Maya Braun

🚀 New Pre-Print from the Apricot Project!

Discover “OntoSpreadEd: Developing Ontologies with a Dedicated Online Template Spreadsheet Editor,” now available on Wellcome Open Research.

Read it here: wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-...

Are "healthy" and "low calorie" meals the same?
➡️ They are similar, but there are also nuanced differences regarding food groups and individual foods, as we #HPGVienna @univie.ac.at show in our latest publication, now published in Appetie.
📖 #openaccess paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...

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We are constantly working on improving OntoSpreadEdl! Any feedback is welcome to make it more open and usable for social and behavioural sciences.

In the meantime, feel free to check out the paper and the tool here: doi.org/10.12688/wel...

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Why? Because beyond being useful, ontologies need to be usable!

This tool is for the people who see value in ontologies, but not in spending hours trying to understand how to use tools designed for and by ontologists rather than behavioural scientists!

#OpenSoftware #BehaviouralScience

🔧 Key features:
✔ Convert Excel → OWL
✔ Merge/extend/import ontologies
✔ Autofill + validation throughout
✔ GitHub integration and version control
✔ Hierarchical spreadsheets and visualisation

Built for projects like @hbcproject.bsky.social, but anyone can use it! #OpenSoftware #OpenScience

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🎉 OntoSpreadEd is here – making ontologies as easy as spreadsheets!

Preprint of our paper on this open-source tool (built with social scientists) is now available online.

No coding needed! Edit spreadsheets → get OWL files.

Huge thanks to Björn Gehrke for leading this!

🔗 doi.org/10.12688/wel...

Can't wait for the launch of APRICOT? 🍑

We got you covered: Here, Robert West is introducing himself and giving you a small peak into what he will be speaking about at the launch.

Don't forget to register:
🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏰ 3:30 PM (UK Time)
🎥 Online
👉 Register now: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🎓 New webinar alert!
Presenting a poster at the next EHPS conference?️
Get tips from former poster prize winners on how to make your poster stand out!
📅 26.06.2025 12-13:00 CEST
💻 Sign up here: uni-mannheim.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Bradford project produces ‘outstanding’ rise in children’s physical activity JU:MP programme included co-design of play spaces, exercise in faith settings and interventions in schools

More of this please.

Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”

In the context of epistemic iteration, I have been thinking about the metaphor of cartography: diverse maps, often "wrong", but useful to start exploring, leading to new maps embedded in the practice of use (and often still "wrong" post hoc). Is there any good reading on the hist and philo of maps?

Not to miss!

This year's CREATE workshop on open science will be facilitated by the wonderful @rorycoyne.bsky.social and @emmajnorris.bsky.social of @ehpsopenscisig.bsky.social.

Applications are still open until May 26th!

Two days of new insights, new connections and a lot of fun. Apply now 👇

Flyer for the APRICOT Launch 17 June 2025 3:30 PM - 5 PM (UK time) Online Event Schedule included

🚨 Registrations are now OPEN for the official launch of the APRICOT Project! 🚨

Join us as we explore how ontologies can advance behaviour change science. 🌍🧠

🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏰ 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM (UK Time)

Register here: tinyurl.com/HBCP-APRICOT

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Hello from the APRICOT Full Team Meeting! 🌏 We’re deep in discussion and planning some exciting things. 👀
Stay tuned, exciting updates are coming your way soon!

Amazing keynote by @veraaraujosoares.bsky.social on planetary health! Cannot be stressed enough that we need to look beyond human health, and consider the health of the animals and world around us, as well!

@carolinacsilva.bsky.social amazing work!

Do you use a calorie counter app? Donate your data to research. In this study, you will complete 2 brief online surveys one week apart to report on the data from your app. Participants who complete both parts can enter a prize draw for 3 100€ (or $100 or 80 pound) vouchers.

Have you been using a calorie counter app to track for at least 7 days? Please help 3 Master students at @univie.ac.at with their project by completing 2 short surveys one week apart.
🇬🇧 sosci.univie.ac.at/DataDonationE/
🇩🇪 sosci.univie.ac.at/datadonation/

Very excited to be presenting today at @ucl-cbc.bsky.social conference in #Lisbon.

Looking forward to sharing how behavioural science can support culture change #activebystander #behaviourchange #workplace #uclbehaviourchange

We are thrilled to introduce BE-Change, a brand-new Knowledge Centre at NOVA National School of Public Health!

Join us today at 18:10 for the official launch!

#BCC2025 @ucl-cbc.bsky.social

Today, we had the honour of giving a pre-conference workshop on applying the Behaviour Change Techniques Ontology for selecting and specifying behaviour change techniques as part of the @ucl-cbc.bsky.social Behaviour Change Conference 2025.

Want to learn more? Find the slides here: osf.io/ca5fn/

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Greetings from another the APRICOT full team meeting! We have some exciting things coming up soon, so do stay tuned!

Don't forget to sign up for this webinar on publishing your research!

Don't forget to sign up for this webinar on publishing your research!

🔖Want an easy way to code using the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology? @hbcproject.bsky.social

Use our data extraction template: osf.io/x6afp

- Now updated with the newly published Population Ontology: wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-...

@divhealthpsych.bsky.social @ehps.bsky.social

Join us at the 14th Conference of the International Society for Critical Health Psychology at the University of Galway this summer!

This conference will be of interest to anyone interested in the intersection of health and social justice. Rarely has this been of more importance!

www.ischp2025.ie

📣 We are excited to announce the topic and facilitators for the next CREATE Workshop at @ehps2025.bsky.social!

Get ready to learn about Open Science Practices with @emmajnorris.bsky.social and @rorycoyne.bsky.social 💻

@ehpssynergy.bsky.social @ehps.bsky.social

Last week, I had the great honour to visit the LAMHESS lab of the Université Côte d'Azur to talk about my experiences using ontologies in behavioural sciences, and have some great co-working sessions!

Interested in what we talked about? You can find my slides here: osf.io/nqdrb

Find more information on the APRICOT Editorial below!

The EHP has joined us on BlueSky! Don't forget to follow!