Katy Tapper
@katytapper
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Professor at City, University of London. Author of 'Health Psychology and Behaviour Change'. Researching behaviour change for population and planetary health.
London
Joined May 2009
New term, new teaching? Inspection copies of Health Psychology and Behaviour Change available from inspectioncopies @ https://t.co/Ku2BSlR3k5. (Don't forget to ask for the lecturer resources too!)
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My best books of 23. The very readable Ravenous by @HenryDimbleby + the thought provoking Doughnut Economics by @KateRaworth. On which note, I'm logging off twitter. Find me at @mastodon.london (if I ever manage to figure it out) or LinkedIn (which I'm still trying to figure out)
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How should Ulez be debated? Great article by @EmmanuelPothos and Lee White https://t.co/JLU65beRzH via @ConversationUK
theconversation.com
The psychology of disagreement offers insight into why there is such a strong polarisation in opinions surrounding London’s expanded Ulez.
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Interested in doing a PhD? At City Psychology we have 3 graduate teaching assistantship positions. Closing date 24th July.
citystgeorges.ac.uk
The School of Health & Medical Sciences is offering a series of doctoral studentships to outstanding candidates pursuing an advertised doctoral proposal, funded by the school itself.
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Academic jobs! Here in the Psychology Dept at City, University of London, we're advertising for 3 lecturers and 1 senior lecturer. Closing date 17th July. Would be grateful for any RTs! https://t.co/eSNZez6WSj
https://t.co/2BHxGDXDWZ
citystgeorges.ac.uk
Details of job vacancy at City St George's,, University of London
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A new bra company Brealth states that underwire bras cause breast cancer (THEY DON’t!) and that bra manufacturers are hiding the secret from us all. There is NO evidence to prove this. It’s great they’re giving 10% profits to @BreastCancerNow but their bras don’t stop breast
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Great to see this published!
Effective #SciComm is challenged by constantly evolving evidence that is competing with #misinformation Read our #manifesto here, where we propose communicating science as a collective intelligence 💪 📑 https://t.co/jeQqB6zrbA
#InfodemicManager
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Will be interesting to see if this talk is as bleak as Eric's keynote at #BFDG2023! @LucyMPorter @shahina_begum1 @Elisa__Becker
Don't miss our event tomorrow on how the government can tackle obesity. We'll be livestreaming at 10:00 - and you can follow the discussion @ifgevents #IfGobesity. 📺🗓️
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The power (and cost) of industry framing. Fears over ‘nanny statism’ hold back government action on obesity
theguardian.com
IfG says Labour and Conservative governments have shied away from addressing subject seen as a minefield
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Four PhD studentships available at City! (Two of which are for applicants from a Black, Black British, Caribbean, or African background.) I'd love to hear from anyone interested in food or health related research! Closing date 11th May. #phdposition
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Wonderful to catch up with colleagues at @BFDGnews #BFDG2023 and to see the fantastic Joanna Szypula presenting her PhD research with @LucyCheke and her postdoc work with @katytapper back to back 🤩
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Are you paying taxes on sugary drinks? Half of the world's population does and here is why it makes sense https://t.co/UKEbZ3J8Ut via @worldbank @mandevillek
blogs.worldbank.org
Are you paying taxes on sugary drinks? Half of the world's population does and here is why it makes sense
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Great thread - that aligns with our recent experience of installing an air source heat pump.
Social media and newspapers are flooded with myths about heat pumps. Let's take them one by one in this thread.
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Are you a computer science graduate interested in doing a PhD? Studentships available at @CityUniLondon and @dimitrispp @EmmanuelPothos and I would love to hear from you! https://t.co/ZH6pbC7F4E
@CityUniHealth @CityUniSTEM
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Like to do a PhD? Studentships available @CityUniLondon. @wellsrebecca and I would love to find a student interested in science communication. Deadline 14th April. https://t.co/ZH6pbC7F4E
@SciBeh @CityUniHealth
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A pleasure to be part of this PhD examination panel - and congrats to @Alessan09558632 for his impressive use of open science methods.
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Why does the UK have such a low uptake of environmentally friendly air-source heat pumps? @EmmanuelPothos and Lee White explain the behavioural biases that get in the way https://t.co/wXDnyAseYQ via @ConversationUK
theconversation.com
The UK is next to last in Europe for heat pump sales – psychologists explain why take up is so low.
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Closing date tomorrow!
Post-doc position! To work on a 6-month interdisciplinary ESRC funded project aimed at changing employee behaviours to reduce cyber threats within manufacturing industries. Closing date 4th Jan. #postdoc #psychology
https://t.co/Qh6QqfmqjL
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Post-doc position! To work on a 6-month interdisciplinary ESRC funded project aimed at changing employee behaviours to reduce cyber threats within manufacturing industries. Closing date 4th Jan. #postdoc #psychology
https://t.co/Qh6QqfmqjL
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