EMPOWER is a European platform to promote health and wellbeing in the workplace. The EMPOWER research and innovation project will develop and implement a novel, low-cost, eHealth platform to reduce the impact of mental health problems in the workplace.

EMPOWER is an international collaboration of researchers from mental health, medicine, sociology, public health, economics, ethics, law, and ICT technologies, with partners from Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, UK, Switzerland and Australia.

As a research partner in the EMPOWER project, The 糖心原创vlog Centre for Mental Health Research Team located within the Health Research Institute, led by Professor Luis Salvador-Carulla, will:

1. Conduct the Impact analysis of the eHealth platform
2. Contribute to the knowledge transfer between Australia and the European consortium on:
   • Current developments in digital mental health in Australia
   • Co-creation approach to design in digital mental health
   • Cost-effectiveness of digital mental health (eHealth platform)
   • Policy implications

Reports and papers

• Plain Language report: Impact Analysis of the European Platform to Promote Wellbeing and Health in the Workplace.
• Lukersmith, S., de Miquel, C., Olaya, B., Sinokki, M., Merez-Kot, D., Woods, C., Tabatabaei Jafari, H., de Mul, M., Peeters, S., Hakkart-van Roijen, L., Salvador-Carulla, L. (2026) Impact Assessment of the EMPOWER digital tool for mental health promotion in the workplace using the Global Impact Analytics Framework (GIAF). Public Health (under review).
• de Miquel, C., Van der Feltz-Cornelis, C. M., Hakkaart-van Roijen, L., Merecz-Kot, D., Sinokki, M., Rodeiro-Boliart, J., ... & Olaya, B. (2026). Effectiveness and Lessons Learned From an Occupational E-Mental Health Intervention for Enhancing Workplace Mental Health: The EMPOWER Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Interactive Journal of Medical Research, 15(1), e66041.
• Salvador-Carulla, L., Lukersmith, S., Woods, C. E., Chen, T., & de Miquel, C. (2025). A protocol using mixed methods for the impact analysis of the implementation of the EMPOWER project: an eHealth intervention to promote mental health and well-being in European workplaces. BMJ Open, 15(4), e082219.
• Peeters, S. B., de Mul, M., Thielen, F. W., Sinokki, M., Staszewska, K., Salvador-Carulla, L., ... & Hakkaart-van Roijen, L. (2026). Uptake and engagement with digital mental health in the workplace: A mixed-methods analysis of the EMPOWER trial. Internet Interventions, 100911.
• Rosenberg, S., Salvador-Carulla, L., Lukersmith, S., Bagheri, N., & EMPOWER Consortium. (2023). Digital mental health and employment-Lessons from the Australian experience. The European Journal of Psychiatry, 37(1), 36-43.
• Raggi, A., Bernard, R. M., Toppo, C., Sabariego, C., Salvador Carulla, L., Lukersmith, S., ... & Cacciatore, M. (2024). The EMPOWER occupational e-mental health intervention implementation checklist to foster e-mental health interventions in the workplace: Development study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26, e48504.
• Bernard, R. M., Toppo, C., Raggi, A., de Mul, M., de Miquel, C., Pugliese, M. T., van der Feltz-Cornelis, C. M., Ortiz-Tallo, A., Salvador-Carulla, L., Lukersmith, S., Hakkaart-van Roijen, L., Merecz-Kot, D., Staszewska, K., Sabariego, C. (2022). Strategies for Implementing Occupational eMental Health Interventions: Scoping Review. J Med Internet Res, 24(6). doi:
• Olaya, B., Van der Feltz-Cornelis, C. M., Hakkaart-van Roijen, L., Merecz-Kot, D., Sinokki, M., Naumanen, P., ... & Haro, J. M. (2022). Study protocol of EMPOWER: A cluster randomized trial of a multimodal eHealth intervention for promoting mental health in the workplace following a stepped wedge trial design. Digital Health, 8, 20552076221131145.