Ruca Maass, PhD, is an Associated Professor at the Norwegian University for Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Her professional background includes Occupational Therapy (OT reg.), a Master's degree in Community Psychology and a PhD in Public Health. Her research and teaching focuses on how to create salutogenic settings that provide individuals and communities with appropriate resources and coherent experiences and enables them to tackle life's ups and downs. She has been an appointed member of the IUHPE's working group on Salutogensis since 2018. She is also an active member of the Norwegian Network for research and education in Health Promotion, as well as the Nordic Health Promotion Research Network (NHPRN).