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Benjamin Schüz

@bschuez.bsky.social
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Professor of Public Health (Prevention and Health Promotion), Uni Bremen. Co-Speaker, Leibniz ScienceCampus Digital Public Health (www.digital-public-health.de). Health behaviour and health inequalities. Posts in German and English.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
A thread of directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) that look like record covers... because that's EXACTLY what the world needs 1. Huey Lewis and the News: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Lisa Warner @lisawarner.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🔎 Wir suchen aktuelle Studierende aus Deutschland, Österreich oder der deutschsprachigen Schweiz, die ihren Emotionen zum Klimawandel in unserer kurzen Online Studie Ausdruck verleihen möchten. 🎁 Es werden 20 mal 20 Wunschgutscheine verlost.
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Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Reminder: Abstract submissions for our @ejhp93.bsky.social special issue "Focus on Planetary Health and Sustainability: Health Psychology Matters" close this Sunday! #PsychSciSky #HealthPsych econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/...
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Call for Papers: “Focus on Planetary Health and Sustainability: Health Psychology Matters”: European Journal of Health Psychology: Vol 0, No 0
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Benjamin Schüz @bschuez.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Just out (after an epic >5y): Systematic review on social inequality, health behaviour and determinants (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....). We reviewed 109 studies to understand HOW social inequality shapes health behaviours. It's apparently more complex than we (and current theories) thought...
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Social inequality, health behaviour determinants and health behaviour: a systematic review
Health inequalities are partly due to social differences in health behaviours, but we know little about the underlying mechanisms. Health behaviour theories, summarised e.g. in the Theoretical Doma...
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Benjamin Schüz @bschuez.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Our new comprehensive #openaccess book on #DigitalPublicHealth is now available online: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... We present current interdisciplinary research and concepts on digital technology for population health including legal & ethical issues, challenges and engineering perspectives.
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Digital Public Health
This open access book gives an overview of the core issues in digital public health, such as prevention, population health, and health systems.
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40th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society @ehpsconference.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
What a night! The EHPS Band had everyone on their feet and brought incredible energy to the room. From classic grooves to surprise jams, it was the perfect way to celebrate our community after a full day of sessions. 🎶 #EHPS2025
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Daryl O’Connor @daryloconnor.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Another excellent EHPS conference, in Groningen, comes to an end. Great science, people & what a fantastic, vibrant community. Thanks to the @EHPSociety Team, organisers & the wonderful EHPS Band “Revise and Resubmit” led by the one & only Ben Schüz. #ehps2025
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European Health Psychology Society @ehps.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
It's a wrap on an amazing #EHPS2025: LOC chair Adelita Ranchor handed over the baton to #EHPS2026 LOC chair Angelos Kassianos! A huge thanks to everyone who made this year's conference a success, and we are looking forward to seeing you again next year in Cyprus.
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 30/06/2025
Incredible take. All sorts of health problems --> grip strength. Thus, anything that improves grip strength will improve overall health. QED
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MARUM @marumunibremen.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Join our team! MARUM and partner institutes within the #ExcellenceCluster Ocean Floor are offering ➡️ 15 doctoral researcher positions. Please find out more about it here: www.marum.de/en/career/op... @icbm-uol.bsky.social @hifmb.de @awi.de
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
BLACK SKIES OVER PROJECT (Apartment) 2025 PUBLIC ENEMY drop surprise new album,!! We hear you and we here to still Fight the Power with ya as The Hits Keep On Comin You can’t stream it but you can pay what you want for the next 72 hours at bandcamp. publicenemy.bandcamp.com/album/black-...
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Claudia Teran-Escobar @claudiaterane.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
1/ 🚨 New preprint alert! We (@lisawarner.bsky.social @ajamesgreen.bsky.social and myself) estimated the carbon footprint of air travel associated with >20 international conferences (2023–2025) in psychology & behavioral medicine. Spoiler: it’s a lot. 🛫🌍🧠 Preprint 👉 doi.org/10.31234/osf... 🧵
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Dr Nathan Kilah @chemistrynathan.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Whales in the Derwent River/timtumili minanya! How good is #Hobart!
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Whales spotted off Hobart 'having a rest' during northern migration
Humpback whales are spotted in the River Derwent as far up as Hobart's northern suburbs, using the river for some rest and relaxation during their northern migration.
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Dr. Alea Ruf @alearuf.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🚨 Don’t miss today’s webinar! Get exclusive tips from former poster prize winners on how to make your poster shine @ehps2025.bsky.social ! 🌟 When? Today, 12:00 - 13:00 CEST Sign-up ➡️ uni-mannheim.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Poster Perfect: Tips and Tricks to CREATE Successful Scientific Posters. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Poster Perfect: Tips and Tricks to CREATE Successful Scientific Posters. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Conrad Ziller @conradziller.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
📊 New study: What makes people share personal data with digital services? Large-scale experiment shows: 🤝 Friend recommendations strongly increase data sharing willingness 🌱 Sustainability promises work - but mainly for environmentally conscious users doi.org/10.1016/j.te...
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Benjamin Schüz @bschuez.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Was misst der HLS-EU-Q16 eigentlich, wenn er in sozial benachteiligten Gruppen eingesetzt wird? Neues Paper von Himal Singh legt nahe, dass es große Verständnisschwierigkeiten bei Personen mit Langzeitarbeitslosigkeit gibt. #Healthliteracy #Gesundheitskompetenz www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejo...
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Thieme E-Journals - Das Gesundheitswesen / Abstract
Thieme E-Books & E-Journals
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Benjamin Schüz @bschuez.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Neuer qualitativer OA-Artikel von Studierenden aus dem Master Public Health @unibremen.bsky.social: Warum Pflegefachkräfte im Krankenhaus rauchen. Spoiler: Multifaktorielle Gründe und Arbeitsbedingungen - z.B. Fehlende Pausen, Legitimation von "Raucherpausen" und Soziales. doi.org/10.1007/s115...
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„Auf der Arbeit schmeckt es immer“ – Gründe für das Rauchen von Pflegefachkräften im Krankenhaus: Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Studie - Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung
Background The healthcare sector is facing a shortage of skilled workers, which is compounded by high sickness rates and early retirement among nursing professionals; thus, the health and health behav...
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Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Scientific committee chair Val Morrison and I where overwhelmed by the many great submissions we received for @ehps2025.bsky.social #EHPS2025! We are so excited for the conference and hope that you are, too.
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Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
#HPGVienna welcomes expressions of interest from potential applicants for the next round of MSCA postdoctoral fellowships focusing on #healthpsychology. @univie.ac.at is a excellent place to work. More info also about support for applications: forschungsservice.univie.ac.at/foerdermoegl...
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MSCA-PF
Marie-Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship at the University of Vienna
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EHPSCreaters @ehpscreaters.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🚨 Missed the deadline to apply for the CREATE workshop? No worries — we've got good news! 📅 The application deadline is extended until May 26, 2025! Join us in beautiful Groningen 🇳🇱 for an inspiring experience with fellow early career researchers to learn about open science practices.
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 11/05/2025
Thanks to everybody who chimed in! I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist. So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
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Benjamin Schüz @bschuez.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Neue Befunde mit alten GEDA-Daten zu Benachteiligung und #Gesundheitskompetenz: Wir finden komplexe Interaktionen von sozioökonomischen Indikatoren und GK, z.B. höhere GK bei TN mit hoher Bildung und Migrationshintergrund. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HealthLiteracy #PublicHealth #HealthPsych
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Soziale Benachteiligung und Gesundheitskompetenz in Deutschland - Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung
Background and research question Low health literacy (HL) is associated with poorer health, higher mortality, and higher utilisation of emergency services. It has, therefore, become an important topic...
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Benjamin Schüz @bschuez.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
GEDA data shows complex socieconomic interactions in health literacy, e.g., differential association of education w/ #Healthliteracy in migrants versus non-migrants (paper in German only, sorry!) link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HealthLiteracy #PublicHealth #HealthPsych
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Soziale Benachteiligung und Gesundheitskompetenz in Deutschland - Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung
Background and research question Low health literacy (HL) is associated with poorer health, higher mortality, and higher utilisation of emergency services. It has, therefore, become an important topic...
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European Health Psychology Society @ehps.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
🌟 Calling all early and mid-career EHPS members! The Ari Haukkala Mentoring Programme is back this September. Join us to grow your skills with the support of experienced mentors. 🔗 Register here: ehps.net/mentoring/ 🗓️ Deadline: Friday 23rd May 2025 #Mentoring #CareerDevelopment #EHPS
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Mentoring | EHPS.net
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European Health Psychology Society @ehps.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
🌟 Become a Mentor! We’ invite EHPS members to join as mentors for the next round of the Ari Haukkala Mentoring Programme from September 2025. Share your experience, support early/ mid-career researchers, and develop new skills! 🔗 Register here: ehps.net/mentoring/ 🗓️ Deadline: Friday 23rd May 2025
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Mentoring | EHPS.net
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Robert Böhm @robertboehm.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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Psychologie der Verbote
Die Aufregung über neue Vorschriften kann riesig sein. Doch oft legt sie sich verblüffend schnell. Woran das liegt.
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EMPOWER - an EHPS Group @empowerehps.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
A nice little shot of the EMPOWER committee working hard to bring you something special for @ehps2025.bsky.social ⚡⚡Stay tuned for some exciting news soon!!
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Nikos Ntoumanis @nikosntoumanis.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
This review argues that although physical activity interventions with a higher dosage are expected to be more effective, its findings showed no relationship between dosage and intervention impact psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The new pope has a maths degree. Finally—a Pontiff who really knows his cardinal numbers
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Benjamin Schüz @bschuez.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
New @who.int report on social determinants of health with important points for #digitalhealth: For digital technology to improve health equity, we need to ensure access for all, design inclusively, regulate platforms, and safeguard rights to dignity and privacy. www.who.int/teams/social...
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World Report on Social Determinants of Health Equity
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This is only getting worse as trump now stops all federal grants to harvard. bsky.app/profile/phil...
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Falko Sniehotta 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇬🇧🇵🇹 @fsniehotta.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
We are hiring post docs in Public Health at the Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University Heidelberg. The advert is in German. Feel free to contact me if you are interested
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EHPS Open Science SIG @ehpsopenscisig.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
📢 Our online webinar on TOP guidelines and their application within health psychology journals is fast approaching. Don’t forget to register! www.eventbrite.ie/e/top-guidel... @ehps.bsky.social @ehpssynergy.bsky.social @ehpmagazine.bsky.social @empowerehps.bsky.social @psychandhealth.bsky.social
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TOP Guidelines and their application within health psychology journals
Dr Suzanne Stewart (University of Chester, UK) and Dr Emma Norris (Brunel University of London, on behalf of the EHPS Open Science SIG)
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Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Du bist Psychologe/-in, interessierst dich für Wissenschaftskommunikation in Forschung oder Praxis und möchtest dich vernetzen? Werde jetzt Mitglied der neuen @dgps.bsky.social Interessengruppe. Wir von @de.in-mind.org sind auch dabei! Mehr Infos & Anmeldung zum ersten Treffen nächste Woche ⬇️
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Benjamin Schüz @bschuez.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Inequality and diet: Our new paper shows how socioeconomic factors affect diet quality through consumer attitudes (data from 8 EU countries). Education and income positively impact diet quality, unemployment has negative effects. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #BehSci #HealthEquity #PublicHealth
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Consumer attitudes towards dietary behaviors: a mediator between socioeconomic status and diet quality in European adults - European Journal of Nutrition
Background Socioeconomic disparities in dietary behaviors are well-known, but underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. We investigated whether consumer attitudes toward dietary behaviors mediat...
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Bundesvereinigung Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung | BVPG @bvpg.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Das #BIPS hat unter der Ltg von Prof. Hajo Zeeb eine gesundheitspol. Übersichtsarbeit in @thelancetph.bsky.social veröffentlicht, die strukturelle Defizite aufgezeigt & Reformvorschläge unterbreitet. Autor:innen u.a.: #BVPG-Vorstandsmitglieder @dstarke.bsky.social @taltgeld.bsky.social 👉 ogy.de/bhv9
Porträt von Prof. Hajo Zeeb, BIPS
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ISBNPA @isbnpa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Learn all about the latest activities from the #ISBNPA Socio-economic inequalities SIG! 👉 isbnpa.org/sig/socio-ec...
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Benjamin Schüz @bschuez.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
🎓 JOB ALERT! @unibremen.bsky.social seeks Full Professor (W3) in Psychology of Interindividual Differences & Psychological Assessment. Permanent, tenured position with excellent research opportunities. Apply by June 2, 2025! #AcademicJobs #Psychology #UniBremen www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
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Job Vacancies - Universität Bremen
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Rowan CHASE Lab @rowanchaselab.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
A new study found that action-planning reinforces physical activity 🏃‍♀️ by increasing #motivation involving automatic behavioral regulation. Once a task has begun it becomes automatic and helps build a routine. Although it may be difficult at first, #starttoday ! Read more: tinyurl.com/22kst4uw
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Automaticity mediates the association between action planning and physical activity, especially when autonomous motivation is high
Action planning promotes physical activity (PA). However, mechanisms underlying this association are poorly understood, as are the variables that moderate this link remain unexplored. To fill these...
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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Dieser Artikel des Tagesschau über den "Umgang mit der AfD" endet nach bothsides-ism mit diesem bodenlosen Satz "Die eine klare Antwort im Umgang mit rechtspopulistischen Bewegungen gibt es wohl nicht." Doch, die gibt es, tatsächliche Expert*innen auf diesem Feld sind sich einig: Ausgrenzen.
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Einbinden oder abgrenzen? Experten beim Umgang mit der AfD gespalten
Wie umgehen mit der in Teilen rechtsextremen AfD? Darüber wird nicht erst seit Spahns Vorstoß diskutiert. Stärkt man die AfD, wenn man sie wie eine normale Partei behandelt? Oder nimmt man ihr damit d...
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HaPI Research Lab @hapiresearch.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Huge belated congratulations to Professor Kyra Hamilton @kyrahamilton.bsky.social on her election to Fellowship in the Society of Behavioral Medicine! 🎉 A well-deserved recognition of her outstanding contributions to health psychology and behavioural science. So proud to see her work recognised! 👏
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Benjamin Schüz @bschuez.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Effects of momentary social and availability cues on #smoking and drinking #SSB vary by socioeconomic status - those who face more #disadvantage respond by consuming more, a double whammy of #inequality. New OA research with @psychjones.bsky.social: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #healthpsych
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Momentary health behaviour cues are moderated by educational attainment: Findings from two ecological momentary assessment studies
Socioeconomic status (SES), indicated e.g., through educational attainment substantially influences health outcomes through health behaviours. Many he…
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European Health Psychology Society @ehps.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Reminder: Abstract submissions for the 39th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society #EHPS2025 @ehps2025.bsky.social close tomorrow. Submit now via 2025.ehps.net/submission/ #HealthPsychology #BehSci
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Submission | EHPS 2025
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Read in full.
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European Health Psychology Society @ehps.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Abstract submissions for the #EHPS2025 annual conference @ehps2025.bsky.social are now open! Visit the conference website 2025.ehps.net/submission/ to learn more about the submission types and submit your abstract now. Abstract submissions (except workshops) close on 14 February.
screenshot of the EHPS 2025 conference website
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Wilhelm Hofmann @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
🌎What makes people want more impactful climate policy? In our new Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences article, Sonja Grelle and I explore when and why citizens may support more ambitious structural solutions addressing climate change. tinyurl.com/36xfsysb
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christopher m jones @psychjones.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
This is very neat and, unfortunately, timely!
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Dr. Alea Ruf @alearuf.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
🚀 Ready to kick off the new year with exciting #digitalhealth collaborations? 🚀 We’ve got you covered - sign up for the Networking Event "New Year, New Collaborations" organised by the @ehpsdigihealth.bsky.social 👇
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Benjamin Schüz @bschuez.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Come to Bremen this summer: LSC Summer School - Designing, evaluating, and implementing digital public health interventions 18-22 August 2025 For early career and experienced researchers Travel Grants available! #PublicHealth #EpiSky #behavioralscience www.digital-public-health.de/ecra/summer-...
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