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.
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…
Elisabeth Sievert successfully defended her dissertation entitled "Testing communication strategies for patients' decision-making regarding antibiotics" (supervisor: Professor Dr. Cornelia Betsch) at the Faculty of Education. Professor Dr. Johannes…
The Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour at the University of Erfurt is one of the fifteen teams shortlisted for the "Best Research Environment 2026" award. The Junge Akademie and the Volkswagen Foundation are honouring innovative, appreciative,…
The results of the latest PACE study (Planetary Health Action Survey) have just been published. In this study, a research team regularly takes a psychological look at climate change and, in particular, analyses people's willingness to take action to…
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