People’s living environments have an impact on their behaviour, lifestyle and health. Good social cohesion and a green living environment have a beneficial impact on people’s health, while factors such as noise pollution and litter have a detrimental impact on people’s enjoyment of their living environment and their health. How can you help people to lead a healthy life in their own neighbourhood? The Professorship in Health Contexts – a joint initiative by Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment – is exploring this question.