Universität Erfurt
Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour (PF 44)
Nordhäuser Str. 63
99089 Erfurt
Campus
Nordhäuser Str. 63
99089 Erfurt
University of Erfurt
Seminar für Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
Postfach 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt
Germany
Campus
Nordhäuser Str. 63
99089 Erfurt
University of Erfurt
Faculty of Philosophy
Postfach 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt
Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin
Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 74
D-20359 Hamburg
Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin
Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 74
D-20359 Hamburg
Our research aims to help design effective policy frameworks and good, explanatory communication. To do this, we try to understand as comprehensively as possible what influences climate-friendly behaviour in order to find good levers.
Cornelia Betsch is a psychologist and professor of health communication at the University of Erfurt. She is also head of the Health Communication Working Group at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg. Her research includes social aspects in health decisions, especially in the context of vaccination and vaccination opposition. During the Corona pandemic, she initiated the COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO) followed by the Planetary Health Action Survey (PACE), which generates insights into people's knowledge, risk perceptions, protective behaviors, and trust regarding the Corona and now climate crisis. She received the German Psychology Prize in 2021 and the Thuringian Research Prize in 2022. She presently is a member of the German government’s COVID-19 Expert Advisory Council, as well as the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Behavioral and Cultural Insights and the Interdisciplinary Commission for Pandemic Research of the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. (L. Pasteur)
Read more about my credo here.
I am committed to Open Science and a member of the Erfurt Open Science Initiative. I embrace the values of openness and transparency in science by applying Open Science practices in my research, teaching, support of young researchers and interactions with my institution.
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Betsch, C., Korn, L., Sprengholz, P., Felgendreff, L., Eitze, S., Schmid, P., & Böhm, R. (2020). Social and behavioral consequences of mask policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. P Natl Acad Sci USA, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2011674117.
Habersaat, K., Betsch, C., Danchin, M., Sunstein, C., Böhm, R., Falk, A., Brewer, N.T., Omer, S.B., Scherzer, M., Sah, S., Fischer, E.F., Scheel, A.E., Fancourt, D., Kitayama, S., Dubé, E., Leask, J., Dutta, M., MacDonald, N.E., Temkina, A., Lieberoth, A., Jackson, M. Lewandowsky, S., Seale, H., Fiethe, N., Schmid, P., Gelfand, M., Korn, L., Eitze, S., Felgendreff, L. Sprengholz, P., Salvi, C., Butler, R (2020). Ten considerations for effectively managing the COVID-19 transition. Nat Hum Behav. doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0906-x
Betsch, C. (2020). Behavioural science data can help mitigate the COVID-19 crisis. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0866-1.
Betsch, C., Wieler, L.H., Habersaat, K. and the COSMO group (2020). Rapid, flexible, cost-effective monitoring tool for behavioural insights related to COVID-19 across countries. The Lancet, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30729-7 .
Betsch, C., Bach Habersaat, K., Deshevoi, S., Heinemeier, D., Briko, N., Kostenko, N., Kocik, J., Böhm, R., Zettler, I., Wiysonge, C. S., Dubé, È., Gagneur, A., Botelho-Nevers, E., Gagneux-Brunon, A., & Sivelä, J. (2020). Sample study protocol for adapting and translating the 5C scale to assess the psychological antecedents of vaccination. BMJ Open, 10(3), e034869. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034869
Omer, S. B., Betsch, C., & Leask, J. (2019). Mandate vaccination with care. Nature, 571(7766), 469–472. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02232-0
Schmid, P., & Betsch, C. (2019). Effective strategies for rebutting science denialism in public discussions. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0632-4
Betsch, C., Böhm, R., Schmid, P., Korn, L., Steinmeyer, L., Heinemeier, D., Eitze, S. & Küpke, N.K. (2019). Impfverhalten psychologisch erklären, messen und verändern. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-019-02900-6
Betsch, C., Schmid, P., Heinemeier, D., Korn, L., Holtmann, C., & Böhm, R. (2018). Beyond confidence: Development of a measure assessing the 5C psychological antecedents of vaccination. PLOS ONE, 13(12), e0208601. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208601 Open Data Open Materials
Betsch, C. & Böhm, R. (2018). Explaining herd immunity makes moral values regarding harm and fairness relevant for vaccination decisions. Nature Human Behaviour.
Wiysonge, C.S., Cooper, S., Sambala , E.Z. & Betsch, C. (2018). Vaccine hesitancy - a potential threat to the achievements of vaccination programmes in Africa. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 14(10):2355-2357.
Betsch, C. (2017). Advocating for vaccination in a climate of science denial. Nature Microbiology, 2, 17106.
Betsch, C., Böhm, R., Korn, L., & Holtmann, C. (2017). On the benefits of explaining herd immunity in vaccine advocacy. Nature Human Behaviour, doi:10.1038/s41562-017-0056.
Korn, L., Betsch, C., Böhm, R., & Meier, N. (2017). Communicating high vaccine rates of refugees: How the best intentions can lead to harm. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 17, 364–365.
Böhm, R., Betsch, C. & Korn, L. (2016). Selfish-Rational Non-Vaccination: Experimental Evidence from an Interactive Vaccination Game. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 131, 183-195.
Betsch, C. & Böhm, R. (2016). Detrimental Effects of Introducing Partial Compulsory Vaccination: Experimental Evidence. European Journal of Public Health, 26(3):378-81.
Betsch, C., Korn, L., Holtmann, C. (2015). Don’t try to convert the anti-vaccinators, instead target the fence-sitters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, PNAS, 112(49): E6725–E6726.