Presentations and honours at the 2026 DGPs Congress in Luxembourg

Presentations from the IPB on the topic of Health Communication

• Dr. Sarah Eitze – Positive and Negative Impacts on Trust in the World Health Organisation (WHO): Evidence from Two Parallel Online Experiments

• Lisa Marie Hempel – From unequal burdens to collective action: The psychology of climate justice (symposium)

• Dr. Lena Lehrer – ‘But what about the (grand)children?’ The effects of thinking about the future on climate action

• Kira Maur – Using climate litigation to advance climate justice: Insights into citizens’ participation in a constitutional complaint

• Anne-Sophie Tänzer – Perceptions of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination amongst young adults (aged 18–26) in Germany (poster presentation)

• Hellen Temme – Information Type and Policy Acceptance: Evidence from Two Food Tax Experiments in Germany

Keynote speech and award for Cornelia Betsch

A particular highlight is a keynote address by IPB Director Prof. Dr. Cornelia Betsch entitled ‘Live Long and Prosper: Behavioural Change for Planetary Health’. In her talk, she brings together findings from psychological research on vaccination decisions, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate-related behaviour. The focus is on how communication and evidence-based policymaking can help to promote behavioural change for the health of people and the planet.

Furthermore, Cornelia Betsch will be awarded the Franz-Emanuel-Weinert Prize by the German Psychological Society (DGPs) during the congress. The DGPs are thereby honouring her outstanding scientific research into the understanding of human judgement and decision-making processes in the context of health and sustainability, as well as her exceptional commitment to evidence-based and effective research communication.