Do you want to do research to help create healthier urban environments? Do you want to leverage cutting-edge technology and innovative research to find out how our cities promote health? Join us as a PhD candidate!
Your job While high-quality environments support good health, environmental stressors still contribute to an estimated 630,000 deaths annually in Europe. Traditional city-scale interventions such as air pollution and noise regulations fail to address the micro-scale variations in urban exposure that shape people’s daily health behaviors. Some local interventions, like creating parks, have shown benefits, yet large-scale implementation is often hindered by spatial constraints. What if we could harness the untapped potential of streetscapes to (re)design impactful, feasible, and widely accepted interventions that directly enhance public health?
In this PhD project, you will explore how street-level built and natural environmental changes influence people’s health and health behaviour. Using a novel combination of deep learning, street view imagery, and epidemiological methods, we aim to identify the most effective urban exposure modifications. This research will generate actionable insights to guide policymakers in designing healthier urban spaces.
You will be teaching in courses of
Human Geography and Spatial Planning for about 10% of your time.
Has this sparked your interest? We invite you to apply for our fully funded, full-time, four-year PhD position within the
Exposome-NL Gravitation programme.