Date : 23/09/2026 FragMent, as part of the closing of European Mobility Week 2026 and the opening of the exhibition “Travel Time – Everyday Mobility”, contributed to the round table « Mobilités au Quotidien ». Audrey Somnard, freelance journalist, welcomed the following guests: The discussion explored daily mobility as a major societal issue, extending beyond transport … Read more
Date: 17/06/2026 On June 17th 2026, the FragMent project had the pleasure of hosting its second seminar titled “Stress in the city”, with the involvement of numerous local and national stakeholders. The project members presented preliminary and ongoing results the various methodologies including focus groups, a large-scale survey and virtual reality experiments. Key preliminary results … Read more
The FragMent project is gaining significant interest from the press and our scientific partners. We would like to thank the media outlets for highlighting our research and the invaluable contribution of our participants. Explore a selection of articles and publications dedicated to our work below, listed in reverse chronological order:
On May 22, 2025, Dr Camille Perchoux presented the FragMent project on the Luxembourg radio station 100,7. The presentation is available online: https://100komma7.lu/news/De-LISER-mecht-eng-Enquete-iwwer-Stressfakteuren-am-effentleche-Raum in French and Luxembourgish (3min reading / 4min listening).
On July 2nd, 2024, the FragMent project had the pleasure of hosting a participatory workshop on the effects of geographic environments on stress, with the involvement of numerous local and national stakeholders. The workshop aimed to present the project objectives and discuss the relevance of our methodologies. Participants had the opportunity to experience our Virtual … Read more
On Thursday, December 14, 2023, the Minister for Research and Higher Education, Stéphanie Obertin, visited the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER). After a short introduction to the FragMent project and the challenges around building healthier cities to promote population health, she joined us for a Virtual Reality experience. Using a 360° treadmill, the minister … Read more
From June 8 to 30, 2023, we held 7 focus groups on stress. 32 residents of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, aged between 18 and 65, joined us at Belval to take part in our study. Through various workshops, we discussed individual reactions to stress and identified stress factors in an urban environment. We … Read more
Is virtual reality a relevant technology for studying the effects of urban environments on population stress? The FragMent team thinks so! Virtual reality can be used to model computer-simulated environments with high immersive potential for participants, while at the same time being highly realistic. To confirm this, the FragMent team carried out an initial virtual … Read more
Dr. Camille Perchoux, principal investigator of the FragMent project, was invited by SciLux to discuss how environments affects health, particularly stress. We discuss what health geography is, what makes Luxembourg unique in urban health research, and the specific effects of green spaces and urban density on the health of Grand Duchy residents. Listen to … Read more
Launch of the FragMent project! Funded by the European Commission over a 5-year period (October 2022 – September 2027), FragMent aims to gain a better understanding of the environmental determinants of momentary, daily and chronic stress in the population living in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. According to the Stress Restorative Theory, natural environments … Read more
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The FragMent project was funded by the European Union, under the Horizon European Research Council (ERC) Starting grant program. Grant Agreement No. 101040492
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