Engaging with Nature for Connection, Health and Wellbeing Processes, Assumptions and Lived Experience in a Complex Nature-Based Intervention

PhD defence by Stine Bekke-Hansen

Assessment Committee

Professor Gertrud Jørgensen, Dep of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen (Chairperson)
Senior Professor Patrik Grahn, Linnaeus University
Senior researcher Matilda van den Bosch, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain

Supervisors

Professor Anna Ulrika Karlsson Stigsdotter
Associate Professor Sus Sola Corazon

Department

Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management

Place

Front building, Second floor, Auditorium Landskab, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C

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Short description of the thesis

How can nature experiences support health and wellbeing, and how can they be made meaningful for people with different needs and ways of engaging with nature? This PhD thesis examines an audio-guided nature-based intervention for adults with mobility impairments. It explores how accessibility, guidance, attention, emotional experiences and people’s relationship with nature come together in practice. The research combines intervention development with qualitative interviews to better understand how nature-based health interventions can be designed in ways that are inclusive, flexible and relevant to different people and settings.