Anna Bornioli PhD

Description:  Payamos (Promotion of Physical Activity of the Youth through Active Mobility to School) is about promoting the physical activity of children of 9-12 years and adolescents of 14-18 years in seven European countries.
Status: Active project
Client: EU-funded Erasmus+ Research Project
Duration: 2020-2022
Partner: Technische Universität Berlin (main partner)

Description: This project aims to get insights in the behavior of car drivers in the Netherlands making use parking transactions generated by Parkmobile customers. The outcome consists of maps, descriptive statistics and simple calculations that provide a comprehensive overview of the parking behavior in different Dutch cities.
Status: Active project
Duration: 2020 -2021
Client: Parkmobile

Description: research assessing the health benefits of different urban walking environments using physiological (EEG) and psychological measures, with the addition of virtual reality (VR)
Status: Active project
Duration: 2018-ongoing – 2021
Client: Funded by the University of the West of England, Bristol

Description: analysis of  wellbeing experiences of outdoor and indoor favourite urban and natural settings

Status: completed
Duration: 2019 - 2020
Main partner: Enviwell Group (University of Tampere, Finland)

Description: The project evaluated the effects of the 20mph (30km/h) speed limit in Bristol, looking at the changes in speed and road injuries. It was found that speed decreased with the introduction of the new limit, however average speed is still above 20mph. Road safety had some improvements with the lower speed limit.
Status: completed
Duration: 2019 – 2020
Client: Bristol City Council
Main partner: University of the West of England, Bristol

Description: secondary data analysis of risk factors for poor mental health among adolescents related to body dissatisfaction, based on the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC).
Status: Completed project
Duration: 2018
Client: Funded by the University of the West of England, Bristol
Partners: University of the West of England, Bristol (main partner)

Bornioli, A., Lewis-Smith, H., Slater, A., & Bray, I. (2021). Body dissatisfaction predicts the onset of depression among adolescent females and males: a prospective study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(4), 343-348.

Bornioli, A., Bray, I., Pilkington, P., & Parkin, J. (2020). Effects of city-wide 20mph (30km/hr) speed limits on road injuries in Bristol, UK. Injury prevention, 26(1), pp.85-88.

Vermeulen, S., Bornioli, A., Liedl, B., Alexander, L., Kazepov, Y., Mocca, E., … Brandajs, F. (2020). SMARTDEST DATASET WP2 V1 [Data set]. Zenodo.

Bornioli, A., Russo, A.P., Vermeulen, S., Valente, R. (2020). The spatial articulation and local effects of tourism and associated mobilities. Technical report.

Bornioli, A., Evans, D. and Cotter, C. (2020). Evaluation of the UK Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework (PHSKF): implications for international competency frameworks. BMC public health, 20(1), pp.1-8.

Bornioli, A., Parkhurst, G., & Morgan, P. (2019). Affective experiences of built environments and the promotion of urban walking. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 123, 200.

Bornioli, A., Lewis-Smith, H., Smith, A., Slater, A. and Bray, I. (2019). Adolescent body dissatisfaction and disordered eating: Predictors of later risky health behaviours.  Social Science & Medicine, 238, p.112458.

Bornioli, A., Bray, I., Pilkington, P., & Bird, E. (2018). The effectiveness of a 20 mph speed limit intervention on vehicle speeds in Bristol, UK: A non-randomised stepped wedge design. Journal of Transport and Health, 11, 47-55. 

Bornioli, A., Parkhurst, G., & Morgan, P. (2018). The psychological wellbeing benefits of place engagement during walking in urban environments: A qualitative photo-elicitation study. Health and Place, 53, 228-236. 

Bornioli, A., Parkhurst, G., & Morgan, P. (2018). Psychological wellbeing benefits of simulated exposure to five urban settings: An experimental study from the pedestrian’s perspective. Journal of Transport and Health, 9, 105-116. 

Bornioli, A., Vermeulen, S., Van Haaren, J., & Mingardo, G. (2021, June). Does tourism improve living conditions of urban residents? A pan-European analysis with EU-SILC data. Paper presented at ATLAS SIG Urban Tourism ONLINE meeting: New Directions for Urban Tourism Post-COVID, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Bornioli, A. & Subiza Perez, M. (2019, September). Building the case for urban restoration: a step forward along an overlooked line of inquiry. Paper presented at the International Conference on Environmental Psychology 2019, Plymouth, UK.

Bornioli, A., Bray, I., Pilkington, P., & Bird, E. (2019, May). The 20mph speed limit policy in Bristol: Analysis of speed and collisions variations. Paper presented at The 15th World Conference on Transport Research, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.

Bornioli, A. (2018, November). Accessible walking hubs for psychological wellbeing. Paper presented at Accessible Hubs – International workshop on Universal Design in urban mobility systems. Technische Universität Darmstadt., Darmstadt, Germany. 

Bornioli, A., Parkhurst, G., & Morgan, P. (2018, January). Healthy walking: The role of architecture. Paper presented at AMPS 2018 Health: The Design, Planning and Politics of How and Where We Live, Bristol, England. 

Bornioli, A. The influence of city centre environments on the affective walking experience. (Thesis). University of the West of England.