Knowledge building

• Integrate knowledge from different areas about personality and perinatal mental and physical health
• Combine diverse theoretical perspectives, methods, and practical experiences from clinical, personality, and social psychology and other fields
• Conduct research to significantly advance our understanding of perinatal adjustment
• Disseminate key findings to the scientific community, relevant target groups (e.g., parents-to-be), and the general public

Capacity building

• Transdisciplinary exchange (e.g., between clinical, personality, and social psychology and related disciplines such as medicine, midwifery, and sociology)
• Connect researchers at different career stages
• Provide optimal mentoring for early career researchers
• Increase visibility through joint projects and outreach activities
• Build an infrastructure that facilitates continued long-term collaboration