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To achieve the objectives of CO-CREATE we have on board a solid team of partner institutions, personnel and advisers, all with leading expertise within their respective fields.
Participants
- Knut Inge Klepp, Project leader and WP-1 leader, NIPH
- Harry Rutter, Deputy Coordinator, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and University of Bath
- Kaja Lund-Iversen, Project coordinator, NIPH
- Arnfinn Helleve, Researcher, NIPH
- Ioana Vlad, WP-2 leader, World Cancer Research Fund
- Cecile Knai, WP-4 leader, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Christian Bröer, WP-5 leader, University of Amsterdam
- Claire Bouillon, WP-6 leader, EAT
- Nanna Lien, WP-7 leader, University of Oslo
- Oddrun Samdal, WP-8 leader, University of Bergen
- Tim Lobstein, WP-9 leader, World Obesity Federation
- Isabelle Sylvie Budin Ljøsne, Senior Researcher
- Ana Rito, Project leader, Centre for Studies and Research in Social Dynamics and Health
- Steven Allender, Project leader, Deakin University
- Aleksandra Luszczynska, Project leader, SWPS University of Social Sciences
- Janetta Harbron, Project leader, University of Cape Town
- Deanna Hoelscher, Project leader, University of Texas Health Science Centre at Houston
- Alfred Mestad Rønnestad, Project leader, Press
Advisers
- Bruce Y. Lee, City University of New York (CUNY), USA
- Dejan Bojanic, Save the Children youth, Sweden
- Diane Finegood, Simon Fraser University - Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Canada
- Emma Calvert, The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), Belgium
- Jean-Michel Bonvin, Université de Genève, Switzerland
- Jim Sallis, University of California San Diego, USA
- João Breda, World Health Organization Europe, Denmark
- Hans Brug, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands
- Franco Sassi, Imperial College London, UK
- Wolfgang Ahrens, Leibniz-Institut für Präventionsforschung und Epidemiologie – BIPS, Germany
Partner institutions
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) is the coordinator of the CO-CREATE project. Management related tasks are organised in WP-1. Furthermore, the institute leads the work on obesity rates and energy balance related behaviour in WP-3 and research ethics in WP-10.
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University of Amsterdam (UvA) represented by Amsterdam institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), is leading the work on the Youth Alliances for overweight prevention policies organised in WP-5. They are also responsible for managing the project activities including research participants in the Netherlands in WP-4 and WP-6.
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University of Oslo (UoO) represented by the Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Nutrition is leading the work on evaluation of policy interventions and methodology organised in WP-7, in close cooperation with University of Bergen. They are also responsible for managing the project activities including research participants in Norway for WP-4, WP-5 and WP-6.
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World Obesity Federation (WOF) is the leader of the project work on dissemination and communication organised in WP-9. They will also provide a plan for further use of the results of the projects.
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is leading the work on obesity system mapping organised in WP-4. They are also responsible for managing the project activities including research participants in the UK in WP-5 and WP-6.
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University of Cape Town (UCT) is responsible for managing the WP-4 activities in South Africa with research participants. They will also provide expertize for WP-2 and WP-3 for implemented policies and obesity related data from African countries. |  |
Centre for Studies and Research in Social and Dynamics and Health (CEIDSS) are responsible for managing the project activities including research participants in Portugal for WP-4, WP-5 and WP-6.
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World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRF) is leading the work on policy assessment and monitoring organised in WP-2.
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The EAT Foundation (EAT) is leading the work on dialogue forums in WP 6, including both policy makers, representatives of the food industry and youth participants.
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University of Texas Health Science Centre at Houston (UTHealth) will provide expertize on overweight and obesity related policies and data covering the USA for all work packages.
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Press is the youth organisation under Save the Children Norway. They provide expertize for the project on the youth participation in all project activities.
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University of Bergen (UoB) is leading the work on open science and fair data management organised in WP-8. They are also deputy managers in WP-7 with emphasis on the modelling work.
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SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities (SWPS) are responsible for managing the project activities including research participants in Poland for WP-4, WP-5 and WP-6.
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Deakin University is responsible for providing expertize for the system mapping in WP-4, as well as informing the project on overweight and obesity related policies and data covering Australia.
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