Creating a Research Portfolio Website with Dr. Patrick Manser

Patrick Manser live from Switzerland, joins me on The Social Academic Podcast to talk about his personal academic website.

This is an episode from our special series featuring winners of the Best Personal Academic Websites Contest 2025. The 2026 Contest is open for entries through October 11, 2026.

In this episode

• Patrick's exergame research and innovation
• Launching his website with Owlstown with just 3 pages
• Growing his website overtime (it's quite extensive now, Patrick calls himself an outlier)
• Working with an agency for his recently launched startup website
• His advice for researchers thinking about their own website journey

Hi, I'm Jennifer van Alstyne. The Social Academic Podcast shares interviews with academics about their online presence. There's interviews and articles for you for when being intentional about how you show up online is a priority for you.

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Guest Bio

Patrick Manser's research and innovation lie at the intersection of health, exercise, and technology, focusing on the co-development, evaluation, and implementation of personalized “exergame as medicine” programs for the prevention and rehabilitation of neurodegenerative disorders.

His mission is to pursue multidisciplinary, patient‑centered research and development with solid theoretical foundations – from mechanistic research on motor-cognitive integration, its translation into holistic exergames, and their implementation in innovative healthcare models.

Patrick's vision is to transform “exergame as medicine” from a niche area of research into a reimbursable pillar of modern healthcare - empowering an ageing population to train to retain a high quality of life.

• Academic Portfolio Website https://Patrick-Manser.com
• Startup Website https://StepWave.ai

Thank you!