Claudi L. Bockting PhD, professor in Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at the department of Psychiatry in Amsterdam University Medical Centers and is one of the founders and directors of the interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Mental Health of the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. She has also worked for over 30 years as a licensed clinical psychologist. She was a visiting professor at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School at Harvard University (2023).

She developed Preventive Cognitive Therapy (PCT) as a treatment against relapse in depressive disorders, and its effectiveness has been demonstrated in several randomized controlled trials and settings, with reported preventive effects up to 20 years. Her research program focuses on finding potentially modifiable factors that can be targeted with innovative interventions, including digital and AI-supported interventions to prevent or treat depression, anxiety and suicidality. She organized several international summits on responsible use of AI in science and society, resulting in AI (living) guidelines as published in Nature. Dr. Bockting (co-)authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications in leading journals such as Nature, World Psychiatry, JAMA Psychiatry and Lancet Psychiatry and offers international intervention workshops, including digital interventions, for depression, anxiety and relapse prevention. She received an honorary doctorate from the University of Basel (2022) and an elected membership of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts for her work on improving mental health outcomes in common mental conditions worldwide. She is the recipient of Fellowships at institutions such as the Beck Institute International Scholarship in Philadelphia, Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Amsterdam, and the World Health Organization. In addition, she is a board member and former president of the European Association of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment (EACLIPT).