Dr Michail Georgiou
- Research Associate (Urban Studies & Social Policy)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683Biography
I am a research associate in quantitative neighbourhood analysis at the ESRC funded Urban Big Data Centre. My background is in Economics, Environmental sciences and Environmental Epidemiology. In the past, I have studied the effects of urban waterways (blue spaces) on public health and the role of socio-economic & health inequalities in urban settings.
Twitter - @MichalisGeorg
Research interests
My research interests are:
- Nature-based solutions and Public Health
- Neighbourhoods and neighbourhood dynamics
- Housing and inequalities in cities
Research groups
Publications
2025
Georgiou, Michail 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949, Nizi, Annamaria and Verduzco-Torres, Jose Rafael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1324-1714
(2025)
The Housing Market Value of Public Transport Accessibility to Employment in Post-Pandemic England.
NECTAR Cluster 6 (Accessibility) and Cluster 8 (Information and Communication Technologies) Joint Meeting - The Future of Accessibility: Integrating Digital Connectivity with (Physical) Proximity, Lisbon, Portugal, 18-19 June 2025.
(Unpublished)
2024
Smith, Niamh, Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, Jalali, Mohammad S. and Chastin, Sebastien
(2024)
Planning, implementing and governing systems-based co-creation: the DISCOVER framework.
Health Research Policy and Systems, 22,
6.
(doi: 10.1186/s12961-023-01076-5)
(PMID:38191430)
(PMCID:PMC10773095)
2023
Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683 and Chastin, Sebastien
(2023)
Living near water can be beneficial to your mental health – Here’s how to have more blue spaces in cities.
In: Gerlak, Andrea K. (ed.)
The Conversation on Water.
Series: Critical Conversations.
John Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, Maryland, USA, pp. 169-175.
ISBN 9781421446202
Cesar Alejandre, J. et al. (2023) Contextual factors and programme theories associated with implementing blue prescription programmes: a systematic realist review. Health and Social Care in the Community, 2023, 6551521. (doi: 10.1155/2023/6551521)
2022
Smith, Niamh, Foley, Ronan, Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, Tieges, Zoë and Chastin, Sebastien
(2022)
Urban blue spaces as therapeutic landscapes: “a slice of nature in the city”.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(22),
15018.
(doi: 10.3390/ijerph192215018)
(PMID:36429735)
(PMCID:PMC9690541)
Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, Tieges, Zoë, Morison, Gordon, Smith, Niamh and Chastin, Sebastien
(2022)
Does Living Near Blue Space Modify the Effect of Socioeconomic Deprivation on Mental Health in Urban Areas: a Population-based Retrospective Study.
The Lancet Planetary Health 6(S1):S6. Meeting Abstract: Planetary Health Annual Meeting 2022, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 31 October - 2 November 2022.
(doi: 10.1016/s2542-5196(22)00268-6)
Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, Tieges, Zoë, Morison, Gordon, Smith, Niamh and Chastin, Sebastien
(2022)
A population-based retrospective study of the modifying effect of urban blue space on the impact of socioeconomic deprivation on mental health, 2009–2018.
Scientific Reports, 12(1),
13040.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-17089-z)
(PMID:35906285)
(PMCID:PMC9338232)
Tieges, Zoe, Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, Smith, Niamh, Morison, Gordon and Chastin, Sebastien
(2022)
Investigating the association between regeneration of urban blue spaces and risk of incident chronic health conditions stratified by neighbourhood deprivation: a population-based retrospective study, 2000-2018.
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 240,
113923.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2022.113923)
(PMID:35045385)
Smith, Niamh, Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, King, Abby C., Tieges, Zoë and Chastin, Sebastien
(2022)
Factors influencing usage of urban blue spaces: a systems-based approach to identify leverage points.
Health and Place, 73,
102735.
(doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102735)
(PMID:34933144)
2021
Smith, Niamh, Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, King, Abby C., Tieges, Zoë, Webb, Stephen and Chastin, Sebastien
(2021)
Urban blue spaces and human health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative studies.
Cities, 119,
103413.
(doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2021.103413)
Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, Morison, Gordon, Smith, Niamh, Tieges, Zoë and Chastin, Sebastien
(2021)
Mechanisms of impact of blue spaces on human health: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(5),
2486.
(doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052486)
(PMID:33802522)
(PMCID:PMC7967635)
2020
Tieges, Zoë, McGregor, Duncan, Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, Smith, Niamh, Saunders, Josie, Millar, Richard, Morison, Gordon and Chastin, Sebastien
(2020)
The impact of regeneration and climate adaptations of urban green–blue assets on all-cause mortality: a 17-year longitudinal study.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(12),
4577.
(doi: 10.3390/ijerph17124577)
(PMID:32630538)
(PMCID:PMC7344529)
Articles
Smith, Niamh, Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, Jalali, Mohammad S. and Chastin, Sebastien
(2024)
Planning, implementing and governing systems-based co-creation: the DISCOVER framework.
Health Research Policy and Systems, 22,
6.
(doi: 10.1186/s12961-023-01076-5)
(PMID:38191430)
(PMCID:PMC10773095)
Cesar Alejandre, J. et al. (2023) Contextual factors and programme theories associated with implementing blue prescription programmes: a systematic realist review. Health and Social Care in the Community, 2023, 6551521. (doi: 10.1155/2023/6551521)
Smith, Niamh, Foley, Ronan, Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, Tieges, Zoë and Chastin, Sebastien
(2022)
Urban blue spaces as therapeutic landscapes: “a slice of nature in the city”.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(22),
15018.
(doi: 10.3390/ijerph192215018)
(PMID:36429735)
(PMCID:PMC9690541)
Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, Tieges, Zoë, Morison, Gordon, Smith, Niamh and Chastin, Sebastien
(2022)
A population-based retrospective study of the modifying effect of urban blue space on the impact of socioeconomic deprivation on mental health, 2009–2018.
Scientific Reports, 12(1),
13040.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-17089-z)
(PMID:35906285)
(PMCID:PMC9338232)
Tieges, Zoe, Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, Smith, Niamh, Morison, Gordon and Chastin, Sebastien
(2022)
Investigating the association between regeneration of urban blue spaces and risk of incident chronic health conditions stratified by neighbourhood deprivation: a population-based retrospective study, 2000-2018.
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 240,
113923.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2022.113923)
(PMID:35045385)
Smith, Niamh, Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, King, Abby C., Tieges, Zoë and Chastin, Sebastien
(2022)
Factors influencing usage of urban blue spaces: a systems-based approach to identify leverage points.
Health and Place, 73,
102735.
(doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102735)
(PMID:34933144)
Smith, Niamh, Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, King, Abby C., Tieges, Zoë, Webb, Stephen and Chastin, Sebastien
(2021)
Urban blue spaces and human health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative studies.
Cities, 119,
103413.
(doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2021.103413)
Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, Morison, Gordon, Smith, Niamh, Tieges, Zoë and Chastin, Sebastien
(2021)
Mechanisms of impact of blue spaces on human health: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(5),
2486.
(doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052486)
(PMID:33802522)
(PMCID:PMC7967635)
Tieges, Zoë, McGregor, Duncan, Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, Smith, Niamh, Saunders, Josie, Millar, Richard, Morison, Gordon and Chastin, Sebastien
(2020)
The impact of regeneration and climate adaptations of urban green–blue assets on all-cause mortality: a 17-year longitudinal study.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(12),
4577.
(doi: 10.3390/ijerph17124577)
(PMID:32630538)
(PMCID:PMC7344529)
Book Sections
Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683 and Chastin, Sebastien
(2023)
Living near water can be beneficial to your mental health – Here’s how to have more blue spaces in cities.
In: Gerlak, Andrea K. (ed.)
The Conversation on Water.
Series: Critical Conversations.
John Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, Maryland, USA, pp. 169-175.
ISBN 9781421446202
Conference or Workshop Item
Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949, Nizi, Annamaria and Verduzco-Torres, Jose Rafael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1324-1714
(2025)
The Housing Market Value of Public Transport Accessibility to Employment in Post-Pandemic England.
NECTAR Cluster 6 (Accessibility) and Cluster 8 (Information and Communication Technologies) Joint Meeting - The Future of Accessibility: Integrating Digital Connectivity with (Physical) Proximity, Lisbon, Portugal, 18-19 June 2025.
(Unpublished)
Georgiou, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-8683, Tieges, Zoë, Morison, Gordon, Smith, Niamh and Chastin, Sebastien
(2022)
Does Living Near Blue Space Modify the Effect of Socioeconomic Deprivation on Mental Health in Urban Areas: a Population-based Retrospective Study.
The Lancet Planetary Health 6(S1):S6. Meeting Abstract: Planetary Health Annual Meeting 2022, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 31 October - 2 November 2022.
(doi: 10.1016/s2542-5196(22)00268-6)
