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Aletta Bonn Professor of Ecosystem Services at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
in Germany and head of the Department of Ecosystem Services at the Helmholtz
Center for Environmental Research Germany (UFZ), and the German Center for
Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv). With a working background at the sciencepolicy interface in the UK and Germany, her research focuses on ecosystem services, biodiversity and human well-being, participatory conservation, and citizen
science.
Contributors
Rebecca Bell-Williams Research fellow at the University of Nottingham, UK. Her
research focuses on nature connection and spiritual well-being.
Matthias Braubach Technical officer of Urban Health Equity at the WHO
European Centre for Environment and Health. He has a background in urban geography and public health. He assists the WHO European Region Member States in
the development and implementation of urban policies and interventions that
address environmental risks and associated environmental equity issues.
Anne Cleary PhD candidate in the School of Medicine at Griffith University,
Australia. Her research focuses on the links between nature and health, with a specific focus on urban nature and mental well-being.
Penny A. Cook Professor of public health at the University of Salford, UK. Her
research focuses on working with communities to improve health, using an assetbased community development approach. She is also interested in health behavior
and carries out research into sedentary behavior, physical activity and the health
benefits of green space.
Payam Dadvand Assistant Research Professor at the Barcelona Institute for
Global Health (ISGlobal), Spain. He is a medical doctor by training and has a PhD
in environmental epidemiology. His research focuses on the impacts of both environmental stressors (e.g. air pollution, climate change) and mitigation measures
(e.g. green spaces) on human health, particularly on maternal and child health.
Martin Dallimer Associate Professor of Environmental Change at the University
of Leeds, UK. His research applies and integrates research techniques from across
different disciplines to better understand, and provide solutions for, the sustainable
management of natural environments, biodiversity, and ecosystems in a humandominated world.
About the Editors and Contributors
Aletta Bonn Professor of Ecosystem Services at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
in Germany and head of the Department of Ecosystem Services at the Helmholtz
Center for Environmental Research Germany (UFZ), and the German Center for
Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv). With a working background at the sciencepolicy interface in the UK and Germany, her research focuses on ecosystem services, biodiversity and human well-being, participatory conservation, and citizen
science.
Contributors
Rebecca Bell-Williams Research fellow at the University of Nottingham, UK. Her
research focuses on nature connection and spiritual well-being.
Matthias Braubach Technical officer of Urban Health Equity at the WHO
European Centre for Environment and Health. He has a background in urban geography and public health. He assists the WHO European Region Member States in
the development and implementation of urban policies and interventions that
address environmental risks and associated environmental equity issues.
Anne Cleary PhD candidate in the School of Medicine at Griffith University,
Australia. Her research focuses on the links between nature and health, with a specific focus on urban nature and mental well-being.
Penny A. Cook Professor of public health at the University of Salford, UK. Her
research focuses on working with communities to improve health, using an assetbased community development approach. She is also interested in health behavior
and carries out research into sedentary behavior, physical activity and the health
benefits of green space.
Payam Dadvand Assistant Research Professor at the Barcelona Institute for
Global Health (ISGlobal), Spain. He is a medical doctor by training and has a PhD
in environmental epidemiology. His research focuses on the impacts of both environmental stressors (e.g. air pollution, climate change) and mitigation measures
(e.g. green spaces) on human health, particularly on maternal and child health.
Martin Dallimer Associate Professor of Environmental Change at the University
of Leeds, UK. His research applies and integrates research techniques from across
different disciplines to better understand, and provide solutions for, the sustainable
management of natural environments, biodiversity, and ecosystems in a humandominated world.
About the Editors and Contributors