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Thomas Gültzow (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈
@thomasgultzow.bsky.social
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🎓 PhD
👨🏻‍💻 Pednurse ➡️ Assistant Professor
👨🏻‍🎓 Societal Transition & Behaviour Change
💼 Open University of the Netherlands
✨ Science nerd & inclusion lover
🐶 Takkie

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🧠💬 In HIV prevention, how you choose matters. Our new study shows that informed decision making helps people feel safer – regardless of momentary priorities.

📄 Read: doi.org/ptp7

👏 Big kudos to Felix who ran this study as part of his master thesis!
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July 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Just posted this on LinkedIn and then realised it also applies to Bluesky 🙃
I haven’t posted here in a while – not because I haven’t been working, but because it’s felt a bit strange to share updates 💻✨ With everything going on in the world – so many attacks on human rights, so much inequality – it can feel a bit hollow to post about work, even when that work is all about inclusion, health, and justice 🌍💔 Sometimes I wonder if it’s really moving the needle at all. Still, I’m reminding myself that sharing isn’t just about achievements. It can also be about doubts, questions, and finding others who feel the same. If you’ve been feeling this tension too, I’d love to hear how you deal with it 🗣️
April 26, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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HIV prevention offers _many_ options.

🔍 Our study explored how #InformedDecisionMaking affects the link between safety priorities and perceived safety.

Felix Steup led the research for his master’s thesis, supervised by Hanne Zimmermann & me. We’re proud of his work and commitment to open science!
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December 18, 2024 at 11:09 AM
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I thought, with the influx of new followers, it would be a good time to re-introduce myself. 🙂👇

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A colourful, wavy background in pastel tones of yellow, pink, green, blue, purple, and beige. In the centre, a white rectangle contains the following text in a monospaced font: 'I am Thomas, a queer assistant professor at the Open University of the Netherlands applying mixed methods to two interconnected research lines: I apply behavioural and decision-making sciences to support people with societal transitions and work to make the social sciences more inclusive towards marginalised populations.
November 24, 2024 at 1:53 PM
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Did men who have sex with men plan to have fewer sexual partners & engage in less sexual activity during the mpox pandemic? 🤔

We address this question in our latest mpox-focused paper: doi.org/10.1007/s125...
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January 23, 2024 at 11:14 AM
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Exploring how language shapes teens' motivation for safer sex online! 🤔 We investigated the impact of autonomy-supportive language & identification. No significant differences, but intriguing patterns. Thanks for the early Christmas 🎁, @ejhc.bsky.social!

➡️ doi.org/10.47368/ejh...
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December 18, 2023 at 11:35 AM
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Exciting news! Former & current chairs of the EHPS Digital Health & Computer-Tailoring SIG – Eline Smit & I –will facilitate the EHPS Synergy Winter School 2024 on Health Psychology & Social Media 💻⚕️

Save the Date: 28-29 Feb '24 in Amsterdam. Apply by 24 Jan '24: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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December 7, 2023 at 6:07 PM
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Last World Aids Day, I conducted a workshop at the national Soa*Hiv*Seks 2023 congress organised by Soa Aids Nederland w/ Hanne Zimmermann, Joël Illidge, & Joey Woudstra.

Sexual health prevention strategies have expanded beyond condoms & navigating these choices is complex, but eHealth may help 🌐
Four happy individuals stand together in front of a presentation with the empowering title 'Hun seks, hun keuze!' (Their sex, their choice!).
December 5, 2023 at 8:07 AM
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In an ideal world, health psychology should be diverse & inclusive 🍏🧠🌈

Exciting news! With Hanne Zimmermann & Efrat Neter, & support from Gjalt-Jorn Peters & Chris Noone, we've developed a preregistration add-on. Read about it in the European Health Psychologist now: ehps.net/ehp/index.ph...
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November 16, 2023 at 9:35 AM
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Exciting week for our #OpeningUp project! After our 1st preprint on the needs assessment (doi.org/10.31234/osf...), usability tests are underway 🎉

We've developed a decision aid for students and staff to navigate mental health disclosure decisions. Reach out for more info! 📬
MacBook screen featuring the Opening Up decision aid. Text reads 'Our usability tests started today!' alongside the Opening Up logo
November 15, 2023 at 11:54 AM