Grete Grindal Patil

Grete Grindal Patil serves as Dean of the Faculty of Landscape and Society at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), where she holds a Professorship. Her leadership in Education Administration underscores her institutional role within Norway's premier agricultural and environmental sciences university.

Her research centers on nature-health interactions, with dominant focus on dementia care through farm-based day services and therapeutic horticulture. She investigates how care farming environments impact emotional well-being, quality of life, and retention rates for dementia patients, while also examining nature exposure in offices for stress reduction and productivity. Her work spans environmental psychology, rehabilitation science, and green care interventions across diverse populations including stroke patients and office workers.

Analysis of her 15 most recent publications (2016-2022) reveals three dominant research streams: (1) Farm-based dementia care protocols and stakeholder mapping in Norwegian contexts, (2) Nature exposure mechanisms for psychological distress reduction in workplaces, and (3) Green exercise accessibility and therapeutic horticulture applications in clinical rehabilitation. Her methodology emphasizes longitudinal studies, comparative analyses, and mixed-methods approaches focusing on Norwegian populations.