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Dr. Laura M. König
@lauramkoenig.bsky.social
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Professor of Health Psychology, @univie.ac.at #HPGVienna | eating behaviour, #digitalhealth, social inequality, research methods | #scicomm & #openscience
Web: https://gesundheit-psy.univie.ac.at
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🍏 @dr-mcp.bsky.social und ich suchen Personen, die schon einmal einen KI-Chatbot wie #ChatGPT um Rat zu Ernährungsthemen gefragt haben. Wir wollen wissen: Was haben Sie gefragt, und wie zufrieden waren Sie mit der Antwort? Jetzt mitmachen & 5€-Gutschein erhalten: sosci.univie.ac.at/chatbot_erna...
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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An exciting opportunity for environmental systems researchers: @univie.ac.at is offering up to three assistant professor positions to individuals successful in the current @wwtf.at call for Vienna Research Groups.
Uni: forschung.univie.ac.at/services/akt...
WWTF: wwtf.at/funding/prog...
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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There are lots of barriers within public health that prevents researchers from using behavioural science theories and tools, including lack of knowledge, time/ resources, and support from superiors, says Kim Lavoie #EPH2025
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Many public health challenges have human behaviour at the core. This is also recognised by the @who.int in their resolution on behavioural science: www.who.int/europe/news/... #EPH2025
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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So excited for this morning's panel on the relevance of behavioural science to public health! Behavioural scientists, including us psychologists, make important contributions to public health research and practice by understanding how individuals "tick" and why they act the way they act #EPH2025
November 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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So excited for this morning's panel on the relevance of behavioural science to public health! Behavioural scientists, including us psychologists, make important contributions to public health research and practice by understanding how individuals "tick" and why they act the way they act #EPH2025
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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#EPH2025 has finally started! So happy that @eupha.bsky.social is recognising the threat of misinformation to public health and made it a core topic if the conference. Join us to discuss what we can do to address (online) misinformation this afternoon: 15:15 in room Veranda 2.
Scientific session: Mis- and disinformation in the digital age: Implications for public health
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Arrived in Helsinki to attend #EPH2025. Kicking things off with a preconference workshop on engaging with policy makers today to learn how to maximise our work's public health impact 💪🏻
Me in front of a pink glowy sign saying Helsinki Title slide of workshop: The policy toolbox. Tools for policy engagement in public health
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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My phone wallpaper says hi and have fun! 👋
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Are there (psycho-social) determinants that explain why physical activity and diet fluctuate throughout the menstrual cycle? #HPGVienna PhD student Lucia Volpi explores this question in our latest systematic scoping review - preprint now available: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Exploring Menstrual Cycle Effects of Antecedents on Physical Activity and Diet: A Systematic Scoping Review Physical activity (PA) and diet fluctuate throughout the menstrual cycle. Yet, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. This systematic scoping review aimed to (1) provide a critical assessment of the methodologies, identify (2) relevant predictors of PA and diet throughout the cycle based on the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) and (3) knowledge gaps. PubMed, PsycINFO, and Web of Science were searched from inception until September 2024. Peer-reviewed English publications were included if they reported on PA or diet and TDF constructs in relation to the menstrual cycle in biological female populations of reproductive age currently not suffering from conditions impairing PA or diet. Of 9,247 screened records, 36 were included, comprising 28 primary studies and 9 reviews. The TDF component of emotions was the most explored in both diet and PA studies, although the latter investigated a broader range of constructs (e.g., social influences, attention). The menstrual phase, pain and bleeding impaired PA and performance. The results on diet remained inconclusive. Small samples, cross-sectional designs, heterogeneity of menstrual cycle assessments and a lack of explicit sex-based recruitment limit generalizability. Gaps include several TDF constructs (e.g., self-efficacy). Longitudinal designs and objective assessments of the menstrual cycle and behaviours in larger heterogeneous samples are needed.
October 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Call for Papers: Special Issue “Focus on Planetary Health and Sustainability: Health Psychology Matters” in the European Journal of Health Psychology @ejhp93.bsky.social
Submit your abstract by 30 November 2025. Full papers will be due 15 March 2026.
More info: econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/...
October 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Brief stint in the office today to attend a freshers' welcome event this evening. Clear advantage of only working one day this week: yummy leftovers from yesterday's dinner for lunch. Sprinkling crispy chilli oil on top is a game changer! #AcademicSky
Braised tofu with rice, broccoli, spring onion and crispy chilli oil
October 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Online seminar series "Digital Foodscapes" hosted in collaboration between @taschn.bsky.social, @allgaier.bsky.social, Tina Bartelmeß, Katharina Graf, myself #HPGVienna and @ox.ac.uk Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity www.oxfordobesity.org/upcoming-sem...
Bi-weekly, Thursdays, 12.00 UK time / 13.00 CET On Zoom, all welcome Meeting ID: 651 1959 8776 Passcode: 105639 ​​ 16th October Henri Hyvönen University of Eastern Finland ‘Hopefulness, cautiousness, fear and victimhood: Male creators navigating follower feedback in food-related social media’ 30th October Ashley Thuthao Keng Dam and Stanley Ulijaszek Oregon State University, Portland, and University of Oxford ‘Digital gastro-solidarity and mukbang’ 13th November Susanne Jaspars and C. Sathyamala SOAS, University of London, and Institute for Human Development, New Delhi ‘Digitalising food assistance: political, economic and food security effects across the Global North-South divide’ 27th November Christian Krupitzer University of Hohenheim ‘Digital food twins – Concept, use cases, potential’ No seminars on October 23rd, November 6th, November 20th, December 4th
September 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Also, around the same time, my work reached 2000 citations. Yes, generally not a good metric for impact, but it makes me happy that the work we do at #HPGVienna is seen and appreciated by our colleagues, and judging from the increasing number of interview requests, also by others.
September 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Something happened almost unnoticed over the summer: my 2-year anniversary at @univie.ac.at. Already! It still feels like I just arrived yesterday. Nothing special happened, but I rewarded myself with a matcha latte (my latest drink obsession) and walks through beatiful Vienna. #AcademicSky
Walking along the Danube channel Enjoying some matcha latte while walking through the beautiful first district
September 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Another conference, another award for #HPGVienna postdoc @alearuf.bsky.social: Congratulations on the @dgps-gesundheit.bsky.social publication award for her 3rd PhD paper on stress eating 👏
Read the award-winning paper: doi.org/10.1111/aphw...
September 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Re-advertisement: #HPGVienna @univie.ac.at is hiring! We are looking for a PhD-level researcher excited about all things EMA to join us as Senior Scientist/ Lab Manager as soon as possible. Position is initially for 4.25 years & part-time (50% FTE) (more info in 🧵).
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-S...
Senior Scientist at the Faculty of Psychology. Start date 1 October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. 20 hours per week. Salary according to the collective bargaining agreement §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc). Contract (initially) limited for 4 years and 3 months. Job ID: 4269
September 15, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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The Nutri-Score is more helpful in guiding healthier food choices in Indonesia, Mexico and Türkiye than health warning labels, our new #HPGVienna @univie.ac.at @unibayreuth.bsky.social study suggests. Yet, Nutri-Score may also lead to health halos that need more attention!
doi.org/10.1007/s125...
Screenshot of the abstract of paper "Nutri-Score and Nutrition Warning Labels Are Effective in Guiding Hypothetical Choice in Indonesia, Mexico, and Türkiye: Results from a Cross-Country Online Experiment" Background: Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labeling (FOPNL) is a promising public health measure to promote healthier food choices in the population. The present study tested the impact of the Nutri-Score and warning labels on purchasing intentions and product perceptions in Indonesia and Türkiye, where no FOPNL system is currently in place, and Mexico, where warning labels are mandatory since October 2020. Method: Adult participants (N = 639; nIndonesia = 212, nMexico = 203, nTürkiye = 224) were randomly assigned to viewing eight product pairs (chips, instant noodles, meats, condiments, sweet spreads, cookies, yoghurt, fruit drinks) with either no label, a Nutri-Score, or warning labels, and indicated which product (or neither) they would rather buy, and which product was healthier, contained more calories, sugar, saturated fat, and sodium. Results: Nutri-Score influenced purchasing intentions for four categories; warning labels only for one. Overall, Nutri-Score was somewhat more effective in guiding consumers to identify healthier choices and products higher in nutrients that should be consumed in moderation compared to the warning labels, although effects varied substantially between product categories and nutrients. Conclusion: Both Nutri-Score and warning labels potentially promote healthier food choices, with Nutri-Score producing somewhat larger and more consistent effects. More research is needed on potential negative consequences of labels and the conditions under which they might appear to maximize public health benefit.
September 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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When attending a conference in Munich in September...
Ich freue mich auf meine erste #DGPuK Fachgruppenkonferenz der FG @dgpukgeskomm.bsky.social und Wissenschaftskommunikation #WissKomm zum spannenden Thema Planetary Public Health! @mscl.bsky.social #CommPH25
Lebkuchenherz mit Branding Communicating Planetary Health - Konferenzeröffnung
September 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Great presentation by @rebeccablase.bsky.social - not only because she successfully replicated our studies 😉 - on truth sandwiches 🥪: they effectively debunk prevalent misinformation, and most importantly, across various sources! #EHPS2025
August 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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At #EHPS2025, @alearuf.bsky.social shared her most recent analyses on reactivity to accelerometer-based measurement of physical activity. There were small significant decreases over time, but these were likely too small for participants to notice. More updates on this soon!
Dr. Alea Ruf introducing the concept of measurement reactivity
August 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Day 1 of #EHPS2025 is in the books. I enjoyed people-watching during the welcome reception and was so happy to see so many people, including many dear colleagues, enjoying themselves and being excited about the days ahead. See you tomorrow!
#EHPS2025 welcome reception
August 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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A proud moment for #HPGVienna: @alearuf.bsky.social receives the Herman Schaalma award for her PhD thesis 👏 Such a well-deserved recognition of her hard work! Alea, we are very happy to have you in Vienna @univie.ac.at and to work with you! #EHPS2025
Dr Alea Ruf receives the Herman Schaalma PhD award from the European Health Psychology Societ
August 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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... of course there's always time for a pre-conference chai latte, and this one came with beautiful weather and view. #EHPS2025 #AcademicChatter
Chai latte and a quarter of a donut in front of the market in Groningen
August 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Love the travel attire (still waiting for 3M to produce Aura in black...)! Safe travels, and see you tomorrow
August 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM