I am a Professor of Health Sciences with a Ph.D. in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences from the University of Milano and postdoctoral training in Occupational Sciences from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU). My research centers on health-enhancing physical activity, human–nature interactions, and sleep-wake patterns. I have a particular interest in the use and critical evaluation of emerging technologies in health research, including virtual reality (VR), lifestyle applications, and wearable devices.
Responsibilities
Research Coordinator of the Centre for Health and Technology
Coordinator of the research area on Health Promotion & Sustainability
Teaching
- Master'd Degree in innovation and technology application within the healthcare system / Clinical health
- Introduction to research methods (subject coordinator)
- Development of a prosject description (seminar-coordinator)
- Master Dissertation (seminar-coordinator and supervisor)
- Ph.D. programme in Person, health and society (supervisor)
Groups and nettworks
- HelseHub, working group on Preventative health
- GoGreen constorium
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)