For the past 1.5 years, I've supported research for EU Policy; it was now time to look at the other side of the coin! During the intense residential week in Brussels for the Circle.U Seminar "Behavioural Science & Public Policy" the interdisciplinary exchange provided a lot of new perspectives.

🔬🍃 Face à l’urgence climatique, les scientifiques interrogent leurs méthodes de recherche. Comment concilier soutenabilité et excellence scientifique, afin que la recherche devienne une solution et non un facteur aggravant de la crise ?

Climate impacts aren’t just about money. A new IIASA study introduces the wellbeing cost of carbon, measuring how today’s emissions translate into lost Years of Good Life (YoGL), especially for younger generations. 🌍 📄 Published in Global Sustainability: iiasa.ac.at/news/jan-202...

Besonders in der Nacht vom 13. auf den 14. Dezember lohnt sich der Blick in den Himmel, denn dann erreichen die sogenannten Geminiden ihr Maximum. Ihren Namen haben sie vom Sternbild Zwillinge (lat.: Gemini), aus dessen Richtung sie zu kommen scheinen.

@helenezillig.bsky.social presents her research at the #ENLIGHTConference2025! She merged over 1,400 nighttime visits to #BlueSpaces with satellite data measuring Artificial Light at Night ( #ALAN) to explore how the brightness of a location relates to perceived #safety and #wellbeing. 🌃

"Researchers found that artificial pollution at night increased ecosystem respiration: plants, microbes, and animals released more carbon dioxide. However, there was no corresponding increase in photosynthesis, the plant process that removes it from the atmosphere." www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...

@helenezillig.bsky.social is a student assistant, supporting the #ZeroPM project and helping classes on #EnvironmentalPsychology run smoothly for both students and lecturers. In her Master’s Thesis, she investigates how people’s #nighttime experience of #BlueSpaces is impacted by artificial light. 💡

Wichtige Potenziale unausgeschöpft: Neue Studie der #univie und der @bokuvienna.bsky.social zeigt Lücken in Österreichs #Klimapolitik 🌍🌡️ Im Bereich Verkehr und Wohnen zielen nur wenige Maßnahmen auf direkte Vermeidung von #Emissionen ab. Mehr dazu: ⤵️

Our poster from the @univienna #WelcomeWeeks orientation event for new students interested in learning about the different teams and labs at the Faculty of #Psychology. 🎓 Thank you @helenezillig.bsky.social for putting this together! Sapere aude – Dare to know!

#TogetherForTheSDGs Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Sustainable Development Goals! Together with the UN Global Compact Network Austria we are raising the SDG Flag to show our sustained commitment to climate action, gender equality, biodiversity, and decent work! 🌍

Der Sternschnuppenschauer der Perseiden erreicht in der kommenden Nacht seinen Höhepunkt 💫 . In diesem Jahr erschwert der helle Mond 🌖 die Beobachtung der Meteore. Allerdings huschen die Perseiden noch bis etwa zum 24. August durch die Nacht 🌠. 👉 to.wetteronline.de/sternschuppe... #Perseiden

Writing is thinking. We get students to write so that they learn how to think and use their brains. Using LLMs to do your work is like trying to be an athlete by getting someone else to do your training for you.

Das Sommersemester hat begonnen! Das Center for Teaching and Learning der @univie.ac.at bietet wieder Schreibmentoring an, von der Aufgabenstellung bis zur Abgabe! Alle Termine und Standorte sind hier zu finden: ctl.univie.ac.at/angebote-fue... #UniWien #Studium

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. 🚆

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

❓ Why is psychology central to fighting climate change? ❗ Last November, @janakoehler.bsky.social and I answered questions like this one as part of the Kiss The Globe-Event. I summarised the most important points for the @envpsyvienna.bsky.social blog. ⬇⬇⬇ shorturl.at/EP6fU

❓ Welche Rolle spielt Psychologie in der Bekämpfung des Klimawandels? ❗ Diese und weitere Fragen haben @janakoehler.bsky.social und ich bei KISS THE GLOBE beantwortet. Für den Blog von @envpsyvienna.bsky.social habe ich die wichtigsten Punkte noch einmal zusammengefasst. ⬇⬇⬇ shorturl.at/Evg8L

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!

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! 🌍🌿🌊🎮💬

Last week, my colleague Jana Köhler and I had the opportunity to present #EnvironmentalPsychology in relation to the climate crisis at the KISS THE GLOBE-Event in Vienna. @envpsyvienna.bsky.social #ClimateChange