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Innovate 4 Cities 2021 | UN Habitat Conference

Posted on 16 October 202116 November 2021 by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo

Tuesday 12 October at 15:45 CEST. Dr. Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo has presented her insights at the session 5H: Green spaces for healthier cities, which was fully recorded and available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df16SGuCO1w The Conference, co-hosted by #UNHabitat and #Mayors4Climate, brings together innovative research and science to help cities tackle #ClimateChange challenges. The global five-day virtual #I4C Conference covering #Science and #Innovation partnerships driving inclusive, resilient, and climate-neutral #cities, runned Read More

Circular Green Cities at the Floriade Expo 2021

Posted on 8 October 202116 November 2021 by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo

Experts talks were a part of the Sustainability day at the FoodForum and gave a lot of fruit for thought on how we can work towards more #circular cities (Vojtech Vosecky), nature inclusive urban developments such as #pampus #Almere (Paola Huijding & Ingrid Zeegers) and on a street-level scale by #RewildingSteppingStones (Gideon Spanjar) and the value for human well-being by Dr Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo. The event was Read More

ASEAN Workshop on Biodiversity and its Linkages to Human Health

Posted on 27 September 20211 November 2021 by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo

27 September 2021 at 2:30 PM Singapore The connections between biodiversity, mental health and physical inactivity are particularly relevant in the context of shifting global burden of diseases in which non-communicable diseases are among the most rapidly rising challenge to global public health. Contact with nature may provide positive mental health benefits, as well as Read More

World Sustainability Forum Speech on Community-led Greenspace |13-15 September 2021

Posted on 13 September 20211 November 2021 by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo

On Monday 13th September at 11:00 CEST Dr Diana Benjumea Meija presented her research on “The Spatial and Social Components of Community-led Green Spaces and its Contribution to the Health and Wellbeing of Low-income Communities” at the 9th World Sustainability Forum In the last decade, there has been a surge in projects initiated by urban Read More

EKLIPSE project outcomes: Systematic Review, Podcast, WHO Booklet

Posted on 1 August 20211 November 2021 by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo

For several years, papers have been published about the positive impact of greenness on health, including some synthesis and systematic reviews. Yet, none of them has so far addressed the question of the type of habitats and components of such habitats that have a significant (and preferably positive) effect on mental health and psychological well-being. Read More

Mental Health in Slums – the Case of Bangladesh Among Other Developing Countries

Posted on 22 July 202129 July 2021 by Tahsin Tabassum

The share of the world’s population living in urban areas has been predicted to increase from 55% in 2018 to 60% in 2030 (UN, 2018). Every year people move to the urban areas from villages for various reasons. If we try to see this urban-rural migration under the push-pull model, push factors from rural end Read More

Neuro-architecture to promote well-being | MAB 2020 Symposium

Posted on 1 July 20211 November 2021 by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo

JULY 1, 2021 16:30 – 18:00 (CEST) Neuro-architecture transmits knowledge and technologies from the field of neuroscience into the professions of spatial design, aimed to get better-informed design solutions to promote human and non-human well-being in our public spaces. We kick off with the key findings of our 2-year research project Sensing Streetscapes, followed by Read More

Urban Land Institute/Health Leaders Network

Posted on 30 June 2021 by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo

In early 2021 our Board Member and Lead researcher Dr Diana Benjumea was selected to join a prestigious Health Leaders Network initiated by the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Health Leaders Network is a platform aimed at sharing knowledge and ideas with health leaders across continents. It gathers professionals across the globe with the skills and Read More

How can VR improve mental health

Posted on 20 May 202116 April 2024 by Weronika Gasior

Eascape, a new VR relaxation app created by neuroscientists and landscape architects, makes it possible to benefit from the healing power of nature without leaving home. The test version of the app has just been launched, as the whole world deals with the consequences of coronavirus waves and lockdowns. It is not a coincidence. In Read More

EDRA52 Conference Presentation | Just Environments

Posted on 19 May 202127 October 2021 by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo

Speech presented at the 25th Environmental Design Research Association 25th Conference in the panel “Green Resilience and Behaviour” by Nazwa Tahsin. Part of the Research Program “Nature Connection and Mental Health of Communities”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwGBP0sscNo&t=24s https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.edra.org/resource/resmgr/edra52/subpages/edra52_-_program_book.pdf

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