SHAPEDSustainable Health and Academic occuPational Exposures during Digital transformations of work

Good health and well-being of teaching and research staff is necessary for sustainable academic environments, but little is known about the effect of the ongoing rapid digitalization in higher education and the corresponding changes in the way work is performed and subsequent effects on health and wellbeing.

The changes present potential risks for overconnectedness, long working hours, isolation and altered physical activity behaviours and dietary patterns. Previous studies have identified mental health concerns among academics, while less consideration has been made on the impact of the sedentariness of a typical academic’s work on their overall health.

The aim of this study is to leverage the EU Green network and living lab environment to describe and compare digitalization and determinants of mental and physical health across academics at the nine universities. Data from this study will contribute to sustainable development strategies both at our EU Green campuses and more generally in the EU, and will form the basis for future funding applications for longitudinal consideration of key determinants and health.

The CRESD project received Seed funding from the European consortium EU GREEN in 2024
Participating universities : Angers, Evora, Gävle, Magdeburg  and Atlantic Technological University
GRANEM researchers involved: Frédérique Chédotel & Svitlana Plotnytska