Benjamin Gardner
@profbengardner.bsky.social
Professor in Psychology, University of Surrey. I don't really do this sort of thing. #habit #behaviourchange #socialpsychology #environmentalpsychology #healthpsychology
Delighted to announce our new #habit themed issue in Applied Psych Health & Wellbeing:
"Making health a habit"
14 new papers on habit formation, disruption, and maintenance in real-world health
+ our guest editorial with expert commentary
iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
"Making health a habit"
14 new papers on habit formation, disruption, and maintenance in real-world health
+ our guest editorial with expert commentary
iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
Making Health a Habit: Developing the Psychology of Habit to Promote Health and Wellbeing: Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being
Click on the title to browse this issue
iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Delighted to announce our new #habit themed issue in Applied Psych Health & Wellbeing:
"Making health a habit"
14 new papers on habit formation, disruption, and maintenance in real-world health
+ our guest editorial with expert commentary
iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
"Making health a habit"
14 new papers on habit formation, disruption, and maintenance in real-world health
+ our guest editorial with expert commentary
iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
🚰 Shaping the Future of UK Water Efficiency Behaviour Change 🚰
We’ve just completed a landmark agenda-setting project to guide UK water conservation behaviour change activity.
With 100+ experts from 60+ organisations, we identified 24 questions holding back progress.
Report here: osf.io/wkv5u
We’ve just completed a landmark agenda-setting project to guide UK water conservation behaviour change activity.
With 100+ experts from 60+ organisations, we identified 24 questions holding back progress.
Report here: osf.io/wkv5u
OSF
osf.io
July 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🚰 Shaping the Future of UK Water Efficiency Behaviour Change 🚰
We’ve just completed a landmark agenda-setting project to guide UK water conservation behaviour change activity.
With 100+ experts from 60+ organisations, we identified 24 questions holding back progress.
Report here: osf.io/wkv5u
We’ve just completed a landmark agenda-setting project to guide UK water conservation behaviour change activity.
With 100+ experts from 60+ organisations, we identified 24 questions holding back progress.
Report here: osf.io/wkv5u
🎙️ Just gone live! Was a pleasure to talk to @everythingspsych.bsky.social about what #habits are, how to make and break habits, and a little personal experience of limiting teenagers' screen time. Download the episode below!
🎙️New episode out on the psychology of habits. Prof. Ben Gardner shares his research into habits and gives advice on how to build good ones and stop bad ones.
#psychology #habits #behaviour #behavior #behaviourchange #behaviorchange #change #selfimprovement #motivation #willpower
#psychology #habits #behaviour #behavior #behaviourchange #behaviorchange #change #selfimprovement #motivation #willpower
June 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🎙️ Just gone live! Was a pleasure to talk to @everythingspsych.bsky.social about what #habits are, how to make and break habits, and a little personal experience of limiting teenagers' screen time. Download the episode below!
Reposted by Benjamin Gardner
Remember to join our upcoming Habit SIG session with Dr.
@allydivine.bsky.social (University of Leeds) on: “Reinforcing implementation intentions with imagery increases physical activity habit strength and behaviour”
🗓 Friday 20 June 2025 | 🕙 10:00am (GMT) | 🔗 tinyurl.com/295rbjzu
@allydivine.bsky.social (University of Leeds) on: “Reinforcing implementation intentions with imagery increases physical activity habit strength and behaviour”
🗓 Friday 20 June 2025 | 🕙 10:00am (GMT) | 🔗 tinyurl.com/295rbjzu
June 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Remember to join our upcoming Habit SIG session with Dr.
@allydivine.bsky.social (University of Leeds) on: “Reinforcing implementation intentions with imagery increases physical activity habit strength and behaviour”
🗓 Friday 20 June 2025 | 🕙 10:00am (GMT) | 🔗 tinyurl.com/295rbjzu
@allydivine.bsky.social (University of Leeds) on: “Reinforcing implementation intentions with imagery increases physical activity habit strength and behaviour”
🗓 Friday 20 June 2025 | 🕙 10:00am (GMT) | 🔗 tinyurl.com/295rbjzu
💧WEBINAR: Shaping the Future of UK Water Behaviour Change Activity 💧
We will explore:
✅ Key challenges & priorities
✅ Insights from 50+ industry stakeholders
✅ A chance to shape the UK agenda
📅 24 April | ⏰ 12-1 PM BST
🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...
#WaterConservation #BehaviourChange
We will explore:
✅ Key challenges & priorities
✅ Insights from 50+ industry stakeholders
✅ A chance to shape the UK agenda
📅 24 April | ⏰ 12-1 PM BST
🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...
#WaterConservation #BehaviourChange
March 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
💧WEBINAR: Shaping the Future of UK Water Behaviour Change Activity 💧
We will explore:
✅ Key challenges & priorities
✅ Insights from 50+ industry stakeholders
✅ A chance to shape the UK agenda
📅 24 April | ⏰ 12-1 PM BST
🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...
#WaterConservation #BehaviourChange
We will explore:
✅ Key challenges & priorities
✅ Insights from 50+ industry stakeholders
✅ A chance to shape the UK agenda
📅 24 April | ⏰ 12-1 PM BST
🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...
#WaterConservation #BehaviourChange
Reposted by Benjamin Gardner
If you're interested in #habits, check out these two papers by @eikekofi.bsky.social (tinyurl.com/mu96jzdd) & @drbengardner.bsky.social (tinyurl.com/3nd4bx5p). I reread them recently & highly recommend them. Each presents a model & uses it to suggest ways to form/break habits in real-world settings.
March 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If you're interested in #habits, check out these two papers by @eikekofi.bsky.social (tinyurl.com/mu96jzdd) & @drbengardner.bsky.social (tinyurl.com/3nd4bx5p). I reread them recently & highly recommend them. Each presents a model & uses it to suggest ways to form/break habits in real-world settings.
Reposted by Benjamin Gardner
Come and work with us... the School of Psychology is advertising for psychology lecturers and one is specifically for Health Psychology. jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Lecturer in Health Psychology
Exciting Opportunity in Health Psychology in the School of Psychology, University of Surrey!Join a Top-20 UK University with Ground-breaking Research.We're seeking outstanding Lecturers (and, in excep...
jobs.surrey.ac.uk
February 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Come and work with us... the School of Psychology is advertising for psychology lecturers and one is specifically for Health Psychology. jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Reposted by Benjamin Gardner
EHPS 2025 is coming! 📢 Planning to attend? Submitting habit-related work? Like or comment—let’s see if we have enough for a habit-focused symposium! #EHPS2025 #Groningen #HealthPsychology #Share
February 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
EHPS 2025 is coming! 📢 Planning to attend? Submitting habit-related work? Like or comment—let’s see if we have enough for a habit-focused symposium! #EHPS2025 #Groningen #HealthPsychology #Share
Delighted to have had the opportunity to share insights from #habit research, and our 'script elicitation' habit change method, in this new article with @shaylalove.bsky.social @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Invisible Habits Are Driving Your Life
The science of habits reveals that they can be hidden to us and unresponsive to our desires.
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Delighted to have had the opportunity to share insights from #habit research, and our 'script elicitation' habit change method, in this new article with @shaylalove.bsky.social @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
💡New Year’s Resolutions: Let's Talk Habits! 💡
My new @bpsofficial.bsky.social article draws on our cutting-edge #habit research – and some personal experience – to offer tips on effective behaviour change
👉 www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
#NewYearsResolutions
@surreypsychology.bsky.social
My new @bpsofficial.bsky.social article draws on our cutting-edge #habit research – and some personal experience – to offer tips on effective behaviour change
👉 www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
#NewYearsResolutions
@surreypsychology.bsky.social
January 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
💡New Year’s Resolutions: Let's Talk Habits! 💡
My new @bpsofficial.bsky.social article draws on our cutting-edge #habit research – and some personal experience – to offer tips on effective behaviour change
👉 www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
#NewYearsResolutions
@surreypsychology.bsky.social
My new @bpsofficial.bsky.social article draws on our cutting-edge #habit research – and some personal experience – to offer tips on effective behaviour change
👉 www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
#NewYearsResolutions
@surreypsychology.bsky.social
🌟 Just published: our new paper shows that when you're sleepier than usual, you're more likely to act out of habit.
🚨 New Year's Resolutions tip: Prioritize sleep to help healthy habits stick 🛌 #Habit #NewYear2025
@phdsleepy.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🚨 New Year's Resolutions tip: Prioritize sleep to help healthy habits stick 🛌 #Habit #NewYear2025
@phdsleepy.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Journal of Sleep Research</em> | ESRS Journal | Wiley Online Library
When self-regulatory resources are depleted, people tend to act more on “autopilot”, with minimal forethought. It follows that when sleepy, people should be more likely to act habitually, based on le...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
🌟 Just published: our new paper shows that when you're sleepier than usual, you're more likely to act out of habit.
🚨 New Year's Resolutions tip: Prioritize sleep to help healthy habits stick 🛌 #Habit #NewYear2025
@phdsleepy.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🚨 New Year's Resolutions tip: Prioritize sleep to help healthy habits stick 🛌 #Habit #NewYear2025
@phdsleepy.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...