It was a privilege to participate and present at the launch event of the NIHR Policy Research Unit (PRU) in Behavioural and Social Sciences last week. The event was a fantastic opportunity to showcase the Unit’s work—both past and present—and set the vision for impactful research

Not long until our next systems mapping course! Join us to learn from experts about the principles of systems thinking, how to apply them to behavioural systems through mapping, and how to analyse & interpret behavioural systems maps. 👉Sign up by 31 Oct: ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-chan…

Today's Lancet climate and health report presents 56 indicators of health and climate change across FIVE domains. (Download the report for free from the Lancet website). Here is a thread of some of the key findings. #Lancetclimate24 (1)

Sharing my latest research paper on social care professionals’ engagement with stressed families. This research highlights the importance of developing strategies to better support stressed families and enhance social worker engagement skills. Full paper: emerald.com/insight/conten…

Last month, we held an event marking the launch of our renewed NIHR PRU Behavioural and Social Sciences. We reflected on the role of behavioural and sciences in informing policy, introduced our emerging research, and celebrated our previous research successes. tinyurl.com/c3d99fn9

Our new paper on parental anxiety and depression and worker skill with unexpected findings Vivi Antonopoulou and others Sharing on Bluesky

Interested in engaging with policymakers about your research? Check out our practical guide to writing policy briefs here behscipru.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/upl… It has been downloaded nearly 10,000 times to date!

🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨Understanding the public’s decision-making about seasonal flu vaccination during a pandemic. Read more on tailored strategies to boost flu vaccine uptake. You can access the paper here: doi.org/10.1177/135910…

See our new paper on understanding the public's decision making about seasonal flu vaccination during the Covid-19 pandemic below! The study highlights the importance of tailored strategies based on decision making stages to increase flu vaccine uptake. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

Sign up to the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre webinar taking place on Weds 11th December at 2-5pm to hear Dr Alison R. McKinlay, PhD @amckinlay.bsky.social talk about our optimising integrated care services project! More details about this project on our website behscipru.nihr.ac.uk/our-projects/o…

A job opportunity to work with us on projects related to behavioural science/ health psychology and a Policy Research Unit project in integrated care; alongside future funding applications. More details and how to apply here:  jobs.ac.uk/job/DKP906/sen…

Vivi Antonopoulou is speaking at this seminar on 5 Dec 8:30-10am GMT. Join online to hear about key factors affecting acceptability of data sharing through health apps, framed using COM-B, & insights into how digital health should look in the future 👉 Register ust.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3E…

Very happy to share a new publication by our team!

🔓 New paper🔓 We explored how healthcare professionals manage complaints and what factors influenced how complaints were responded to in a healthcare setting. Interviews and analysis were informed by two behavioural frameworks: COM-B model and the TDF. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/he…

We were at #EvidenceWeek in Parliament this week with Sense about Science to present research evidence on effective complaints handling in the NHS to MPs, peers and parliamentary staff. We discussed our latest findings to help them scrutinise government policy in this area.

Several of our researchers, including Vivi Antonopoulou, are co-authors of an updated Cochrane review that considered the effects of audit and feedback on healthcare professionals' practice. Find out more, including a plain language summary, below cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10…

📢 Learn how to design more effective behaviour change interventions with our July training modules. All courses are fully interactive and will leave participants with skills they can apply to their own work. 👉 Book by 30 April for early bird rates: ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-chan…

It's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek & we're sharing our work on integrated physical & mental health support for people living with SMIH. You can view/download our policy brief here: shorturl.at/PJJfM made in collaboration with Research Retold

We also have the last few places remaining on our Principles & Practice of Systems Mapping course on 3 July! 🔗ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-chan…

We're proud to share new research led by MSc Behaviour Change alumna Marilena Schnorrenberg. They used the COM-B model to explore the barriers & facilitators to engage with carbon footprint reports via banking apps. 🔗Read the paper: emerald.com/insight/conten…