Design for Healthier Urban Living Research Group (DHUL)

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Design for Healthier urban Group (DHUL) explores around the inter-disciplinary research theme of sustainable urban living, with a particular focus on behaviour change.

Members explore the role of design in bringing behavioural change to achieve a better life. Academics in this team have a focus on specific behavioural change theme of:

• Health: Exploring role of design in increasing people’s health through Internet of Things, Design-led Interventions, and feedback devices.
• Safety and Transportation: Sustainable Transportation and Safety investigating attitudes and behaviours regarding sustainable personal transportation options such as electric cars, cycling and car sharing in urban environments
• Healthy and Sustainable buildings: Exploring the impact of retrofitted buildings lighting design and users’ behaviour on health and wellbeing
• Built Environment and Smart cities: Exploring the role of citizen engagement, participation and the role of digital enabled feedback.

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Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham