Effective partnership with non-profit organizations, schools and policy makers enables us to effectively translate our research into educational practice and policy in a timely manner. We have contributed to several policy initiatives and collaborated with educational organisations and schools over the past 15 years on developing innovative ways of improving mental health and wellbeing education in schools.
New MHW Curriculum
Over the past two years Dr Dorjee worked with the PSHE Association on translating her Neurodevelopmental Theory of Mental Health and Wellbeing Capacities (NDeTeC) into an innovative comprehensive mental health and wellbeing curriculum for primary schools in England called The Foundations for Wellbeing. Here is a short article explaining why she worked on this project and what it involved: How can we do a better job at teaching children mental health and wellbeing knowledge and skills in primary schools?
Selected Media involvement
Dorjee D. (2025). Why resilience won’t solve the mental health crisis among young people. The Conversation.
Dorjee, D. (2024). Existential uncertainty: how it affects your mind – and what you can do about it. The Conversation.
Dorjee, D. (2021). Why mindfulness needs to be part of (and is not sufficient for) addressing the current societal crises. In Responding to Mindfulness: Developing Agency in Urgent Times. A compilation of essays. www.themindfulnessinitiative.org
Stubbs, J. E., Dorjee, D., Nash, P. (2020). Has there really been a decline in happiness among young people in the UK? British Educational Research Association Blog.
Dorjee, D. (2020). Coronavirus: Six ways of turning anxiety into positive mental health habits. The Conversation.
Dorjee, D. (2020). Neuroscience of Wellbeing: A developmental educational perspective. UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development.
Dorjee, D. (2018). Schools need to start teaching pupils mental health prevention skills – here’s how. The Conversation.
Dorjee, D. (2018). Six common misconceptions about meditation. The Conversation.
07/20/2017 Dr. Dusana Dorjee contributed (research demonstrations and interview) to BBC1 documentary series ‘How to Stay Young’, aired on BBC1 in September 2017.
Policy involvement
Dr. Dorjee was in 2020 an academic advisor for the development of an online primer for teachers on social and emotion learning as part of an initiative by the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development.
Dr. Dorjee was from 2018 to 2019 an academic consultant for the development of the Health and Wellbeing Areas of Learning as part of the New Curriculum for Wales initiative by the Welsh government.
Dorjee D. (2017). Contemplative education as a way to enhance self-regulation and well-being in children. Contribution of a brief report to the UK parliament inquiry of the Health Committee on the topic ‘Children and young people’s mental health – role of education inquiry’.
Bailey, A., Kelly, C., Weare, C., & Dorjee, D. (2015). The Role of Mindfulness in Education. Mindful Nation UK report. Mindfulness Initiative. Published on behalf of the UK Mindfulness All-Party Parliamentary Group in October 2015, the Mindful Nation UK report was the first policy document of its kind, seeking to address mental and physical health concerns in the areas of education, health, the workplace and the criminal justice system through the application of mindfulness-based interventions.