How can we develop digital health solutions that are not only innovative, but also meaningful in everyday life?

In this online Lunch & Learn, the Institute for Preventive Health explores how co-creation and participatory research help connect technological opportunities with people’s real needs, contexts, and lived experiences.

Drawing on insights from the LIFTS project, the session highlights how researchers, professionals, schools, and public-health partners work together with citizens to shape health technologies that are accessible, relevant, and engaging. LIFTS focuses on promoting a sustainable healthy lifestyle among low-literate teenagers in practical education and uses participatory research to develop solutions that fit their daily lives.

A distinctive element of the project is its use of four living labs around practical education schools, where students, parents, teachers, carers, designers, policymakers, and researchers work together.

The session starts with a short introduction to LIFTS and its co-creation approach, followed by discussion and an open Q&A.

Practical information

• Date: Thursday 21 May 2026
• Time: 12:15–13:00 (CET)
• Language: English
• Recording: This session will be recorded and shared online afterwards.

Register to join this Lunch & Learn and take part in the conversation on co-creation, participatory research, and meaningful digital health innovation.