I am a Professor of Health Sciences. I earned my Ph.D. in Physical Activity & Sport Sciences from the University of Milano and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Occupational Sciences, focusing on the role of natural environments in promoting health and well-being. I am primarily affiliated with the Centre for Health & Technology, where I lead the research area "Health Promotion and Sustainability”. My primary research focus is health-enhancing physical activity, human-nature interactions, and sleep-wake patterns. In my research, I use and study different technologies, such as virtual reality (VR), lifestyle applications, and wearable technology.
Responsibilities
Teaching
Groups and nettworks
- Centre for health and Technology, lead of the research area Health promotion & sustainability
- HelseHub, working group on Preventative health
Research projects (most relevant)
EU projects
- Drammen - Zero emission 2030, part of NetZeroCities - Pilot Cities (H2020 RIA)
- GoGreenRoutes: GO GREEN Resilient Optimal Urban natural, Technological and Environmental Solutions (H2020 IA)
National and regional projects
- Friluftsliv under pandemien (samarbeid med Norsk Friluftsliv)
- Helsemotivator - Helsemotivator - et prosjekt for å motivere til en aktiv hverdag og måle effekt for både helse og miljø (FORREGION bedriftsprosjekt)
- Forske på etterlevelse og effekt av appen Empaziz i arbeidet for varig livsstilsendring (FORREGION Innovasjonsprosjekt)
- GreenVR - Developing and testing health-promoting VR systems. (Regional Research Fond Inland Norway)
- Sport for all? Exploring the public health potential of the Birkebeiner races, Norway’s ultimate mass-participation sporting events (Regional Research Fond Inland Norway)
Ph.D. projects
- Vritual nature as a health-promotion initiative for nursing-home residents (USN)
- Virtual reality for the promotion of nature engagement (USN)
- Virtual nature experiences as a supplement in the treatment of moderate depression (Hospital Inland Norway & USN)
- Exploring the underlying mechanism of VR-based simulation as a pedagogic tool in education and training of non-technical-skills among health professionals in mental health care (Hospital Inland Norway & INN University)
- Virtual green exercise - developing a new concept for health promotion (INN University & USN)
- Technological nature as an augmentative self-management intervention in Fibromyalgia (Staffordshire University)
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Development and application of virtual environments in riehabilitation: simulation of green exercise in chronic diseases (University of Thessaly)
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Outdoor sports to promote sense of community and nature connectedness among vacational school youths (Catholic University of the Sacret Hearth - Milan)