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Planetary health: nature and well-being in the Anthropocene
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Planetary health: nature and well-being in the Anthropocene
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The global change of ecosystems over the past 50 years is unprecedented in human history. According to the IPBES report published in 2019, human activity has fundamentally transformed 75% of land areas and 66% of seas and oceans. The survival and well-being of human society is based on the functioning of the Earth’s ecosystems. In other words, as the concept of planetary health indicates, nature and human health are inseparable from one another.
There is an exponentially growing body of research that shows that our connection with nature has profound mental health protective effects. Since almost 10% of the global population, 790 million people, suffer from various mental disorders, compared to 84 million in the European Union, a better understanding of the relationship between nature and mental well-being is particularly important in the recent poly-crisis.
This topic provides opportunity for students to further explore the relationship between nature and mental well-being following the planetary health approach. Potential research ideas can include e.g. nature-based solutions in mental health care, the role of nature connectedness in mental well-being, the mental health of environmental professionals, multi-species approach in well-being. Particular attention is given to research ideas with strong environmental justice focus (e.g. access to nature; ecotherapy and social inclusion) and aspects of other-than-human species well-being.
Literature (suggested reading for prospective students):
Myers, S., & Frumkin, H. (2020). Planetary health: protecting nature to protect ourselves. Island Press.
Myers, S. S. (2017). Planetary health: protecting human health on a rapidly changing planet. The Lancet, 390(10114), 2860-2868.
Mihók et al. (2017) Biodiversity on the waves of history: conservation in a changing social and institutional environment in Hungary, a post-soviet EU member state. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 211: pp. 67-75. (2017)
Bratman, G. N., Anderson, C. B., Berman, M. G., Cochran, B., De Vries, S., Flanders, J., ... & Daily, G. C. (2019). Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective. Science advances, 5(7), eaax0903.
There is an exponentially growing body of research that shows that our connection with nature has profound mental health protective effects. Since almost 10% of the global population, 790 million people, suffer from various mental disorders, compared to 84 million in the European Union, a better understanding of the relationship between nature and mental well-being is particularly important in the recent poly-crisis.
This topic provides opportunity for students to further explore the relationship between nature and mental well-being following the planetary health approach. Potential research ideas can include e.g. nature-based solutions in mental health care, the role of nature connectedness in mental well-being, the mental health of environmental professionals, multi-species approach in well-being. Particular attention is given to research ideas with strong environmental justice focus (e.g. access to nature; ecotherapy and social inclusion) and aspects of other-than-human species well-being.
Literature (suggested reading for prospective students):
Myers, S., & Frumkin, H. (2020). Planetary health: protecting nature to protect ourselves. Island Press.
Myers, S. S. (2017). Planetary health: protecting human health on a rapidly changing planet. The Lancet, 390(10114), 2860-2868.
Mihók et al. (2017) Biodiversity on the waves of history: conservation in a changing social and institutional environment in Hungary, a post-soviet EU member state. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 211: pp. 67-75. (2017)
Bratman, G. N., Anderson, C. B., Berman, M. G., Cochran, B., De Vries, S., Flanders, J., ... & Daily, G. C. (2019). Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective. Science advances, 5(7), eaax0903.
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2026-05-15