Congrats to Sanna Ignell
“Urban school ground vegetation have great effect on health in different ways”, says new PhD Sanna Ignell, new PhD at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management at SLU in Alnarp.
Who are you? Could you give a short presentation of yourself and your research area?
“I’m a researcher and teacher at the department of Landscape architecture, planning and management here at SLU. My research interest lies in figuring out how to ensure that planted vegetation survives in built environments, mainly urban areas. During my PhD the last years I’ve focused on school ground vegetation and how to ensure it survival. This includes all from trying to understand children’s use of vegetation to how different species tolerate the school ground environment to the effects of governance structures.”
How does your research align with the One Health concept, and in what ways can it contribute to a more sustainable and socially impactful world?
“Urban school ground vegetation have great effect on health in different ways. It has the potential to contribute to the health of the children using the school grounds by affecting their physical activity, providing shadow and thereby lowering the heat and having positive effect on their immune system. It also has the potential to contribute to the urban environment by for example lowering the overall temperature in summer.”
What are your plans now after your PhD?
“My goal is to continue to research vegetation in children’s environments and in the built environment as a whole. I will also teach Landscape architect and engineer students here at SLU, focusing on urban vegetation.”
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Read more about Sanna Ignell's PhD thesis.
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Sanna Ignell's PhD thesis: Implementation of school ground vegetation | SLU publication database (SLUpub)