Mental Health in the Workplace

Rianne Appel is an Associate Professor in Corporate Real Estate & Workplace at the Department of the Built Environment (Eindhoven University of Technology).

Rianne researches the management of Corporate Real Estate (CRE). She focuses on location, building and workplace design choices as drivers of user experience.

As mental health problems continue to increase across the world, any return to a physical workspace must focus on supporting employees.

Listen in as Michael Creamer and Rianne Appel discuss how research can help us to understand some of the challenges businesses now face.

Key Publications

1. "A Handbook of Theories on Designing Alignment between People and the Office Environment" (2021): https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003128830
2. "The Influence of the Physical Home Work Environment on Perceived Productivity During the COVID-19 Pandemic https://eurofm.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Proceedings_EuroFM_Research_Symposium_2021.pdf
3. "Conceptualizing Social Well-being in Activity-Based Offices". Journal of Managerial Psychology: https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-09-2019-0529