Global Youth Network
A growing international community to empower new generations with the conscious Pause for productivity, well-being and burnout prevention.
The Pause Across Generations
The VIAHR Global Youth Network brings together students, young researchers, and emerging professionals from over 25 nations and five continents, united by a mission: to advancing the Power of Pause as a tool for mental health, well-being, and sustainable work. Through research, editorial projects, international events, and growing ambassador programme, the Network is building a generation that understands rest as the foundation of a healthier, more productive life.
Change the World with a Pause
“When we created this Network, we wanted to give young leaders, changemakers, and students from every corner of the world a platform to explore, research, and advocate for the Power of Pause. We empower the next generation with the critical tools to advocate for sustainable work, well-being, and the future the world needs.”
A Pause Across Nations
Our Youth Programs
Global Call for Papers 2026
The VIAHR 2026 Global Call for Papers, “Healing the World Through the Transformative Power of Pause,” invites students and young researchers from around the world to produce original academic papers on mindful pause as a tool for burnout prevention, mental health, and sustainable productivity. Participants will develop research papers across four thematic areas: from neuroscience to public policy, and from technology ethics to management and behavioral economics. The winning paper will be presented at a VIAHR conference at United Nations Headquarters in New York in November 2026.
The World of the Pause
A weekly editorial series that explores how cultures across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas experience rest, burnout, and well-being among young people. Each episode uncovers local traditions, untranslatable words, and ancestral philosophies of the Pause through interviews with Youth Network members offering a journey across continents and centuries in search of what makes the Pause universal and what makes it unique in every culture.
Join now and be part of the Global "Power of the Pause" Movement
Global Youth Summit
The VIAHR Foundation’s Youth Global Summit , “Toward an International Dialogue on Youth Mental Health and the Power of a Pause,” is a live-streamed event that brings together experts, CEOs, institutional leaders, and student ambassadors from across the world in a global conversation on youth mental health and the Power of a Pause.
Youth Ambassadors
The VIAHR’s Youth Ambassadors are students and young professionals who want to be more active across initiatives and embrace the Power of a Pause in their countries and communities. Present across Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and beyond, our ambassadors network continues to expand the conversation on burnout prevention and mental health in their own cultural contexts. For more information on how to join, please contact riccardo@vhrfoundation.org
Join Now and Be Part of the Global Movement for the Power of Pause
Whether you're a student, a researcher, or a young leader, you can join now other change makers around the worldwide and advocate for burnout prevention and the conscious Pause.
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