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Maike Luhmann
@maikeluhmann.bsky.social
Professor at Faculty of Psychology at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Studies loneliness, well-being, life events and personality development. Also #rstats and cats!

https://www.pml.psy.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/personen/luhmann.html.en
Auf Englisch sagt man, "I have a book inside me." Das hatte ich bis vor kurzem auch, aber jetzt nicht mehr - denn ich habe es tatsächlich (fast) geschrieben, und am 24.3.2026 wird es so erscheinen:

#Einsamkeit
October 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Haben Sie in den letzten 12 Monaten einen neuen Job angefangen?

Dann suchen wir genau Sie für unsere aktuelle Studie!

Weitere Infos zur Teilnahme finden Sie hier im Flyer. Direkt zur Studie geht es hier entlang:
s2survey.net/Masterarbeit...

Danke auch fürs Teilen und Weiterleiten!
August 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I am very happy to share another first first-author publication with you. This paper is by Alicia Neumann (University of Duisburg-Essen) and looks at what adolescents belief's about what makes them happy.

#happiness #wellbeing #perpsy #psychology

rdcu.be/eAeug
August 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The LONELY-EU project is now inviting passionate, connected individuals to become Network Ambassadors for our Social Isolation and Loneliness (SIL) Network Europe.

See link below for more information.

www.linkedin.com/posts/annecy...

#loneliness #horizoneurope
July 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Teaching is one of my favorite things about being a professor, so I was overjoyed to find the Golden Brain, our faculty's teaching award, on my desk! Thank you to all the students for this recognition, it means a lot to me.
April 30, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I would probably post exclusively about Japanese food on this account if I didn't have to go back home soon ...

(Day 3 of #RUBinJapan)
April 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
On Day 2 of the trip by the @ruhr-uni-bochum.de delegation to Japan, we visited our partner university in Tsukuba for some inspiring and productive research discussions and delicious food. Thank you for the warm welcome!
April 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I'm honored to be part of the official delegation of the city of Bochum to represent @ruhr-uni-bochum.de in Japan this week. First stop today: University of Osaka. Follow along on Instagram (@happiness_research).
April 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
#Einsamkeit ist auch im neuen Koalitionsvertrag ein Thema:
"Die Einsamkeitsstrategie werden wir weiter fortschreiben und die Arbeit bestehender Netzwerke
unterstützen.

(1/2)
April 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🚨 Job alert - please share!

I'm looking for a doctoral researcher (3 years, 75%) to join my #ERC project #Loneliness across time and space (LOTIS) at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de, starting June 1 or later.

Details in thread 👇

#PsychSciSky
April 8, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I'm looking forward to speaking about #loneliness at the Conference on Global Health Innovations at University of Tsukuba (Tokyo Campus) on April 24.

Interested in attending? Sign up here:
www.dwih-tokyo.org/en/event/con...
April 1, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Call for Papers: For the theme week on loneliness organized by the Volkswagen Foundation (June 11-13, 2025, Hannover, Germany), we invite submissions for our symposium “The Next Big Questions on Loneliness: Integrating National and International Perspectives on Research and Policy Priorities”.
1/n
March 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
February 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This week, we officially kicked off the LONELY-EU project, funded by the European Union. In this project, we aim to pool existing data on the socioeconomic predictors and consequences of #loneliness and #socialisolation, derive policy recommendations and create a EU-wide network of stakeholders.
February 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Still my favorite coffee mug, thanks to @peterhaehner.bsky.social

#rstats

Treat your PhD students well!
December 18, 2024 at 6:10 AM
#Loneliness is still widespread among young people in Europe. In a new study for @bertelsmannst.bsky.social, we found that in 2024, 57% of youth in Europe are at least moderately lonely.

With @berndschaefer.bsky.social and Ricarda Steinmayr

Links to full reports (German / English) in next posts.
December 17, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Today, the government of Northrhine-Westphalia (Germany) announced its #Loneliness Action Plan. I was invited to join Minister President Hendrik Wüst at the press conference and provide my perspectives as a loneliness researcher.

Foto: Land NRW / Josua Dunst
December 10, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Dienstag, 10.12.2024 um 10 Uhr: Pressekonferenz von Ministerpräsident Hendrik Wüst zum neuen Aktionsplan gegen #Einsamkeit. Ich werde ein paar Worte aus meiner Perspektive als Wissenschaftlerin sagen.

Weitere Infos hier: www.land.nrw/node/23029
December 9, 2024 at 7:41 PM
We did NOT find any consistent evidence we could not find any consistent evidence for fit or interactions between personality traits, personality states, and situation characteristics predicting momentary affect.
November 27, 2024 at 5:11 PM
We applied moderated multilevel polynomial regression and response surface analysis to data from 3 longitudinal studies which resulted in lots of pretty plots like the ones here.
November 27, 2024 at 5:11 PM
New publication!

Very happy to finally to see this opus magnum by my former PhD student Sarah Kritzler in print:

Link: doi.org/10.1037/pspp...
Open access preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...

#perpsy #personalityPsychology
November 27, 2024 at 5:11 PM
New book on Loneliness in Europe presented by MEP Evelyn Regner at the European Parliament. Link to open access version in next post.

#loneliness #lonelyEU
November 21, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Today, I was honored to provide input at the hearing on #loneliness in Europe at the European Parliament. It has become clear that loneliness is a threat to public health, social cohesion, and democracy and needs to be addressed at the EU level.
November 21, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Northern lights in #Bochum
May 10, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Looks like early-morning views of the Ruhr University Bochum campus are going to be a recurring theme here now ...
October 18, 2023 at 6:14 AM