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.
The Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour (IPB) has a new scientific managing director: Dr. Kevin Tiede is taking over the scientific management of the institute with immediate effect.
How are novel pathogens being researched? What are the health risks of a hot summer? How are nutrition and gut health connected? There is a wide range of questions on which young researchers in the 2026 university competition are bringing citizens…
Over 100 representatives from politics, practice and science gathered on February 24, 2026 at the invitation of the German Society for Psychology (DGPs) for the Parliamentary Evening in Berlin. The occasion was the presentation of the new Policy…
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