Problem about the loneliness epidemic is, it's everywhere except in representative survey data. Let's look at where the claim comes from. 1/
17.02.2026 07:13 โ ๐ 584 ๐ 220 ๐ฌ 18 ๐ 31@maikeluhmann.bsky.social
Professor at Faculty of Psychology at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Studies loneliness, well-being, life events and personality development. Also #rstats and cats! https://www.pml.psy.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/personen/luhmann.html.en
Problem about the loneliness epidemic is, it's everywhere except in representative survey data. Let's look at where the claim comes from. 1/
17.02.2026 07:13 โ ๐ 584 ๐ 220 ๐ฌ 18 ๐ 31#loneliness
15.01.2026 14:20 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0ME/CFS In der neuen Staffel MAITHINK X werden wir รผber ME/CFS sprechen. Dafรผr suchen wir Betroffene oder auch Angehรถrige von Betroffenen, die mit uns รผber ihren Alltag und Schwierigkeiten sprechen wollen. Schickt uns einfach eine DM. Dazu ein Bild von Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, die auf den Text zeigt.
Wir zeichnen ganz bald die neue Staffel MAITHINK X fรผr euch auf und wollen dieses Mal รผber das sehr wichtige Thema ME/CFS sprechen. Hier ein Aufruf, dem ihr gerne folgen kรถnnt, wenn ihr das mรถgt. Oder markiert einfach Personen, von denen ihr wisst, dass sie etwas dazu zu sagen haben. Danke euch! ๐
05.01.2026 13:16 โ ๐ 1324 ๐ 779 ๐ฌ 100 ๐ 22Wie die stille Nacht nicht einsam wird #Weihnachten #Einsamkeit
21.12.2025 12:34 โ ๐ 13 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 2โA fragmented field: Construct and measure proliferation in psychology.โ (2025)
From โLanguage models accurately infer correlations between psychological items and scales from text alone.โ (2025)
From โNot within spitting distance: salivary immunoassays of estradiol have subpar validity for predicting cycle phase.โ (2023)
Work in progress with cycle tracking data from the app Clue
Want to make nice graphs with me, starting next year? I'm hiring for a position at the University of Witten/Herdecke.
uni-wh.softgarden.io/job/61280592...
At ZPID we are searching for a tenure track assistant professor for Psychological Metascience in joint appointment with @unitrier.bsky.social preferably someone who has conducted quantitative research in metascience in psychology or related disciplines. Questions? Feel free to contact me personally.
26.11.2025 10:37 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 18 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2Check out this brand new meta-analysis on attachment orientations and #loneliness.
07.11.2025 12:32 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐ 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...
๐ Submissions & registrations are also open:
ecp22edinburgh.org
#ecp22
โIch dachte er meint, dass er in Deutschland auf der Straรe keine Leute mehr sehen will, die aussehen, als ob sie einen Migrationshintergrund haben.โ โWenn ich irgendwo vor Leuten Angst habe, sind das immer Mรคnner. Es ist aber egal, ob die irgendwie auslรคndisch aussehen oder einfach weiร.โ
Sehr geehrter Herr Bundeskanzler, ich habe, wie von Ihnen angeregt, meine Tรถchter (Teenagerinnen) gefragt, wie sie Ihren Satz mit dem "Problem im Stadtbild" verstanden haben. Hier die Antworten (sie sind echt und wรถrtlich zitiert):
Buchcover: "Einsamkeit: Warum sie uns alle betrifft", Autorin: Maike Luhmann, Verlag: S. Fischer.
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 tatsรคchlich (fast) geschrieben, und am 24.3.2026 wird es so erscheinen:
#Einsamkeit
Sehr wichtiger Punkt:
09.10.2025 18:44 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Excited to share that Iโll be the incoming Editor of AMPPS. My first priority is building a diverse team of Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. If youโre 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 ๐
30.08.2025 08:03 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Haben Sie in den letzten 12 Monaten einen neuen Job angefangen?
Dann suchen wir genau Sie fรผr unsere aktuelle Studie!
Weitere Infos zur Teilnahme finden Sie hier im Flyer. Direkt zur Studie geht es hier entlang:
s2survey.net/Masterarbeit...
Danke auch fรผrs 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!
15.08.2025 14:02 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I 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:
29.07.2025 11:26 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Comment: Rethinking behavior change interventions in policymaking
๐ข 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.
๐ rdcu.be/ex8hR
#BehavioralScience #PublicPolicy
Am 14. September gibt es in Bochum eine Abendrevue zu Verschwรถrungserzรคhlungen, 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.
22.07.2025 10:45 โ ๐ 39 ๐ 20 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 1Check out our preprint - the result of a really fun collaboration!
21.07.2025 19:48 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1New 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 โค๏ธ
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
02.07.2025 18:45 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0New 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...