Welcome to the GetAMoveOn Network+

Funded by the EPSRC, the GetAMoveOn Network+ brings together experts in human computer interaction, health psychology, behaviour change, sensor networks, data analytics, interactive visualisation, sports and exercise science, and citizen engagement, with the aim of transforming health by enabling people to lead more active lives with the help of digital technology.

The project runs from June 2016 to end of May 2021. After the end of the project, this website will not be updated but will remain live for a period of time. After that, you can find publications relating to the project on the UCL Interaction Centre website.

Publications

ACM Interactions: Special Topic - InBodied Interaction

ACM Interactions Magazine XXVII.2 March - April 2020

The March 2020 issue of the AMC’s Interactions Magazine features a Special Topic: InBodied Interaction edited by GetAMoveOn co-investigator m.c. schraefel. The collection includes a piece by GetAMoveOn Fellow, Marion Lean , which proposes some designs for live data materialisation, exploring how we c …

Policy and practice

Written evidence submitted to the National Plan for Sport and Recreation Committee Lords Select Committee Inquiry: A National Plan for Sport and Recreation Submitted by Professor Anna L Cox (University College London) on behalf of the GetAMoveOn Network+ on 28th January 2021 The GetAMoveOn Network+ …

Guidance for providers, practitioners & commissioners

Guidance for commissioners, service providers, clinicians and social prescribing link-workers on the use of technology to encourage physical activity

This document provides guidance designed to assist those involved in making decisions and recommendations, both to individuals and organisations, on the use of technologies to support physical activity. It sets out a number of key considerations and questions to ask about technologies or …

Find an expert

If you're looking for an expert who knows the facts about the benefits and challenges of getting people to be more physically active, and how technology can help people to sit less and move more, you're in the right place. Use the search box to find someone who knows about the particular topic you're interested in, or you can select tags to filter results and find people who can help you. They're all experts in their field, media trained, great communicators, and they're ready and willing to share their specialist knowledge and expertise with journalists, media researchers and other professionals in need of an informed opinion from someone who really knows what they're talking about.

Funded Projects

Behaviour change theory-driven design

Behaviour change theory-driven design: knowledge exchange workshops

Research team Paulina Bondaronek , Joe Newbold , Marion Lean Summary of proposed research Many people find it difficult to become more physically active and turn to digital technology to help them achieve their aim. Technologies such as fitness trackers have become increasingly sophisticated. They …

EMA to understand physical activity of cancer patients

Using EMA to understand the impact of wearables on physical activity of cancer patients

Research team Cindy Forbes , Max Western , Katarzyna Stawarz , Daniel Harrison Summary of project proposal Physical activity is one of the most important behaviours that a person can do to help prevent and manage cancer. Maintaining physical activity throughout and post treatment for cancer is …

Digital technology to support exercise snacking for older adults

Creating digital technology to support exercise snacking for pre-frail older adults in the home setting

Research team Lyndsay Alexander , Angela Carlin , Anjana Wijekoon , Max Western , Katarzyna Stawarz Summary of project Older adults are at increased risk of falls and injury due to age-related declines in physiological functioning. This can impede on an individual's quality of life and …

Blog

The digital behaviour change challenge

Authors: Joe Newbold, Paulina Bondaronek, Marion Lean

As part of the GetAMoveOn (GAMO) Network+ Fellowship programme our project came with a shared interest in how we can improve the use of behaviour change in physical activity. At a collaboration workshop in December 2019 run by the network, we brought our experience of behaviour science, HCI and …