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By discipline, Martin Dijst is urban geographer and in 2009 appointed as full professor of Urban Development and Spatial Mobility at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. December 1, 2017, he started his position as director of the department Urban Development and Mobility at LISER, Luxemburg. He is also Affiliate Professor of Urban Development and Mobility at the University of Luxembourg. He has an outstanding track record in international peer-reviewed publications and citations and in large interdisciplinary and intersectoral research projects.
His research is focused on mobility, housing, Information and Communication Technologies, immersive Virtual Reality, climate change, weather conditions, urban metabolism and health. His recent work on health includes analyzing the impact of exposures to environments on health and studies on the meaning of new digitalized sensors, monitoring techniques and self-management methods to stimulate health behaviors.
In the past, he has been PI of the European framework project SELMA on spatial deconcentration of employment and quality of life in European metropolitan areas and of the large Dutch interdisciplinary project CESAR that was focused on climate and environmental change and implications for sustainable accessibility of the Randstad Holland. At Utrecht University, he initiated the interdisciplinary research program Healthy Urban Living, in which researchers from a large variety of medical, behavioural and GIS scientific disciplines jointly studied issues related to healthy urban living. The development of the program was a concerted action by several faculties of Utrecht University and University Medical Center Utrecht, in close collaboration with scientific partner institutes such as RIVM (the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment), NIVEL (the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research), TNO (the Netherlands Organization of Applied Scientific Research) and PBL (the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency). In addition, stakeholders – such as municipalities and provinces – were intensively involved in this program.
Recently, Martin Dijst received a Marie Curie ITN grant from the European Commission (2021-2025) for the project SURREAL: Systems approach of URban enviRonmEnts and heALth which includes budget for in total 15 PhD students. Also, this project is interdisciplinary as well as intersectoral in nature. In this project, living labs will be organized with professionals and citizens.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, The elliptical life: action space as integral measure for accessibility and mobility, Delft University of Technology
1986 → 1990
Master, Human Geography with specialization Urban Geography, University of Amsterdam
1982 → 1986
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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REGEN: REGENeration of neighbourhoods towards a low-carbon, inclusive and affordable built environment
Dijst, M., Gerber, P., Klein, O., Van Acker, V., Aiken, G., Kubicki, S., Barrere, C., Oxizidis, S., Urra, S., Adell, G., Gryszkiewicz, L., Kellen, M., Dubois, G., Bocanegra, A., Oleaga, J., Bussard Mogrovejo, Y., Zuccotti, V., Papetti, M., Lodigiani, A., Bergin, L., Mccormac, D., Purcell, F., van Delft, A., Kastelijn, M., Vervoort, A., Durmisevic, E. & Vancutsem, D.
1/01/24 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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FragMent: Geographic environments, daily activities and stress: a study on the space-time fragmentation of exposure patterns
Perchoux, C., Dijst, M., Gerber, P., Klein, S., Omrani, H., Birenboim, A., Chaix, B., Fagherazzi, G., Röcke, C. & Simons, M.
1/10/22 → 30/09/27
Project: Research
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MOBI-HEALTH: MOBI-HEALTH: Mobility, Health and Inclusive Urban Epidemic Resilience
Dijst, M., Van Acker, V., Médard de Chardon, C., Grimsrud, B., Friman, M., Aamodt, G., Suhrcke, M., Moran, V. & Seuring, T.
27/05/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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SURREAL: Systems approach of URban enviRonmEnts and heALth
Dijst, M., Brungs, E., Suhrcke, M., Klein, O., Gerber, P., Perchoux, C., Chaix, B., Vaartjes, I., Nawrot, T., Beenackers, M., Vögele, C., Birenboim, A., Niewenhuijsen, M., De Vet, E. & Orru, K.
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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iCHRONOS: The effects of Information and Communications Technology on transport-related social exclusion for vulnerable populations
Dijst, M., Klein, O., Van Acker, V. & Arranz-López, A.
1/01/22 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Does e-shopping increase walking time willingness to reach in-store locations? Exploring the spatial effects
Arranz-López, A., Soria-Lara, J. A., Dijst, M. & Omrani, H., Nov 2023, In: Transportation Planning and Technology. 46, 6, p. 729-753 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Individual needs, opportunities and travel behaviour: A multidisciplinary perspective based on psychology, economics and geography
Dijst, M., Rietveld, P., Steg, L., Veldstra, J. & Verhoef, E., 11 Aug 2023, The Transport System and Transport Policy: An Introduction, second edition. van Wee, B., Annema, J. A., Banister, D. & Pudane, B. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 17-49 33 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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O.2.2-4 Longitudinal associations between residential greenness exposure, physical activity and sedentary behavior levels: a country-wide study in Luxembourg
Van Beek, J., Perchoux, C., Malisoux, L., Klein, O., Bohn, T., Beenackers, M., ven Lenthe, F. J. & Dijst, M., 11 Sept 2023, In: European Journal of Public Health. 33, S1, O.2.2-4.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract
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Pathways from street network design to symptoms of depression among emerging adults in China
Cui, X., Wen, J., Yang, H., Helbich, M., Dijst, M., Roberts, H. & Tian, S., Oct 2023, In: Travel Behaviour and Society. 33, 100644.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Association Between Natural/Built Campus Environment and Depression Among Chinese Undergraduates: Multiscale Evidence for the Moderating Role of Socioeconomic Factors After Controlling for Residential Self-Selection
Yang, H., Cui, X., Dijst, M., Tian, S., Chen, J. & Huang, J., 7 Apr 2022, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 10, 844541.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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