Environmental Psychology Vienna

We also wish everyone starting their academic journey (or at least their next academic year) lots of success and resilience! We also hope you don’t forget (admits all the studying) to go outside and spend some time in #nature. 😉🌳

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!

This year’s Horizon Europe #RESONATE Annual Meeting took place in Padua 🇮🇹 and brought together leading experts in the field of Nature-based Therapy ( #NbT ) research from around the globe. 🌍

🌐 You can learn more about the #RESONATE project on our website: resonate-horizon.eu

Project Title: “New Directions for Climate Change Communication through Entertainment Media: Towards an Integration of Psychological Theories and Mechanisms.”

Isolde Gottwald has been awarded the DOC Fellowship by the Austrian Academy of Sciences to pursue her doctoral project focusing on strategies for climate- & environmental communication in entertainment media. 📺

Welcome to the team! 🙌

#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! 🌍

Listen to the latest episode of our Nature-based Therapy Podcast now! In this episode, our project coordinator @juegger.bsky.social shines her light on #nature-based #therapies, #social #prescribing & building #resilience across Europe. Visit resonate-horizon.eu/news/podcast/ to select a platform.

A quick reminder for anyone who hasn't checked out the RESONATE Podcast yet
(resonate-horizon.eu/news/podcast/)

🎙️ Ep.1: Interview with PI Mathew White: open.spotify.com/episode/1wOh...

🎙️ EP.7: Interview with Project Manager Julia Egger: open.spotify.com/episode/4NCg...

Lead: Mathew White at the University of Vienna
⌛ Duration: 2023–2027

🌐 For more information visit: resonate-horizon.eu

🌱Project Spotlight: RESONATE

“Building individual and community RESilience thrOugh NATurE-based therapies” is a Horizon Europe project that brings together a consortium of world leaders in #nature_based_therapy (NbT) research, practice, policy, and innovation. 🌿

🌐 For a list of all her publications, visit: scholar.google.com/citations?hl...

Maja Grünzner is a psychologist, systemic & family therapist (in training) and has been a member of the #EnvironmentalPsychology Lab for many years. She has recently completed her PhD:

♻️ Small Choices, Big Impact: Tackling Microplastics through Behavioural Science

Understanding the role of pluralistic ignorance in biodiversity conservation: A research agenda Most people believe that biodiversity loss is human-caused, yet they may not realize how many others share this belief. Such collective misperceptions…

🌏 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

It’s not that people doubt biodiversity is declining—it’s that we underestimate how many others already share this concern.

In our new Perspective, we review work on pluralistic ignorance and set out a research agenda to:

She delivered a presentation on Behavioural Approaches to #Microplastics and Potential Solutions (“Tracing the Path from Expert Perceptions to Consumer Behaviour”) that was so well thought through that even the technical barrier of presenting years of research through Zoom was no issue. 🤖

🎉 Congratulations to Maja Grünzner on successfully completing her #PhD defence! 🥳✨

Before joining the team, Valeria completed her PhD at the Sapienza University of Rome, studying how natural spaces and environments influence emotions and emotion regulation. 🌿

Valeria Vitale re-joined the team in January as a post-doc researcher, contributing to two Horizon Europe projects that examine public perceptions of environmental risks.
#GOLIAT #SOS-ZEROPOL2030

Welcome back, Valeria!

📸Valeria Vitale shared her research at the International Conference on #EnvironmentalPsychology (ICEP 2025) in Vilnius, Lithuania.

📊She introduced “nature selection” as a new #emotionregulation strategy and validated a scale through studies conducted both in English and Italian.

🌐 Join us in person or catch the livestream at: www.youtube.com/@wienerhilfs...

#climate #talk #sustainability #festival

“Feelings for the future: #Emotions as a driving force for #Climateprotection”

Christina Barz will hold a talk at the Vienna Climate Talk as part of the Vienna Sustainability Festival 2025.

🕔 28.08.2025, 17:00–19:30

📍 @wienerhilfswerk, Schottenfeldgasse 29, 1070 Wien

🌐 Join us in person or catch the livestream at: www.youtube.com/@wienerhilfs...

#climate #talk #sustainability #festival

💡 Katharina Koller was accepted into the FFG Women Innovator Program.

Over the coming year she will receive expert mentoring and will work on how her current research on the social dimension of #climatechange and game-based approaches can be turned into products and services with societal impact.🌍

With her additionally running her own psychotherapeutic practice, focusing on trauma related, culture specific, and gender issues, we’re happy that she still always manages to find time for us! 😊

Besides handling the EnvPsy Lab’s administrative matters, Rebecca Gil Segovia recently took on the role of third-party project administrator for the entire Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology at the University of Vienna. 🙌

📸 Valentina Hampejs presented her latest research at the International Conference on Environmental Psychology (ICEP) in Vilnius, Lithuania.

📊 Using insights from 18,000 nature visits, she explored how connecting with nature can boost your physical, mental and social #wellbeing.

Connecting to the lovely @envpsyvienna.bsky.social colleagues back home in Vienna for our weekly catchup, today from the Plastics Treaty negotiations INC5.2 in Geneva at the Palais des Nations. #EnvironmentalPsychology

The future of environmental psychology looks very bright, especially if the next generation of researchers is so dedicated that they even visit universities during their summer break ;)

We recently had a high school student visit us at the lab. She is considering studying psychology but wanted to know what that even looks like if you aren’t a therapist.

@ Jana Zeilinger thanks for stopping by, it was a pleasure to meet you!

#environmentalpsychology #earlycareerreseachers

📻️ EnvPsy on air!

Valentina Hampejs provides listeners with a scientific perspective on Austria’s cherished relationship with the sea – a complicated and seemingly insatiable longing, given that Austria is landlocked.

Ö1 Moment: oe1.orf.at/programm/202...

📸 Nina Vaupotič presenting her new findings at the International Conference on Environmental Psychology (ICEP 2025).

📊 A new analysis in relation to #ProjectGOLIAT shows who believes in the health effects of #5G technologies across 11 countries.

#science #environmentalpsychology #univienna