How can European universities collaborate to better understand health and well-being within their communities?
This webinar introduces the INGENIUM Healthy Campus Research Alliance, its research objectives, and its shared approach to studying physical activity, sedentary behaviour and well-being. The speakers will present the study design, discuss practical experiences and challenges in coordinating data collection across partner universities, and outline the next stages of the project. The session will offer an opportunity to exchangze ideas on building cross-university health research
Speakers: Dr Gonzalo Marchant (URN) and Dr Andrea Bickerdike (MTU)
Bios:
Dr Gonzalo Marchant
Dr Gonzalo Marchant is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Sciences at Université de Rouen Normandie, France, and a member of the Centre for the Study of Transformations in Physical and Sporting Activities (CETAPS 3832). His research focuses on the psychosocial dimensions of physical activity and sedentary behaviour, combining questionnaires with accelerometry. He coordinates the INGENIUM Healthy Campus Alliance at Rouen, contributing to collaborative research on health and well-being across European university communities.
Dr Andrea Bickerdike
Dr. Andrea Bickerdike is a Lecturer in Health & Wellbeing and Principal Investigator within the ‘HEX-SPO’ Research Group in Health, Exercise & Sport Sciences at Munster Technological University (Ireland). She serves as Co-Director of MTU’s Healthy Campus programme (‘A Healthy MTU’) and also sits on the Irish Higher Education Authority’s National Student and Staff Health and Wellbeing Advisory Group. Andrea’s research interests encompass health promotion, measurement of population health parameters, evaluation of health interventions, and leveraging universities as settings for health and sustainable development. Andrea also currently Co-Chairs the INGENIUM Healthy Campus Research Alliance (IHCA), working collaboratively with Partners from across the INGENIUM European University Alliance.
