Team
Principal investigator: Prof. Louise Meijering
I am a health geographer and my overall research programme is called Well-being, mobility and attachment to place in later life. I study how well-being, mobility and place attachment and later life are interlinked, by using qualitative and spatial methods and applying participatory approaches. The MeaningfulMobility project combines my interests in indoor and outdoor movement, health and impairments in later life, and different socio-cultural contexts.
Dr. Tessa Osborne (Postdoctoral researcher)
I am a social geographer interested in the entanglements of biological and social processes in relation to the body. In my research I combine biological and social interpretations to study well-being, memory, and mobility using technology (including biosensing, virtual worlds, and social media) with qualitative methods. The MeaningfulMobility project combines my interests in well-being with novel methodologies, and an emphasis on the importance of mobility.
Zeinab Sattari N. (PhD researcher)
I am a spatial planner and environmental policymaker with international experience in data analysis and planning for Health and Well-being. Pursuing a quantitative approach, I have joined the Meaningful Mobility project in order to fulfil my major life goal: "improving the quality of life for everyone, focusing on more vulnerable people". Alongside the team members, I particularly work on a GIS-based analysis on indoor and outdoor mobility of older adults in various social contexts.
Dr.ir. Gerd Weitkamp (Senior researcher)
My research interests are in health geography with a focus on everyday mobility, including active transportation. In my research I use GIS to analyze spatio-temporal movement patterns to better understand peoples movement behavior and their interaction with places.
Dr. Billie de Haas (Senior researcher)
I work as assistant professor and co-supervise the qualitative PhD research within the MeaningfulMobility project. I have a background in demography and am especially interested in the wellbeing of vulnerable groups in society. I enjoy conducting qualitative research because it enables me to learn about individual stories, experiences and needs of persons. By sharing the findings, I can contribute to improving the programmes and policies focused on these particular groups.
Thomas Lowe (PhD researcher)
I am a social geographer with an interest in social inequalities and vulnerable groups. I have extensive research experience in different parts of the world and with different qualitative methods. In the Meaningful Mobility project, I will be heavily involved in the qualitative method and analysis regarding the subjective experiences of older adults in the social contexts concerned.
Student assistant: Marlene van Doorne
I am a Research Master Spatial Sciences student, and have finished the bachelor’s degree Human Geography and Spatial Planning at Utrecht University. The topics presented to me during the research master together with commuting between Groningen and Utrecht have inspired me to study mobility and wellbeing. I enjoy supporting the MeaningfulMobility project as a student assistant, while learning more about new methods, data processing and doing scientific research in general.
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