor
BMS-HIB-PHT
Capitool 15 246
y.namer@utwente.nl
+31534895673
Business card

I am a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist whose practice is rooted in feminist and relational psychoanalytic traditions. As a mental health researcher, I work on the link between marginalisation and mental health and on universal access to health services, considering technology as a key reducer of access barriers. My main interest is to construct equitable research relationships in which members of historically silenced groups are involved in developing research questions, methods, and forms of knowledge dissemination. 

Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Public Health
    • Public Health Education
    • Germany
    • Asylum Seeker
    • Social Exclusion

  • Psychology

    • Mental Health
    • Healthcare

  • Nursing and Health Professions

    • Scoping Review

Organisations

Publications

2026

Tracing pathways: The impact of the polycrisis on mental health trajectories in emerging adulthood (2026)Frontiers in Public Health, 14. Pinheiro, P., Namer, Y. & Nowak, A. C.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1782194Coloniality in Refugee/Forced Migration and Health Research: Reflections on Complicity and Disobedience (2026)In The Coloniality of Humanity: Disrupting Racialized Capitalism and Fostering Transnational Solidarity (Decolonial Options for the Social Sciences). Bloomsbury Publishing. Podar, M. D. & Namer, Y.Coloniality in Refugee/Forced Migration and Health Research: Refections on Complicity and Disobedience (2026)In The Coloniality of Humanity: Disrupting Racialized Capitalism and Fostering Transnational Solidarity (pp. 41-56). Bloomsbury Publishing. Podar, D. & Namer, Y.

2025

Racism in public health authorities–A scoping review and situational analysis (2025)PLOS Global Public Health, 5(11). Article e0004350. Wandschneider, L., Stieglitz, S., Altmiks, T., Razum, O., Zielke, J. & Namer, Y.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004350Academic Freedom and Patterns of Self-Censorship in Psychology Education in Turkey (2025)Teaching of Psychology, 52(4), 420-431. Hünler, O. S., Namer, Y. & Düzen, N. E.https://doi.org/10.1177/00986283241255605Exploring the Needs of Stakeholders For Successful Patient Involvement in Mental Health Education (2025)Public Health Reviews, 46. Article 1608124. Klarenbeek, M., de Bruin, E. J. & Namer, Y.https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2025.1608124Racism in public health authorities – a scoping review and situational analysis (2025)[Working paper › Preprint]. MedRxiv. Wandschneider, L., Stieglitz, S., Altmiks, T., Razum, O., Zielke, J. & Namer, Y.https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.26.25322059Antisemitism, racism and empire: past and present: Comment on the debate (2025)[Non-textual form › Web publication/site]. Rat für Migration. Hendl, T., Zielinska, A. & Namer, Y.https://rat-fuer-migration.de/2025/01/16/antisemitismus-rassismus-und-imperium-vergangenheit-und-gegenwart/#Antisemitism,%20racism%20and%20empire:%20past%20and%20presentFür eine stärkere Verbindung von Rassismus- und Antisemitismusforschung: Ein Vorschlag zur Übertragung des Konzepts des „institutionellen Rassismus“ auf Antisemitismus (2025)[Book/Report › Book]. Rat für Migration e.V.. Arnold, S., Karakayali, J., Messerschmidt, A., Müller, M., Klingenberg, D., Kranz, D., Schaum, I., Chernivsky, M., Lorenz-Sinai, F., Hendl, T., Zielinska, A. & Namer, Y.https://doi.org/10.18452/33649

2024

War and peace in public health education and training: a scoping review (2024)BMC public health, 24. Article 2303. Wandschneider, L., Nowak, A. C., Miller, M., Grün, A., Namer, Y., Bochenek, T., Balwicki, Ł., Razum, O. & Cunningham, C.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19788-w

Research profiles

Past projects:

Public health authorities against racism: Equal health protection as a contributor to social cohesion (within the Research Institute Social Cohesion, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Interior, 2022-2024)

Health care for marginalised groups as an indicator of social cohesion (within the Research Institute Social Cohesion, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, 2020-2024)

Minor refugees' access to mental health care services in Germany (YOURCARE sub-project within the YOURHEALTH consortium, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, 2018-2022) 

Address

University of Twente

Capitool 15 (building no. 78), room 246
Capitool 15
7521 PL Enschede
Netherlands

Navigate to location

Organisations

QR codeScan the QR code or
Download vCard