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🚀 EHPS Open Science Student Award 🚀

Applications Open! Are you a student or recent graduate passionate about #openscience in #healthpsychology? EHPS OS SIG is awarding a €500 to recognize and support OS practices!

Deadline: 17/04/2026

🔗 Apply now: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Happy to announce our first EMPOWER webinar for 2026!

We will be welcoming Olga Perski and Marta Moreira Marques to talk about personal fellowship applications!

Register here: bit.ly/empowerWS26

The European Health Psychologist Special Issue on Intervention Mapping Part I is here! 🎉

Designed as an educational resource, it covers all 6 steps of Intervention Mapping with case studies, practical guidance, and 2 papers expanding how it’s used in practice.

Full issue: doi.org/10.62696/pwv...

The Health Psychology Group @univie.ac.at is hiring! We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team from 1 May 2026. Full-time position for 3 years and 8 months. Applications close 10 February 2026.

More information: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

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Innovative Initiatives Grants The EHPS Innovative Initiatives Grant is intended to support collaboration across EHPS countries and members in their research endeavours, for example through collaborative scoping work, protocol development, grant idea generation/drafting, knowledge exchange or research training. The aim is to create research synergies between EHPS members and achieve innovative outcomes that advance the field of health psychology. It is expected that the application is submitted by at least one EHPS member who is the grant coordinator. It is expected that the applicant(s) will work towards a specified deliverable and timeline, and will produce a brief report on their activity for the upcoming annual EHPS conference. One Innovative Initiatives Grant is available for a maximum of 5000 Euros. Application Deadline: Friday 6th March 2026

Apply by 6 March for the EHPS Innovative Initiatives Grant and receive up to 5000€ for a collaborative project. #HealthPsych #BehSci
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Update: Newsletter guidelines and item submission Following the suggestions outlined by the Communications Task and Finish Group at the 2025 conference in Groningen, the following changes to the newsletter have been implemented, effective from this week: - At the bottom of the newsletter, we now include a link to a webpage outlining the requirements for newsletter items, such as the announcement being from an EHPS entity (e.g., subcommittee, SIG) or relevant to the EHPS membership. - Newsletter items can be submitted by EHPS members through the form embedded in this website. Items submitted by Wednesday midnight will be included in the newsletter on Friday. Newsletter item submissions by email will no longer be accepted. - Any questions about eligibility of newsletter items or about this procedure should be addressed to the EHPS Secretary, Laura M. König This update concludes the implementation of the suggestions generated by the Communications Task and Finish Group. Other implemented suggestions were: A bridge from the EHPS Bluesky account to Mastodon Setting up an EHPS Linkedin page. The EHPS Bluesky account and Linkedin page are linked at the bottom of every newsletter. I would like to thank the members of the group, Melanie Bamert, Dr. Michèle Birtel, Dr. Maya Braun, Imogen Freethy, Kelly Lloyd, Professor Barbara Mullan and Dr. Emma Norris, for their work, as well as all EHPS members who took part in our survey that informed the suggestions. Laura M. König EHPS Secretary

Important update for our members: Newsletter guidelines and item submission
➡️ Following the suggestions outlined by the Communications Task and Finish Group at the 2025 conference in Groningen, the following changes to the newsletter have been implemented, effective from this week:

🎉 The full TIER2 Reproducibility Training Course is now available on OpenPlato.
💡 It provides researchers, publishers, and funders with both theoretical foundations and practical tools to support reproducible research practices.
🔎 Explore it here: openplato.eu/login/index....

📢 Join us for the Conceptualization, Measurement & Formalization – SIG Networking Event!
We’d love to chat and connect with you to share ideas and explore collaborations in health psychology.

🗓 Jan 22 | ⏰ 2:00–3:30 PM (GMT) | 💻 Online

Replications Sourcing Sheet

Join our Replicability Project: Health Behavior!

We have 55 replication studies underway, our target is 65-70.

We are only recruiting for secondary data replications--i.e., using existing data to test the original question.

Here's a list of studies we think could be feasible.

If interested...

EMPOWER Committee Election The European network for postdoctoral Early career & Mid-career researchers in health PsychOlogy focusing on Well-being & Empowerment of Researchers (EMPOWER) is a low-threshold, supportive network fo...

✨️ We’re looking for new EMPOWER Committee members!

Our European network for early- and mid-career health psychology researchers is recruiting 1 Social Media & Engagement Officer and 2 Events Officers.

Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Deadline: Dec 31, 2025 ✨️

We introduce the members of the 40th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society Scientific Committee!

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01-04 September, 2026 Pafos, Cyprus 40th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society

We are excited to announce the 40th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, taking place in Cyprus!

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#EHPS

Meet the people behind the #EHPS2026 Organizing Committee! Stay tuned for updates and insights from our esteemed team!

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Finding it confusing licensing your work?

@asapbio.bsky.social have created an FAQ covering the basics and commercial uses, supporting you to make an informed choice.

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We are very excited to announce that we are opening applications to join the ReproducibiliTea Steering Committee at the beginning of 2026!

🔹 Full Announcement:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

✍️ Application Form:
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PCI Webinar Series - Peer Community In The PCI webinar series is a series of seminars on research practices, publication practices, evaluation, scientific integrity, meta-research, organised by Peer Community In

📣 Save the date for the 13th PCI webinar on December 1st, 2025, at 4 PM CET!! Simine Vazire (University of Melbourne, Australia) will present "Recognizing and responding to a replication crisis: Lessons from Psychology". For more details and registration, visit: buff.ly/wZNoD2v

Check Research Outputs for Best Practices A modular, extendable system for automatically checking research outputs for best practices using text search, R code, and/or (optional) LLM queries.

The package formerly known as papercheck has changed its name to metacheck! We're checking more than just papers, with functions to assess OSF projects, github repos, and AsPredicted pre-registrations, with more being developed all the time.

scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/

🚨 Deadline This Friday! 🚨

Be part of the EHPS Open Science SIG committee and work with amazing people! 🌟 Don’t miss the chance to collaborate, learn, and make a real impact in open research.

✨ Apply before Friday, October 24, 2025, 17:00 CET! ✨

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Call for Papers: Special Issue “Focus on Planetary Health and Sustainability: Health Psychology Matters” in the European Journal of Health Psychology @ejhp93.bsky.social
Submit your abstract by 30 November 2025. Full papers will be due 15 March 2026.
More info: econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/...

⏰ Deadline approaching fast!
Don’t miss your chance, send in your application now to join our EHPS OS SIG Committee and be part of our team!

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When and How to Deviate From a Preregistration, with Prof Daniël Lakens Prof Daniël Lakens will share guidance on appropriate circumstances and methods for deviating from a pre-registration

When is it appropriate to deviate from a pre-registration, and how should this be done? 🧐

Join us to find out from Daniël Lakens @lakens.bsky.social at the next ReproducibiliTea!

October 28, 1pm GMT.

Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-and-h...

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ReproducibiliTea Calendar ReproducibiliTea - Journal Clubs for Open Science

📅 Upcoming events - ReproducibiliTea online
Check out our calendar for more details:
reproducibilitea.org/calendar

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🚨 Join EHPS OS SIG 🚨

Dear EHPS Community!

We’re looking for enthusiastic new members:
✨ 1 Events Manager
✨ 1 General Committee Member

Interested? Send your CV + a 300-word summary of your Open Science experience to open-science@ehps.net

⏰ Deadline: Oct 24, 2025, 17:00 CET

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From August 25 to 29, 2025, Groningen welcomed over 800+ academics, researchers, students, and practitioners from 50 countries, including Mexico, Malaysia, and Zambia, for the 39th Annual Conference… EHPS 2025 | Conference Overview

We're thrilled to share a video from #EHPS 2025 , where brilliant minds came together to explore, innovate, and inspire.

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Senior Scientist at the Faculty of Psychology. Start date 1 October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. 20 hours per week. Salary according to the collective bargaining agreement §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc). Contract (initially) limited for 4 years and 3 months. Job ID: 4269

Re-advertisement: #HPGVienna @univie.ac.at is hiring! We are looking for a PhD-level researcher excited about all things EMA to join us as Senior Scientist/ Lab Manager as soon as possible. Position is initially for 4.25 years & part-time (50% FTE) (more info in 🧵).
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📢 Call for Participants!

Rory is studying health psychology researchers’ awareness & use of Open Science practices.

Can you help?
👉 Take part via the link or QR code!

https://f.mtr.cool/lekmngsuls

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