Eik o Fried Pr o fess o r o f Mental Health & Data Science

2026, Eiko Fried
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Eiko Fried

As Professor of Mental Health and Data Science, I am interested in how to best understand, measure, model, and classify mental health problems. To do so, I conceptualize them as emergent properties that arise from complex biopsychosocial systems, rather than as clear-cut categories with simple causes.

As co-founder of the Open Science Community at Leiden University, I improve cumulative psychological science through open scholarship and responsible research practices.

I love burnt coffee and fast computers, and am humbled to get to work with many wonderful people all around the world.

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Some of my photography below.

Blurred black-and-white photograph near Tower BridgeBlack-and-white photograph of a child and chimpanzee facing each other through glassBlack-and-white photograph of reflections inside a metro trainBlack-and-white photograph of reflective modern architectureMotion-blurred trees against a pale skyGrainy black-and-white abstract photographBlack-and-white photograph of a cat resting by a windowAbstract orange reflections on dark water