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Francis Vergunst

@FVergunst

Associate professor, University of Oslo
Developmental psychopathology, behavioural disorders, substance use, mental health, climate change, applied ethics

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Official: 2023 confirmed hottest year on record by a large margin at 1.48C above preindustrial levels and probably hotter than any other period in the last 100,000 years
nytimes.com/2024/01/09/cli…

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New review of data from 29 countries (including 12 low- and middle-income countries) shows that roughly 50% of the population will have one or more diagnosed mental disorders by age 75 years thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

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Our new paper in examines pathways and mechanisms linking kindergarten behaviour problems to lower midlife employment earnings Society for Research in Child Development Special thanks to Frank Vitaro for such kind, generous and technically brilliant mentorship doi.org/10.1111/cdev.1…

Our new paper in #ChildDevelopment examines pathways and mechanisms linking kindergarten behaviour problems to lower midlife employment earnings @SRCDtweets Special thanks to Frank Vitaro for such kind, generous and technically brilliant mentorship doi.org/10.1111/cdev.1…
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🚨Our new paper in NatureClimate shows that Greenlanders most affected by the impacts of climate change may not have access to one of the core insights of climate science derived in part from 🇬🇱 🧵👇 1/n

Open access:
nature.com/articles/s4155…

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We've summarised results from our recent meta-analysis on in China. Unlike most western nations, drinking rates among Chinese teens aren't declining & stronger underage drinking controls are needed Inpurier The Conversation Canada theconversation.com/adolescent-dri…

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In case you're wondering what recent heatwaves are doing to ocean temperatures and whether you should be worried, this graphic tells you everything you need to know
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

In case you're wondering what recent heatwaves are doing to ocean temperatures and whether you should be worried, this graphic tells you everything you need to know theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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We examined teen drinking behaviors in China, home to the world's second largest youth population, and found high prevalence rates for all drinking behaviors, with no decline since the govt's 2006 underage drinking policy. Congrats to Dr Zheng! Inpurier sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We examined teen drinking behaviors in China, home to the world's second largest youth population, and found high prevalence rates for all drinking behaviors, with no decline since the govt's 2006 underage drinking policy. Congrats to Dr Zheng! @inpurier sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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latest work with Francis Vergunst and former undergrad Jiayi Li. 50 days free access! the most comprehensive review and meta (186 studies) on 9 Chinese underage drinking behaviors. authors.elsevier.com/a/1hAhx_25WI0e…

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The world is on track for 2.7℃ of warming by 2100. This will push roughly one third of people on Earth outside the human climate niche. Current warming has already pushed >600 million people outside this niche nature.com/articles/s4189…

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Ok this is big.

Web of Science just removed the MDPI flagship journal IJERPH from their lists. This means IJERPH has no more an Impact Factor.

Why is this big? What are the implications? 🧵

Ok this is big. Web of Science just removed the MDPI flagship journal IJERPH from their lists. This means IJERPH has no more an Impact Factor. Why is this big? What are the implications? 🧵
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MDPI added to another list of predatory publishers predatoryreports.org/news/f/list-of… and getting heat from Times Higher Education due to the absurd number of special issues timeshighereducation.com/news/quality-q… Time for Det utdanningsvitskaplege fakultet (UiO) to drop them

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Fascinating study of parenting practices in contemporary hunter-gatherer societies offers insight into what children may be psychologically adapted to
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

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Our paper led by Sam Bouchard show that sexual abuse is associated with socioeconomic inequalities by middle adulthood, particularly for severe forms of abuse. Rachel Langevin Massimiliano Orri Francis Vergunst Martine Hébert Douglas Research Centre McGill University | Faculty of Education
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Our paper led by Sam Bouchard show that sexual abuse is associated with socioeconomic inequalities by middle adulthood, particularly for severe forms of abuse. @DrLangevin @MassimilianOrri @FVergunst @DrMartineHebert @DouglasResearch @Edumcgill sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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