Jantine Schuit

Professor Jantine Schuit is a Full Professor at the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam. She is a senior scientist specializing in health behavior and health promotion research with a focus on addressing health inequalities through multi-sectoral approaches.

Her research interests center on the contribution and effectiveness of behavioral interventions, environmental interventions, and upstream policy measures on health and health behavior. She particularly examines how social and built environments affect children's physical activity, how food and pricing policies influence healthy diets, and how transport policies impact active behavior. Her work emphasizes understanding broader contexts affecting health, including socio-economic, cultural and environmental conditions, with special attention to populations in lower socio-economic positions.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong focus on socioeconomic health inequalities, community-based interventions, and methodological approaches to evaluating complex health promotion strategies. Her work frequently addresses the interplay between individual behaviors and structural determinants of health, with particular attention to translation of research into policy and practice.

Professor Schuit's research portfolio demonstrates expertise in Health in All Policies (HiAP) approaches, asset-based community participation models, and methodological innovations in evaluation research. Her work bridges academic research with practical applications for public health policy development.