Your Emotional City! A transdisciplinary, citizen science investigation of urban spaces

Abstract

As urbanization is a rapidly advancing trend worldwide, there is a considerable need for research in this area to identify risk factors, but also health-protective resources of the city. To this end, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Berlin, in collaboration with Futurium Berlin and King's College London, will conduct a transdisciplinary Citizen Science project to investigate the influence of the urban environment on mental health. A smartphone-based Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) will be used to assess the influence of urban and social factors on psychological well-being and social stress among residents and visitors of Berlin. One goal is to create an emotional map of Berlin.

Principal investigators

Fingerhut, Joerg Prof. Dr. ⧉ (Department of Philosophy)

Kabisch, Nadja Dr. ⧉ (Department of Geography)

Further project members

Kluge, Ulrike Prof. Dr. (Charité – Berlin University Medicine)

Participating organisational units of HU Berlin

Participating external organisations

Financer

Berlin University Alliance (BUA)

Duration of project

Start date: 07/2021
End date: 06/2022

Research Areas

Art History, Music, Theatre and Media Studies, Cognitive Neuroscience, Construction Engineering and Architecture, Empirical Social Research, Geography, Human Geography, Medicine, Neurosciences, Philosophy, Practical Philosophy, Psychology, Public Heatlh, Healthcare Research, Social and Occupational Medicine, Theoretical Philosophy, Urbanism, Spatial Planning, Transportation and Infrastructure Planning, Landscape Planning

Research Areas

Aktive Wahrnehmung und Kognition, Geographie, Kognition, Philosophie, Soziale Kognition, Urban anthropology, Urban Art, Street Art, Kunstgeschichte, Architektur, Urbanistik