Our team

The DDRC would be nothing without the team of researchers standing behind it. We all work in the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research at the University of Luxembourg. Here you can discover our team.

Management and secretariat

Samuel Robin

Robin Samuel

Prof. Dr Robin Samuel is Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Simone Charles

Simone Charles

Simone Charles is Administrative Assistant at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Katia Ziadi

Katia Ziadi

Katia Ziadi is Administrative Assistant for the HBSC survey at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Scientific team

Sandra Biewers

Sandra Biewers Grimm

Dr Sandra Biewers Grimm is a pedagogue with a Master’s degree in Social Management and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Carolina Catunda

Carolina Catunda

Dr Carolina Catunda is a scientific project collaborator and the main contact person for the HBSC surveys in Luxembourg and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Hannes Käckmeister

Hannes Käckmeister

Dr Hannes Käckmeister is a Research Scientist at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg. He is the coordinator and co-author for the Youth Report 2025, the national correspondent of the European Knowledge Centre on Youth Policy (EKCYP) and the national contact person for Europe’s Encyclopedia of National Youth Policies (Youth Wiki).

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Christiane Meyers

Christiane Meyers

Christiane Meyers holds a DEA in Sociology and is a Research (and Development) Specialist at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Caroline Residori

Caroline Residori

Dr Caroline Residori is a sociologist and Research (and Development) Specialist at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Anette Schumacher

Anette Schumacher

Dr Anette Schumacher is a psychologist and Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Helmut Willems

Helmut Willems

Prof Dr Helmut Willems is a sociologist and Professor for youth sociology at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Scientific project collaborators

Yacine Amenna

Yacine Amenna

Dr Yacine Amenna is a postdoctoral researcher and scientific project collaborator for the project Evaluation Hausaufgabenhëllef with Dr Sandra Biewers at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research at the University of Luxembourg.

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Romain Brisson

Romain Brisson

Dr Romain Brisson is a scientific project collaborator for the Luxembourg HBSC surveys and postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research at the University of Luxembourg.

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Felipe Goedert Mendes

Felipe Goedert Mendes

Dr Felipe Goedert Mendes is a scientific project collaborator for the Luxembourg HBSC surveys and postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research at the University of Luxembourg.

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Moritz Höpner

Moritz Höpner

Moritz Höpner is a scientific project collaborator for the Digital Documentation and Research Centre (DDRC). He is a Research (and Development) Specialist at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Anita Latz

Anita Latz

Anita Latz is a scientific project collaborator for the study “Potential and Value of Education-Oriented Youth Work”. She is a Research (and Development) Specialist at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Joana Lopes Ferreira

Joana Lopes Ferreira

Joana Lopes Ferreira is a scientific project collaborator for the HBSC surveys in Luxembourg and a Research and Development Specialist at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Guido Salza

Guido Salza

Dr Guido Salza is a scientific project collaborator for the Youth Report 2025 and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Ona Valls Casas

Ona Valls Casas

Dr Ona Valls Casas is a scientific project collaborator for the international H2020 project PATHS2INCLUDE and postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research at the University of Luxembourg.

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Daniel Weis

Daniel Weis

Daniel Weis is a scientific project collaborator for the study “Potential and Value of Education-Oriented Youth Work”. He is a Research (and Development) Specialist at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Current doctoral candidates

Hamid Bulut

Hamid Bulut is a scientific project collaborator for the Youth Survey Luxembourg (YSL) and a Doctoral researcher at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Charlotte Haußmann

Charlotte Haußmann

Charlotte Haußmann is a scientific project collaborator for the Youth Survey Luxembourg (YSL) and a doctoral researcher at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Romain Brisson

Laurent Langehegermann

Laurent Langehegermann is a scientific project collaborator for the Youth Report 2025 and a doctoral researcher at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Christina Reisinger

Christina Reisinger

Christina Reisinger is a Doctoral researcher at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg. The Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) is supporting her doctorate with individual funding from the AFR PhD grant scheme.

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Gilles Scheifer

Gilles Scheifer

Gilles Scheifer is a scientific project collaborator for the Youth Survey Luxembourg (YSL) and a Doctoral researcher at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) at the University of Luxembourg.

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Who we are

“We” and “you”. Isn’t it much nicer to be addressed directly on a website? We, at least, find that this way we can more easily tell you about our scientific findings. “We”, that is the totality of youth researchers at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research at the University of Luxembourg (CCY). Often, “we” also just stands for the DDRC editorial team.

Infobox - Organigram

The CCY is located in the Department of Social Sciences (DSOC) at the Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE).

The CCY is a relatively young institution at the University of Luxembourg. It was founded in January 2020 as a successor to the INSIDE research unit. More on the history of Luxembourg youth research here soon.

What we do

The research group, led by Prof. Dr. Robin Samuel, investigates the situation of young people from an interdisciplinary perspective using a multi-methodological approach. The researchers have different disciplinary backgrounds: sociology, education, psychology or even economics.

Research activities include topics such as #transition from school to work, #social engagement, #citizenship, #migration, #leisure activities and #identity. We also conduct research on #family life, #values and attitudes, #non-formal education, #future prospects, and #health and well-being of youth.

One concern of the research group is to establish and maintain a continuous dialogue with politics and youth work, which has led, among other things, to the implementation of the National Youth Report, which is published every five years. In addition to its research activities, the working group is dedicated to documentation, evaluation and consulting tasks.

Our supporters

The Faculty FHSE of the University of Luxembourg and the Luxembourgish Ministry of Education, Children and Youth are funding us equally.