Overview
Background
Dr Jon Olsen is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Science, The University of Queensland. He serves as Director of URBANiQ: Urban Intelligence for Healthy & Equitable Places @ The University of Queensland, the AURIN UQ-Node, and leads research focused on place and health inequalities. His work explores how the built and natural environments, along with urban planning policies, influence health outcomes and disparities. Jon is also committed to advancing understanding of the intersections between human health and planetary health.
He is Co-I of the NIHR Global Health Research Unit in Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Inequalities (SEDHI) and the NIHR Public Health Research (PHR) Programme-funded Orienting Policy Towards Inequality Minimising Actions (OPTIMA) project, a systems science approach to 20-minute neighbourhood policy and evaluation.
Jon is Senior Editor of the new journal Urban Transitions, Editorial Board Member of Wellbeing, Space and Society, and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, UK.
Availability
- Dr Jonathan Olsen is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy of Epidemiology, Cardiff University
Research interests
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Mobility, Health & Environmental Exposure
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Urban Liveability & Community Wellbeing
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Healthy and equitable places
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Socioeconomic impacts of place-based planning policies
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Social and geographical impacts of climate change on health
Works
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2023
Journal Article
Inequalities in neighbourhood features within children's 20-minute neighbourhoods and variation in time spent locally, measured using GPS
Olsen, Jonathan R., Caryl, Fiona, Nicholls, Natalie, Smith, Melody, McCrorie, Paul and Mitchell, Richard (2023). Inequalities in neighbourhood features within children's 20-minute neighbourhoods and variation in time spent locally, measured using GPS. Wellbeing, Space and Society, 5 100174, 100174. doi: 10.1016/j.wss.2023.100174
2023
Journal Article
Introducing critical accounting for governance as a tool in exploring the commercial determinants of health
Stevenson, Lorna A., Maani, Nason and Olsen, Jonathan R. (2023). Introducing critical accounting for governance as a tool in exploring the commercial determinants of health. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 12 (1) 8128, 8128-1. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2023.8128
2022
Journal Article
Nationwide equity assessment of the 20-min neighbourhood in the scottish context: a socio-spatial proximity analysis of residential locations
Olsen, Jonathan R., Thornton, Lukar, Tregonning, Grant and Mitchell, Richard (2022). Nationwide equity assessment of the 20-min neighbourhood in the scottish context: a socio-spatial proximity analysis of residential locations. Social Science & Medicine, 315 115502, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115502
2022
Journal Article
Neighbourhood natural space and the narrowing of socioeconomic inequality in years of life lost: a cross-sectional ecological analysis of the Scottish Burden of Disease
Nicholls, Natalie, Caryl, Fiona, Olsen, Jonathan R. and Mitchell, Richard (2022). Neighbourhood natural space and the narrowing of socioeconomic inequality in years of life lost: a cross-sectional ecological analysis of the Scottish Burden of Disease. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76 (12), 976-983. doi: 10.1136/jech-2022-219111
2022
Journal Article
Impact of subjective and objective neighbourhood characteristics and individual socioeconomic position on allostatic load: a cross-sectional analysis of an all-age UK household panel study
Whitley, Elise, Olsen, Jonathan and Benzeval, Michaela (2022). Impact of subjective and objective neighbourhood characteristics and individual socioeconomic position on allostatic load: a cross-sectional analysis of an all-age UK household panel study. Health and Place, 78 102930, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102930
2022
Journal Article
Trends and inequalities in distance to and use of nearest natural space in the context of the 20-min neighbourhood: a 4-wave national repeat cross-sectional study, 2013 to 2019
Olsen, Jonathan R., Nicholls, Natalie, Panter, Jenna, Burnett, Hannah, Tornow, Michael and Mitchell, Richard (2022). Trends and inequalities in distance to and use of nearest natural space in the context of the 20-min neighbourhood: a 4-wave national repeat cross-sectional study, 2013 to 2019. Environmental Research, 213 113610, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113610
2022
Journal Article
Day-to-day intrapersonal variability in mobility patterns and association with perceived stress: a cross-sectional study using GPS from 122 individuals in three European cities
Olsen, Jonathan R., Nicholls, Natalie, Caryl, Fiona, Mendoza, Juan Orjuela, Panis, Luc Int, Dons, Evi, Laeremans, Michelle, Standaert, Arnout, Lee, Duncan, Avila-Palencia, Ione, de Nazelle, Audrey, Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark and Mitchell, Richard (2022). Day-to-day intrapersonal variability in mobility patterns and association with perceived stress: a cross-sectional study using GPS from 122 individuals in three European cities. SSM - Population Health, 19 101172, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101172
2022
Journal Article
Socioeconomic inequality in Scottish children's exposure to and use of natural space and private gardens, measured by GPS
Olsen, Jonathan R., Caryl, Fiona M., McCrorie, Paul and Mitchell, Richard (2022). Socioeconomic inequality in Scottish children's exposure to and use of natural space and private gardens, measured by GPS. Landscape and Urban Planning, 223 104425. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104425
2022
Journal Article
Socio-economic patterning of food and drink advertising at public transport stops in Edinburgh, UK
Robertson, Tony, Jepson, Ruth, Lambe, Kyle, Olsen, Jonathan R. and Thornton, Lukar E. (2022). Socio-economic patterning of food and drink advertising at public transport stops in Edinburgh, UK. Public Health Nutrition, 25 (5), 1131-1139. doi: 10.1017/S1368980021004766
2022
Journal Article
Green space visits and barriers to visiting during the COVID-19 pandemic: a three-wave nationally representative cross-sectional study of UK adults
Burnett, Hannah, Olsen, Jonathan R. and Mitchell, Richard (2022). Green space visits and barriers to visiting during the COVID-19 pandemic: a three-wave nationally representative cross-sectional study of UK adults. Land, 11 (4) 503, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/land11040503
2021
Journal Article
Contextual influences on chronic illness: a multi-level analysis in the twin cities of Ramallah and Al Bireh in the occupied Palestinian Territory
Alkhatib, Ahmad M., Olsen, Jonathan R. and Mitchell, Richard (2021). Contextual influences on chronic illness: a multi-level analysis in the twin cities of Ramallah and Al Bireh in the occupied Palestinian Territory. Health and Place, 72 102677, 102677-72. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102677
2021
Other Outputs
SSR Environment and Spaces Group - COVID-19 Green and Open Space Use in Spring 2021 (Wave 3): priorities for post-pandemic recovery
Olsen, Jonathan and Mitchell, Richard (2021). SSR Environment and Spaces Group - COVID-19 Green and Open Space Use in Spring 2021 (Wave 3): priorities for post-pandemic recovery. Glasgow, United Kingdom: University of Glasgow. doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.246702
2021
Journal Article
Change in time spent visiting and experiences of green space following restrictions on movement during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationally representative cross-sectional study of UK adults
Burnett, Hannah, Olsen, Jonathan R., Nicholls, Natalie and Mitchell, Richard (2021). Change in time spent visiting and experiences of green space following restrictions on movement during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationally representative cross-sectional study of UK adults. BMJ Open, 11 (3) e044067, e044067-3. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044067
2021
Other Outputs
S&SR Environment and Spaces Group Report: COVID-19 Green and Open Space Use in Autumn 2020
Olsen, Jonathan and Mitchell, Richard (2021). S&SR Environment and Spaces Group Report: COVID-19 Green and Open Space Use in Autumn 2020. Glasgow, United Kingdom: University of Glasgow. doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.234770
2021
Journal Article
Exposure to unhealthy product advertising: spatial proximity analysis to schools and socio-economic inequalities in daily exposure measured using Scottish Children's individual-level GPS data
Olsen, Jonathan R., Patterson, Chris, Caryl, Fiona M., Robertson, Tony, Mooney, Stephen J., Rundle, Andrew G., Mitchell, Richard and Hilton, Shona (2021). Exposure to unhealthy product advertising: spatial proximity analysis to schools and socio-economic inequalities in daily exposure measured using Scottish Children's individual-level GPS data. Health and Place, 68 102535, 102535. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102535
2021
Journal Article
Do neighbourhood characteristics matter in understanding school children’s active lifestyles? A cross-region multi-city comparison of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Hong Kong
Olsen, Jonathan R., Leung, Kevin Y. K., Nicholls, Natalie and Loo, Becky P. Y. (2021). Do neighbourhood characteristics matter in understanding school children’s active lifestyles? A cross-region multi-city comparison of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Hong Kong. Children's Geographies, 19 (4), 488-504. doi: 10.1080/14733285.2020.1828826
2021
Journal Article
Neighbourhood natural space and the narrowing of socioeconomic inequality in children's social, emotional, and behavioural wellbeing
McCrorie, Paul, Olsen, Jonathan R., Caryl, Fiona M., Nicholls, Natalie and Mitchell, Rich (2021). Neighbourhood natural space and the narrowing of socioeconomic inequality in children's social, emotional, and behavioural wellbeing. Wellbeing, Space and Society, 2 100051. doi: 10.1016/j.wss.2021.100051
2020
Other Outputs
S&SR Environments and Spaces Group: change in use of green and open space following COVID-19 lockdown ‘stay at home’ phase and initial easing of lockdown
Olsen, Jonathan and Mitchell, Rich (2020). S&SR Environments and Spaces Group: change in use of green and open space following COVID-19 lockdown ‘stay at home’ phase and initial easing of lockdown. Glasgow, United Kingdom: University of Glasgow. doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.223180
2019
Journal Article
Active commute to school: does distance from school or walkability of the home neighbourhood matter? A national cross-sectional study of children aged 10-11 years, Scotland, UK
Macdonald, Laura, Mccrorie, Paul, Nicholls, Natalie and Olsen, Jonathan R. (2019). Active commute to school: does distance from school or walkability of the home neighbourhood matter? A national cross-sectional study of children aged 10-11 years, Scotland, UK. BMJ Open, 9 (12) e033628, 1-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033628
2019
Journal Article
Which urban land covers/uses are associated with residents' mortality? A cross-sectional, ecological, pan-European study of 233 cities
Olsen, Jonathan R., Nicholls, Natalie, Moon, Graham, Pearce, Jamie, Shortt, Niamh and Mitchell, Richard (2019). Which urban land covers/uses are associated with residents' mortality? A cross-sectional, ecological, pan-European study of 233 cities. BMJ Open, 9 (11) e033623, 1-11. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033623
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