Dr Emma Norris
Senior Lecturer in Public Health
Mary Seacole Open Plan Office
- Email: emma.norris@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265056
- Global Public Health
- Department of Health Sciences
- College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Summary
Dr Emma Norris is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health, within the Department of Health Sciences.
She is Deputy Lead of Centre for Health and Wellbeing across the Lifecourse and Co-Chair of the Health Behaviour Change Research Group.
Dr Norris is a researcher in behaviour change and health psychology, exploring evidence synthesis of behaviour change interventions, as well as development and assessment of physical activity, smoking cessation and digital interventions. Before joining Brunel, Dr Norris was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Behaviour Change at University College London working on the Human Behaviour-Change Project: synthesising published literature on behaviour change using machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (2017-2020). Dr Norris' PhD tested Virtual Field Trips as physically active lesson interventions for primary-school children.
Dr Norris is also an advocate for Open Science. She established and Chairs Brunel's Open Research Working Group and is Brunel's UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) Local Network Lead. She is also interested in designing behaviour change interventions to facilitate Open Science behaviours in researchers.
She is Brunel's Academic Lead for online Global Public Health programmes and Programme Lead of MSc Public Health and Health Promotion (online) and MSc Public Health and Behaviour Change (online).
Dr Norris is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). She is Co-Chair of the European Health Psychology Society’s Open Science Special Interest Group and Associate Editor for Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine.
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Qualifications
PhD, University College London (2017): Virtual Field Trips as physically active lessons for children.
MSc Health Psychology, University College London (2012).
BSc Psychology, Brunel University (2010).
Responsibility
Course Director of MSc Public Health & Health Promotion (online) & Course Director of MSc Public Health & Behaviour Change (online)
Chair of Brunel Open Research Working Group; UK Reproducibility Network Local Network Lead
Deputy Lead of Centre for Health and Wellbeing across the Lifecourse
Co-Chair of Health Behaviour Change Research Group
Newest selected publications
Pennington, C., Norris, E., Skubera, M., Ba, Y., Moffat, R., Amaral, OB., et al. (2026) 'Awareness and Use of Open Research Practices: An International Survey of Researchers Across Disciplines'. Royal Society Open Science, 13 (8). pp. 1 - 47.Open Access Link
Norris, E., Hings, R., Bailey, D., Victor, C., Anokye, N., Banstola, A., et al. (2026) 'Move Together Buckinghamshire: protocol for a pragmatic mixed-methods evaluation of a community physical activity programme for older adults with long-term conditions'. BMJ Open, 16 (7). pp. 1 - 8. ISSN: 2044-6055 Open Access Link
Daly-Smith, A., Mandelid, MB., Morris, J., Norris, E., Kallio, J., Tjomsland, HE., et al. (2026) 'An international multi-stakeholder study on developing teacher capabilities and agency to implement and sustain physically active learning in schools'. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 8. pp. 1 - 12.Open Access Link
Bailey, DP., Norris, E., LeWarne, MD., Cerexhe, L., Anokye, N., Banstola, A., et al. (2026) 'Clinical and cost-effectiveness of the iStep-MS physical activity and sedentary behaviour intervention for managing fatigue in people with multiple sclerosis: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial'. BMJ Open, 16 (7). pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 2044-6055 Open Access Link
Norris, E., Braun, M., Green, JA., Bernard, P. and Peters, G-J. (2026) 'Walking the walk through the open door: Realising Open Science infrastructures'. The European Health Psychologist, 0 (accepted, in press). pp. 1 - 10.Open Access Link