I am Mikel, psychologist and predoctoral researcher. Nowadays I am developing a research project titled "Bonding and Restorative Power of Urban Places" thanks to a grant from the University of the Basque Country.

My work consists on studying the psychological effect of the use of some urban settings. Always from a positive perspective, we try to detect which kind of places and activities can be healthy and thus be able to improve the cities we live in. In the research team we think that urban design can be revised thinking of how people use the city and its different places taking also into account their needs. In this way, life would be easier and better. This is the spirit with we face our work.

Apart from the latter, I have also collaborated in projects related to active commuting, fear and other psychosocial factors, trying to understand what makes people moving on foot or by bike instead of choosing other kinds of transport.