Quality of Life: The Interplay between Human Behaviour, Technology and the Environment

Dear Colleagues,

We are arranging a Special Issue entitled "Quality of Life: The Interplay between Human Behaviour, Technology and the Environment" which will be published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health by MDPI. The Special Issue is a joint project by the Research Platform Quality of Life: People and Technology of the The Hague University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands. Contributions from all over the world, and on the basis of various methodologies, are welcomed.

The main focus of this Special Issue is how people’s quality of life can be enhanced by optimizing the interplay between people, the environment and technology. Contributions should focus on the person or end-user and his or her environment, both the physical, social and digital environment, and on the interaction between people, health (care) and technology. The application domains of the Special Issue are sports and physical activity, nutrition and diet, health, care and rehabilitation. Recent advances in technology offer a wide range of solutions that support the aforementioned domains for a large number of end-users, both patients/clients from –9 months until 100+ years of age, as well as practitioners/physicians.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to publish high-quality research papers as well as review articles addressing recent advances in quality of life research with a focus on end-users and technology, both in the broadest sense of the word. Original, high quality contributions that have not yet been published or that are not currently under review by other journals, or from peer-reviewed conferences are welcomed.

We encourage authors to send a short abstract (500 words max.) and a tentative title in advance. When your manuscript is ready for submission, we ask that you submit via the online portal https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/Quality_Life.

All submitted manuscripts will be processed through a fast peer review process.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Prof. Joost van Hoof
Prof. Erwin de Vlugt
Prof. Deirdre M. Beneken genaamd Kolmer
Prof. Sanne I. de Vries
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.