Air pollution must be recognised as a public health issue. Our report 'A breath of fresh air' highlights evidence on the increased range of health impacts linked to air pollution. The government needs to treat #airpollution as a serious & preventable health risk. 🔗 ow.ly/F3yq50Wc7wr #CleanAirDay

Want to hear more about our project INGENIOUS and how findings may be used to improve indoor air quality? Come along to our online webinar on Monday.

Interested in our behaviour change intervention for improving ventilation in small businesses? You can download it here (in multiple languages). #PsySciSky

Our interdisciplinary paper on improving ventilation in the hospitality sector is now online! We found that a lack of guidance + conflicting priorities were key barriers to ventilation, and examine the effectiveness/acceptability of a motivational + guidance intervention. doi.org/10.1016/j.in...

Interested in using behavioural science to tackle pollution? I'm advertising a fully-funded interdisciplinary PhD project at the Uni of Sheffield with @sheffielddust.bsky.social & Darpan Das (Uni of York), to start Sep 2025. Application deadline 4th April! www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PsySciSky

Really pleased that our meta-analysis on prejudice confrontation (with @lilitou.bsky.social) has now been published in Psychological Bulletin. We find that confronting prejudice is an effective bias reduction technique (but there is more research to be done!): doi.org/10.1037/bul0... #PsySciSky

Really interesting perspectives on the current state of UK HE

We're hiring! Join our team in Sheffield as a Research Assoc for BR-UK. This 3.5 year post will support a work package on Methods & Evidence Synthesis, working closely with Prof @princellewelyn.bsky.social & Dr Harriet Baird. Apply by Fri 21st February here: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...

🔥 Hot Take: What’s holding back behavioral research on climate change mitigation? 🌍 Behavioral science has substantial potential for contributing to solving the climate crisis, but I see two critical challenges limiting its impact🧵👇 #ClimateAction #BehavioralScience #Sustainability

I am frequently asked if people can reproduce published images of the Behaviour Change Wheel and the COM-B model. Please, no need to contact me as the answer is always yes, if cited correctly. #OpenScience. The original article is implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... .. & book ...

Discover the #TISP Dataset now out in #ScientificData! The open access dataset includes responses from 71,922 people in 68 countries on their perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes. 🌍🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I had a little chuckle to myself while etching this mini bottle to use for propagating houseplant cuttings. Husband didn’t get the joke. Must be psychology humour! #PsySciSky

Safe Air School’s updated flyer with enhanced sources and references is available to download and share. With thanks to @mishwoz.bsky.social for her expertise. Further resources coming soon… #SafeAirSchools

A clear and accessible summary of why we shouldn’t use wood burning stoves (if you’ve got other means to heat your home).

Interested in finding out what research we’re doing on indoor air quality? Our overview paper on ‘The INGENIOUS project: Towards understanding air pollution in homes’, led by @niccarslaw.bsky.social ‬has now been published in Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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Interesting paper about regional, national and institutional variation in promotion criteria for full professor #AcademicSky

You know what we express far too infrequently in organisations? Gratitude. And I don’t mean a perfunctory ‘thanks’. I mean proper, heartfelt, authentic gratitude. For a job well done. For valuable advice. For excellence. For support. For just being there for us. For achieving aims. For inspiring…

Are you a cognitive psychologist with some free time this September? Then plz consider spending your time with us in ESCOP, hosted in Sheffield, UK ESCOP is going to be brilliant, and Sheffield is so great. If you're unsure, just google "peak district" to give you some motivation www.escop2025.com

In this video, Marianne Day talks about our recently published paper on the barriers UK employers perceive to hiring autistic people. We used behavioural science frameworks to explore barriers - you can also read the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #AutRes

This sounds very cool! Great potential resource for systematic review/meta-analysis

New paper on self-objectification by the brilliant Zhuo Hu, demonstrating that Lindner & Tantleff-Dunn's Self-Objectification Beliefs and Behaviors Scale is valid for measuring self-objectification in cisgender heterosexual men as well as women- doi.org/10.1016/j.bo...

An amazing and eye-opening experience supervising this work as part of Ankita Mishra's PhD thesis. Brilliant to see this valuable work on Minoritised women's experiences of domestic abuse and mental health during COVID-19, published.

Just joining bluesky - any recommendations of who to follow? Let me know!