We are thrilled to share the fantastic news that our Health CASCADE research fellow, Dr Jorge R Zapata successfully defended his PhD thesis at Fundació Blanquerna on Wednesday, 25th February 2026. Jorge’s thesis, titled “EngAGE4Change: Co-creating outdoor spaces with older adults living in care homes and the… Read More »Congratulations to Dr. Jorge R Zapata on Defending His PhD Thesis!
We are delighted to share the exciting news that Dr. Rabab Chrifou successfully defended her PhD thesis at Ghent University on Wednesday 19th November 2025. Rabab’s research was part of an interdisciplinary PhD focusing on the ethical aspects of collaborative research within health promotion. Her… Read More »Congratulations to Rabab Chrifou on defending her PhD thesis!
We are thrilled to share the exciting news that Dr. Qingfan An successfully defended her PhD thesis at Umeå University on Friday 21st November 2025. Qingfan’s thesis was titled “Empowering Healthcare Through Design: Building Trust in Co-Creation and Design Research through the Lens of Chronic… Read More »Congratulations to Qingfan An on defending her PhD thesis!
Congratulations to Mira Vogelsang who passed her PhD Viva with minor corrections on Tuesday 4th November at Glasgow Caledonian University! Mira’s PhD thesis, titled “Co-creation in practice: Planning, adapting, and evaluating a co-creation approach to reducing workplace sedentary behaviour in Scottish SMEs ” was supervised… Read More »Congratulations to Mira Vogelsang on passing her PhD Viva!
Congratulations to Quentin Loisel who passed his PhD Viva with minor corrections on Thursday 11th September at Glasgow Caledonian University! Quentin’s PhD thesis, titled “Digital Technology for Co-Creation: Enabling Participatory Systems and Collective Intelligence in Public Health,” was supervised by Dr Sebastien Chastin. Many thanks… Read More »Congratulations to Quentin Loisel on passing his PhD Viva!
Congratulations to Lauren McCaffrey who passed her PhD Viva with minor corrections on Thursday 28th August at Glasgow Caledonian University! Lauren’s PhD thesis, titled “Co-creators’ experiences of the co-creation process: a multiple case study,” was supervised by Dr Philippa Dall (GCU), Dr Bryan McCann (GCU)… Read More »Congratulations to Lauren McCaffrey on passing her PhD Viva!
We are thrilled to share the exciting news that Dr. Lea Rahel Delfmann successfully defended her PhD thesis at Ghent University on Wednesday 18th June 2025. Her thesis, titled “Investigating the added value of co-adaptation — A healthy sleep intervention with and for adolescents”, explored… Read More »Congratulations to Lea Rahel Delfmann on defending her PhD thesis!
We are delighted to announce the wonderful news that Dr. Janneke de Boer, successfully defended her PhD thesis at Ghent University on Thursday 22nd May 2025. Her thesis, titled “Co-creation for Implementation and Adaptation: Engaging School Staff in School Health Promotion,” reflected on the strengths… Read More »Congratulations to Janneke de Boer on defending her PhD thesis!
Congratulations to Danielle Marie Agnello on passing her PhD Viva with minor corrections on Monday 14th April at Glasgow Caledonian University! Danielle’s PhD thesis, titled “How to Co-Create: A Compendium of Methods for Co-Creating Solutions to Complex and Wicked Problems in Public Health,” was supervised… Read More »Congratulations to Danielle Marie Agnello on passing her PhD Viva!
We are delighted to share the news that our Health CASCADE research fellow, Dr. Vinayak Anand-Kumar, successfully defended his PhD thesis at Constructor University Bremen, Germany, on Thursday, 23rd January 2025. His thesis, titled “Applying co-creation to develop behaviour change interventions: Analysing the design, build… Read More »Congratulations to Dr. Vinayak Anand-Kumar on Defending his PhD Thesis!