Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...

Solidarität mit Peršmanhof!

Geht bitte zu den #Kundgebungen:
👉 Donnerstag um 17 Uhr vor dem #BMI in #Wien / #Dunaj
👉 Freitag um 16 Uhr vor der Landesregierung in #Klagenfurt #Celovec

#Peršmanhof #Polizeieinsatz #niemalsvergessen #niewiederistjetzt #demo #antifaschismus #kärnten #Koroška

Jetzt gibt es also einen umfassenden Zweiten Österreichischen Sachstandsbericht zum Klimawandel...

Aber wie können du & ich diesen Bericht zur Kommunikation nutzen? #klimaaktiv hat da eine Übersicht zusammengestellt 🎉

#WissenSchafftKlimaschutz #AAR2 @ccca.ac.at
🔗 www.klimaaktiv.at/klimabildung...

Looking back on exciting 3 days of #ICEP2025 in beautiful Vilnius. So much fun connecting with old & new colleagues in the Environmental Psychology community, exchanging ideas & getting inspired by an immense number of high-quality presentations & posters. 💭

1/7 🧵 We live in a biased social reality! 🤯

🚨 NEW PAPER: Climate activist stereotypes among the German public and German climate activists.

My 1st PhD paper 🤩 in collaboration with @umweltbundesamt.bsky.social

🎉Excited to start a new position as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Environmental System Sciences at the @uni-graz.at in the newly founded research group 'Sustainability, Climate Change & Human Behaviour' led by Hermine Mitter (nachhaltigkeit-klimawandel.uni-graz.at/en/).

New study by @cemess.bsky.social: Concerning #Chemicals from the Wear of Climbing Shoes Cause Trouble in Indoor Halls 🧪
The shoes contain rubber compounds similar to those used in car tires. Concentrations as high as those by a busy road illustrate the importance of solutions.‼️🧗
Read more: ⤵️

Last week I successfully defended my PhD thesis 'Psychological Perspectives on Microplastics in Food and Drink - From Risks to Solutions' 🎓🎉
With this, almost 3 years of PhD (& overall ~ 9 years of studies) at @univie.ac.at are coming to an end.

What predicts public risk perception of microplastics in food 🍽️ & plastic-policy support? 🚫 In a survey study in Austria (N=741), we applied the Climate Change Risk Perception Model (van der Linden, 2015) to advance psychosocial theoretical foundations in the plastic field. ⬇️ doi.org/10.1016/j.je...

Research foci were presented, future avenues discussed and the freedom of science was protested for at #MarchforScience #StandUpForScience
@s4fat.bsky.social. 📢

Inspiring & fun 2 days lie behind us. 🧠🌱💡
We had a joint #EnvironmentalPsychology meeting with the @scanunit.bsky.social at @univie.ac.at & the Consumer Decision and Sustainable Behavior Lab coming all the way from Geneva. 🚆

📢 🗣️ WissenSchafft Vertrauen - Wir rufen auf zum March for Science am 7. März 13 Kundgebung vor der Uni Wien, danach Demozug zum Ballhausplatz
👇👇👇
at.scientists4future.org/2025/02/24/7...

Ever wondered why #swimming in #openwaters makes you feel so good? 🌊🏊‍♂️ New research from the #BlueHealth project, using data from 1,200 swimmers across 19 countries, found that swimming in natural waters is linked to significantly higher levels of #wellbeing compared to swimming in open-air pools.

The Nature-Based Therapy Podcast is now live! The first episode features Mathew White, an internationally leading expert in nature and health. We talk about the #ResonateHorizon project and #NatureBasedTherapy. 🌊🌿Listen now and subscribe for future episodes.

feed.pod.space/thenaturebas...

Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳

With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5

Proudly presenting the "EnvPsy Vienna 2024 Wrap-Up" 🎀

We are really excited to show you our year in numbers. Thanks for following along and all the best for 2025!

In Nov 2022, we started a #RejectionList where we collect any rejections, from grant applications to conference & paper submissions. After 25 rejections, there’s a party! Last week, it was time – we celebrated our 1st Rejection Party, incl. a shrine, some joint mourning & a fun rejection quiz! 🎉

Hi there!👋 We are the Environmental Psychology Research Group at @univie.ac.at . We work various topics, incl. environmental #pollutants (PFAS, 5G, microplastics), #nature & health, #climatechange beliefs, climate #activism, #gamification, & #sciencecommunication. Follow us to learn more! 🌍🌿🌊🎮💬

New paper (& my 1st PhD paper) 📢

“I would even find it almost liberating if certain things were simply no longer allowed.” 🚫

Curious what different groups involved in the ‘farm-to-fork’ food chain think about #microplastics in the human food chain & potential solutions? 🥬🥩🧃