Abstract

POLO VARGAS, JEAN DAVID  and  MENDOZA VILLADIEGO, ANGELLYS. The role of the academy in the face of youth well-being challenges: Science, politics, and social transformation. Psicol. caribe [online]. 2025, vol.42, n.2, pp.1-8.  Epub May 14, 2025. ISSN 0123-417X.  https://doi.org/10.14482/psdc.42.2.204.567.

This editorial reflects on the challenges arising from a global context of constant transformation. Academia faces the pressing task of adapting its methods and approaches to complex problems affecting younger generations in regions such as the Colombian Caribbean, marked by inequality, conflict, and cultural diversity. From this perspective, the journal Psicología desde el Caribe reaffirms its commitment to a transformative science that addresses pressing issues such as youth mental health, misinformation, procrastination, and well-being.

The editorial underscores the importance of open access, ethics in publishing, and the role of scholarly journals as mediators between science and society. It highlights the need to expand epistemic boundaries and to defend local and regional knowledge from a critical standpoint. Likewise, it acknowledges the work of those who make the journal possible and calls for a continued collective effort to build a science that engages with the realities of the Caribbean and latin america.

Keywords : Mental health; well-being; transformative science; Colombian Caribbean; social transformation.

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