Lenneke Vaandrager, PhD in health promotion, is Associate professor Health and Society and Scientific Director of the Centre for Space Place and Society. Her overall research focus is to analyse and contribute to the development of inclusive healthy settings: contexts in which people engage in daily activities in which environmental, organizational and personal factors interact to affect health and wellbeing. Examples of settings are cities, social enterprises, communities, workplaces and families. Most of her work is inspired by systems thinking and salutogenesis.
Current research projects:
Work in Natural Environments for People with an Occupational Disability (Binnenwerk Buiten). https://www.wur.nl/en/project/Work-in-Natural-Environments-for-People-with-an-Occupational-Disability-Binnenwerk-Buiten-1.htm
Living Lab Lindenholt: the natural breeding ground for the neighbourhood https://www.wur.nl/en/project/living-lab-lindenholt.htm
Addressing Health Inequalities in Vulnerable Urban Neighbourhoods by Social Community Enterprises https://www.wur.nl/en/project/Addressing-Health-Inequalities-in-Vulnerable-Urban-Neighbourhoods-by-Social-Community-Enterprises-.htm
From diet to everyday-social life: a salutogenic approach towards enabling healthful eating among diabetes type 2 patients https://www.wur.nl/en/project/From-diet-to-everyday-social-life-a-salutogenic-approach-towards-enabling-healthful-eating-among-diabetes-type-2-patients-Acronym-D2SAL.htm
European Forum on Urban Agriculture https://www.efua.eu/
Lenneke is coordinator of the European Training Consortium which organises annual training courses on health promotion strategies in Europe https://etcsummerschool.wordpress.com/
Lenneke is member the IUHPE Global Working Group on Salutogenesis (GWGS). http://www.iuhpe.org/index.php/en/global-working-groups-gwgs/gwg-on-salutogenesis
Teaching in:
HSO 10806 Introduction Health and Society
HSO 20306 Environmental Assets for Health
HSO 30806 Settings for Health Promotion
YMS 70324 Amsterdam Living Lab
ELS 59206 Responsible Learning Organization
ACT academic advisor