Episode 4: Pieter & Raoul – Gambling for Better Health & Health Gamification Research

<p style="font-weight:400;">We’re joined by Pieter Van Gorp and Raoul Nuijten from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. In this episode we talk through financial incentives for physical activity, how gambling mechanics can create health behaviours for lower costs and some principles for researching health gamification interventions.</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">Pieter is Assistant Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands with a research focus on digital health platforms. He also manages the health data science programme at Eindhoven’s Artificial Intelligence Systems Institute, with a focus on creating societal breakthroughs through health games.</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">Raoul is a PhD Candidate and researcher at Eindhoven with a focus on increasing the impact of research of health promotion and lifestyle intervention, particularly through application of persuasive technologies. </p> <p style="font-weight:400;"> </p> <p><a href='https://www.pietervangorp.com/'>https://www.pietervangorp.com/</a></p> <p><a href='https://research.tue.nl/en/persons/raoul-cy-nuijten'>https://research.tue.nl/en/persons/raoul-cy-nuijten</a></p>