Scientific Results
CityMove brings together research from different disciplines and cities, generating scientific outputs that document methods, findings and learning from the project. In this section you will find papers, presentations, posters and other materials produced by our research teams.
All CityMove datasets, reports, and scientific outputs are also openly available in our Zenodo community.
Scientific Results
Explore the scientific papers and presentations created by CityMove and each city team. These materials highlight the research taking place around the 13 actions and show how the cities are contributing new knowledge about physical activity and healthier urban environments.
Scientific Papers
Project General: CityMove Project
Title: How can cities accelerate, support and evaluate actions for active movement for health: protocol for CITY-MOVE, a multicase implementation research study in six cities in three continents.
Description: This protocol paper outlines the CityMove multicase study across six cities, describing how the project adapts the WHO Global Action Plan on Physical Activity into locally relevant strategies. It details the 13 actions studied at early and late stages, the mixed methods used, and the cross contextual evaluation approach designed to support scalability and transferability.
Keywords: CityMove, physical activity, urban health, implementation research, active mobility, non-communicable diseases, Living Labs, city-based interventions, GAPPA, scalability, transferability.
City: Antwerp
Title: Adolescent girls and physical activity in public spaces: insights from the city of Antwerp.
Description: This study explores stakeholder perspectives on teenage girls’ engagement in physical activity in two disadvantaged districts of Antwerp. It identifies interconnected policy, environmental, sociocultural and individual barriers, highlighting reduced access to safe and inclusive spaces and the need for participatory, gender sensitive urban planning.
Keywords: adolescent girls, physical activity, public spaces, socioecological framework, gender inequality, inclusive urban design, youth services, participation barriers, urban health, Antwerp.
City: Ljubljana. Language: Slovenian.
Title: Stakeholder mapping and evaluation of the ‘Walk along the wire’ intervention: a step to enhancing physical activity and community engagement in Ljubljana
Description: This study examines the Walk Along the Wire event in Ljubljana, using stakeholder mapping and a SWOT analysis to understand current strengths, challenges and collaboration opportunities. It highlights a diverse stakeholder network, strong community engagement and the need to support long term participation to enhance the event’s contribution to urban health.
Keywords: physical activity, stakeholder engagement, urban health, health promotion, public health, Ljubljana.
City: Ljubljana. Language: Slovenian.
Title: Gamification elements in mobile applications to promote physical activity among adolescents – systematic literature review.
Description: This review analyses mobile applications with gamification elements designed to promote physical activity among adolescents. From 1.065 articles screened, four randomized controlled trials were included, identifying elements such as progress tracking, points, badges, challenges and leaderboards. The findings highlight potential benefits while noting the need for further research on long term behaviour change.
Keywords: adolescents, gamification, mobile applications, physical activity, health, Ljubljana.
Posters
City: Ljubljana
Description: The poster by Nataša Stojnić from the CityMove Ljubljana team, presents the results from the EMI-2 Inventory Analysis, showcased findings from a study conducted among Ljubljana secondary school students. Using the EMI-2 questionnaire, the team explored what truly motivates adolescents to be physically active, and how gender shapes these motivations.
The results show that young people are driven primarily by intrinsic motives such as feeling healthy, experiencing enjoyment, gaining energy and building physical strength. Boys tended to show higher motivation in areas connected to competition, social interaction and challenge, while girls were more strongly guided by health, enjoyment and personal growth.
Keywords: Ljubljana, adolescents, health, physical activity, motivation.
City: Ljubljana
Description: The poster by Nataša Stojnić presents the results of the Slovenian study, focused on the development of a mobile application and on adolescents' attitudes towards physical activity. The presentation emphasised the potential of digital tools to foster active engagement among young people and underscored the significance of their perspectives in the design of interventions.
Keywords: Ljubljana, adolescents, health, physical activity, motivation, digital tools, mobile apps.
City: Ljubljana
Description: This poster presents the Walk Along the Wire intervention in Ljubljana, as shared at the EFPC 2025 Conference. It generated discussion on long term behaviour change, the role of healthcare providers and inclusivity in once a year events. The poster received the Best Poster Prize for its focus on community engagement and inclusive approaches to support physical activity and long term health.
Keywords: Ljubljana, walk along the wire, stakeholder mapping, physical activity, participatory planning, urban health, SWOT analysis, community engagement, active mobility, scoping review, active living.
Project General: CityMove
Title: Mapping routine data for physical activity: implementing GAPPA across six cities.
Description: This poster presents CityMove’s work on mapping routine administrative data to assess physical activity interventions across six cities. It outlines the identification of GAPPA data domains, the selection of potential indicators and the review of more than 25,000 variables to understand data availability, gaps and opportunities for improving policy evaluation
Keywords: physical activity, routine data, GAPPA, data mapping, urban health, indicator development, machine learning, policy evaluation, active mobility.
City: Bogotá. Language: Spanish.
Title: Beneficios y desafíos de la Ciclovía como estrategia de promoción de la salud – Scoping review
Description: This poster summarises a scoping review on the health benefits and challenges of Ciclovías. It examines 41 studies published between 2004 and 2024, highlighting evidence on public health impact, replicability and current challenges, and showing how Ciclovías support safe, recreational and healthy spaces for physical activity.
Keywords: Ciclovía, Bogotá, physical activity, healthy cities, public health, open streets, urban mobility, non-communicable diseases, community programmes, scoping review, active living.
Blogs
