Better surroundings better health
Unge forskere tirsdag 25. mars 2025 | Young Researchers Tuesday 25 March 2025
In English below
Kan bedre omgivelser gi bedre helse?
Hvordan påvirker det bygde miljøet helsen vår? Og hvordan kan vi utforme omgivelser som fremmer helse og velvære?
SWELL-prosjektet kombinerer kunnskap og data fra ulike disipliner og engasjerer innbyggere og beslutningstakere gjennom en kombinasjon av digitale teknologier og metoder. Målet er å bidra til likeverdig helse gjennom sunne og bærekraftige bymiljøer for alle.
- Tid: Tirsdag 25. mars, kl. 19:00–21:00
- Sted: Dokkhuset Scene (kart), Solsiden i Trondheim
- Språk: Engelsk
- Programleder: Stig Larssæther
- Arrangør: NTNU
- Gratis inngang
- Servering åpner kl. 18:00
- Det blir fotografering under arrangementet
Arrangementet strømmes. Du kan også opptak på YouTube senere.
Can better surroundings create better health?
How does the built environment influence our health and well-being? And how can we design surroundings that promote health and well-being?
The SWELL project combines knowledge and data from different disciplines to engage citizens and decision-makers through a combination of digital technologies and methods. The aim is to contribute to health equity through healthy and sustainable urban environments for all.
- Time: Tuesday 25 March, at 19:00–21:00
- Venue: Dokkhuset Scene (map), Solsiden in Trondheim
- Language: English
- Host: Stig Larssæther
- Organizer: NTNU
- Free entrance
- Serving opens at 18:00
- Photography will take place during the event
The event is being streamed. You can also watch the recording on YouTube later.
Foredragsholdere | Speakers
Sobah Abbas Petersen's research focuses on the digital technologies and people nexus to connect the digital and the physical worlds. Her research covers urban ecosystems, interaction and learning technologies for engagement and smart and sustainable cities. As the project manager in the SWELL project, her focus is on the intersection of the built environment, the health and well-being of people and digital technologies. She explores the role that digital technologies could play to create better built environments, both through engaging people as well as decision makers. Sobah is an associate professor at the Department of Computer Science at NTNU.
Elham Andalib takes a holistic approach to assessing how the characteristics of the built environment actively influence health and well-being. With a background in architecture and experience in academia and industry, she takes on the complex challenges involved in identifying solutions for future urban development. Elham is a PhD candidate at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at NTNU.
Gul Sher Ali explores how technology, urban outdoor public spaces, and social wellbeing connect. The goal of the project is to create technology that improves public spaces by helping people feel a stronger sense of community and place. Gul Sher Ali is a PhD candidate at the Department of Computer Science at NTNU.
Grace Katharine Forster investigates social inequalities and determinants of health related to the built environment and participation among adults with disabilities. The goal is to better understand drivers and barriers to health related to where and how we live, and to identify solutions to reduce health disparities among people with disabilities. Grace is a PhD candidate at the Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science at NTNU.