Check out this brand new meta-analysis on attachment orientations and #loneliness.

🔔 Those coming to the ECP22 in Edinburgh: Consider booking accommodation early! Edinburgh is a very popular place. Here are accommodation tips for ECP folks: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 📝 Submissions & registrations are also open: ecp22edinburgh.org #ecp22

Sehr geehrter Herr Bundeskanzler, ich habe, wie von Ihnen angeregt, meine Töchter (Teenagerinnen) gefragt, wie sie Ihren Satz mit dem "Problem im Stadtbild" verstanden haben. Hier die Antworten (sie sind echt und wörtlich zitiert):

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

Sehr wichtiger Punkt:

Excited to share that I’ll be the incoming Editor of AMPPS. My first priority is building a diverse team of Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. If you’re interested, DM me or add your name via this super simple survey. cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please share!

New paper out at the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science! We examined unconditional & event-related changes in pathological vs normal-range personality using 4 metrics to compare their developmental links, how these vary with life events, and whether unique effects emerge across metrics

3 new jobs in a great project 👇

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!

Are you interested what we talked about at our symposium on the next big questions on #loneliness? The program and most presentations can now be found here: osf.io/s3fw6/files/.... Thank you to all presenters who agreed to share their talks and posters with the rest of the world!

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

A year ago, 20 German personality psychologists came together under the leadership of John Rauthmann to assess the status of the field (not only from a German perspective). An English-language version of this paper (in press at Psychologische Rundschau) is now available:

📢 New commentary out today in Nature Human Behaviour! We argue that behavior change interventions often suffer from a one-sided success focus. But failures may reveal structural barriers people face. 🔗 rdcu.be/ex8hR #BehavioralScience #PublicPolicy

Am 14. September gibt es in Bochum eine Abendrevue zu Verschwörungserzählungen, die ich mit @pialamberty.bsky.social und @lpummerer.bsky.social gestalte unter Mitwirkung von @tobiasrothmund.bsky.social und sekten-info-nrw.de. Tickets sind begrenzt und unter dem Link bestellbar.

Check out our preprint - the result of a really fun collaboration!

New preprint: osf.io/8c6sz_v1 @mdkraemer.bsky.social and I, with our fantastic co-authors Cornelia Wrzus, Yannick Roos and @drichter77.bsky.social examined how social contact, desire, and affect dynamically interact across different modalities (in-person, digital) and time scales (hourly, daily).

As research continues to be attacked (destroyed) elsewhere, European countries are installing new programs to attract researchers from around the world. Here is one from Ireland (deadline in October): www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...

I'm hiring 2+ 2.5-year postdocs over the next few months. Job 1: looking for someone with deep expertise in computational modelling (reinforcement learning, agent based modelling) on real-world/complex data (closing: 18 August, starting: October-December), www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52059/

Because I know that some of my international friends here might be interested in this: a seminar on how to become a professor in Germany. www.dhvseminare.de/career_paths...

PhD position in my group at @fau.de, as part of my @erc.europa.eu Consolidator project PAR2. German is not essential but an interest in social science genetics would be great! Sharing would be much appreciated ❤️ www.jobs.fau.de/jobs/phd-pos...

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

#AcademicSky #postdoc #academicJobs

New job at LONELY-EU! Our consortium member Cristiano Vezzoni (University of Milan, Italy) is looking for a postdoc to work on #loneliness, social isolation and political behavior. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @lonely-eu.bsky.social

"I just feel generally very, very alone and very lonely", says Tennis star Zverev after losing his first round match at Wimbledon. It's rare to see professional athletes (or any public figure) talking openly about #loneliness, but I am sure he's not the only one. www.tennis.com/news/article...

🪧New preprint out: "Politicians underestimate support for climate action even more than the general public" osf.io/preprints/os... Pluralistic ignorance - citizens underestimating others' climate concerns - is well documented. But what about policymakers in office?🏛️🤔 A short thread 🧵

New paper!

🌍 When and why do people—and policymakers—recognize the structural roots of unsustainable consumption and support systemic solutions to fight climate change? Thrilled and grateful to explore structural influences and policy support in my new ERC Advanced Grant (SUSCON). #ERCadG #BehavioralScience

Another great day at the Loneliness Theme Week organized by @volkswagenstiftung.de and @maikeluhmann.bsky.social. Really to much to put in this post, a film on robots against loneliness, a panel discussion and of course Looking for the Next Big Questions

@maikeluhmann.bsky.social Judith Merkies and Herlind Megges in conversation during the talk about Loneliness as a Policy. The talk gave a lot of insight into loneliness policies in Germany and how they come about. #VolkswagenStiftung #Loneliness #Einsamkeit #LONELY-EU

For three days, loneliness researchers from all over Europe and the US gather in Hannover to discuss the next big questions on #loneliness. Follow @lonely-eu.bsky.social for updates.

The LONELY-EU project is now on BlueSky. Follow us if you are interested in our activities and results, and in #loneliness more generally! 👇 bsky.app/profile/lone...

A report and lots of pictures of our visit to University of Tsukuba: www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/news/2025...

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.

🎺JOB ALERT👀: We (@LMU Munich) are hiring a postdoc (full-term) for the coordination of META-REP, a metascientific research consortium (www.lmu.de/psy/de/forsc...). Application deadline May 15, 2025. See full job ad here: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/3.... Contact me if you need more info!

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)

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!

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).

Make sure you check out Debbi's very first first-author manuscript, on trajectories of #loneliness in the context of social loss events!

The new federal government in Germany remains committed to combating #loneliness, with a particular focus on children and adolescents. #LONELYEU

#Einsamkeit ist auch im neuen Koalitionsvertrag ein Thema: "Die Einsamkeitsstrategie werden wir weiter fortschreiben und die Arbeit bestehender Netzwerke unterstützen. (1/2)

APA journals ( @apajournals.bsky.social ) is now on bsky! Consider following. For more here is a psych journals starter pack: go.bsky.app/RwDTRi6

🚨 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

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...

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

Im ZDF Magazin Royale @zdfmagaz.in geht es heute um Alleinsein und #Einsamkeit. Ein Plädoyer für weniger Zeit am Bildschirm und mehr Zeit gemeinsam. Und jetzt: Handy weg! www.zdf.de/comedy/zdf-m...

Jetzt bewerben: Aufbau nachhaltiger Netzwerke zur #Prävention & Linderung von #Einsamkeit Das Projekt FIVE – „Fit und verbunden gegen Einsamkeit“, von Dt. Olymp. Sportbund & gefördert vom BM #Gesundheit & BMFSFJ unterstützt 6 Teilprojekte mit einer 2-jährigen #Förderung www.dosb.de/themen/mensc...

Nicht vergessen: Das Amerika, das Biden und Obama zum Präsidenten gewählt hat, ist immer noch da. Das Amerika, das große Literatur hervorgebracht, TV-Serien zur Kunstform gemacht, Massen von Nobelpreisen gewonnen hat. Es hat bei der letzten Wahl versagt, aber es ist noch da.

I will probably have to repost this regularly from now on:

For more information, visit us at lonelinessineurope.eu