STYLE Policy Brief 1/2023: More Active Mobility in Everyday Life: Finland Benefits from Reducing Car Use The Ministry of Transport and Communications’ National Programme for the Promotion of Walking and Cycling aims to increase the combined modal share of walking and cycling from the current 30% to 35–38% by 2030. […]

Whereas previous literature agrees that physical activity is associated with positive emotions (see, for example, Biddle 2000), existing findings often stem from laboratory-induced settings exploring general affective states (positive or negative) rather than labeled emotions (angry or happy). Yet being able to identify the relationship between physical activity and labeled […]

Katariina Kiviluoto & Marjukka Parkkinen The fourth and final part of the STYLE webinar addressed different types of cultural, psychological and socio-economic aspects standing in the way of increased physical activity and healthy mobility. Panellists Mette Granberg (Transport Planner, Helsinki Regional Transport Authority, Finland), John Thøgersen (Professor, Department of Management […]

Katariina Kiviluoto & Marjukka Parkkinen In the third part of STYLE webinar, panellists Matti Hirvonen (Executive Director, Network of Finnish Cycling Municipalities, Finland) and Professor Billie Giles-Corti (Director, RMIT University Melbourne, AU) discussed siloed physical activity and various ways in which moving and physical activity are seen as an additional […]

Katariina Kiviluoto & Marjukka Parkkinen The second part of STYLE webinar on 29th April addressed design and business activities. Three panellists were asked to consider how the urban environment and infrastructure, products, services and technology could support the increase of physical activity, and how we could move barriers that hinder […]

Katariina Kiviluoto & Marjukka Parkkinen On the 29th of April STYLE project organised a webinar called Towards healthy mobility – Transdisciplinary Contribution to Health, Climate and Business Targets. During two hours, six internationally acknowledged experts and practitioners tackled challenges to and solutions for increasing healthy mobility and physical activity from […]

Welcome to the live webinar TOWARDS HEALTHY MOBILITY – Transdisciplinary Contribution to Health, Climate and Business Targets, Wednesday 29 April 2020 at 10–12 (UTC +3)

Heidi Auvinen (VTT) & Katariina Kiviluoto (FFRC) In December 2019, we took part in the “Health and Wellbeing” course organized by the Transport Studies Unit (TSU) at the University of Oxford. The course is one part of the Oxford Leadership Programme “Global Challenges in Transport” that is targeted at professionals […]