At the IPB, we strive to understand human behaviour to promote health, protect the climate, and preserve the environment.
In research, we provide communication, social and behavioural science evidence on climate and health behaviour.
In teaching, we train Master's students and graduates to design, evaluate and improve evidence-based health communication and climate communication.
In science communication and transfer (Science2Society), we make scientific evidence accessible to both the scientific community and the public.We collaborate with policymakers and society to plan health promotion and climate protection with a human-centered approach.
From 7 to 10 September 2026, psychologists from academia and professional practice will gather in Luxembourg for the DGPs Congress. A number of early-career researchers from the Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour (IPB) will also be presenting…
What will the medicine of the future look like in terms of dealing with rising temperatures? The HeatFuture Lab invited members of the public to explore the consequences of hot summers and to contribute their own ideas. Around 1,100 visitors took the…
What will a hot summer feel like in the future? And how can cities, healthcare and we ourselves cope better with heat? Questions like these are the focus of the HeatFuture Lab Thuringia, which the Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour at the…
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