Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺
Professor at Faculty of Psychology at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Studies loneliness, well-being, life events and personality development. Also #rstats and cats!
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- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺Wir zeichnen ganz bald die neue Staffel MAITHINK X für euch auf und wollen dieses Mal über das sehr wichtige Thema ME/CFS sprechen. Hier ein Aufruf, dem ihr gerne folgen könnt, wenn ihr das mögt. Oder markiert einfach Personen, von denen ihr wisst, dass sie etwas dazu zu sagen haben. Danke euch! 🙏
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- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺Want to make nice graphs with me, starting next year? I'm hiring for a position at the University of Witten/Herdecke. uni-wh.softgarden.io/job/61280592...
- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺At ZPID we are searching for a tenure track assistant professor for Psychological Metascience in joint appointment with @unitrier.bsky.social preferably someone who has conducted quantitative research in metascience in psychology or related disciplines. Questions? Feel free to contact me personally.
- Check out this brand new meta-analysis on attachment orientations and #loneliness.
- Why do some people feel lonelier than others? Drawing on 441 effects, our meta-analysis shows a clear link between insecure attachment orientations (anxious or avoidant) and loneliness (r= .38). Read the preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... Together with Natalie Kazianis & @bueckersusanne.bsky.social
- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺🔔 Those coming to the ECP22 in Edinburgh: Consider booking accommodation early! Edinburgh is a very popular place. Here are accommodation tips for ECP folks: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 📝 Submissions & registrations are also open: ecp22edinburgh.org #ecp22
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- Auf Englisch sagt man, "I have a book inside me." Das hatte ich bis vor kurzem auch, aber jetzt nicht mehr - denn ich habe es tatsächlich (fast) geschrieben, und am 24.3.2026 wird es so erscheinen: #Einsamkeit
- Sehr wichtiger Punkt:
- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺Excited to share that I’ll be the incoming Editor of AMPPS. My first priority is building a diverse team of Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. If you’re interested, DM me or add your name via this super simple survey. cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please share!
- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺New paper out at the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science! We examined unconditional & event-related changes in pathological vs normal-range personality using 4 metrics to compare their developmental links, how these vary with life events, and whether unique effects emerge across metrics
- 3 new jobs in a great project 👇
- 🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption. Details here: PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7... Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...
- Haben Sie in den letzten 12 Monaten einen neuen Job angefangen? Dann suchen wir genau Sie für unsere aktuelle Studie! Weitere Infos zur Teilnahme finden Sie hier im Flyer. Direkt zur Studie geht es hier entlang: s2survey.net/Masterarbeit... Danke auch fürs Teilen und Weiterleiten!
- Are you interested what we talked about at our symposium on the next big questions on #loneliness? The program and most presentations can now be found here: osf.io/s3fw6/files/.... Thank you to all presenters who agreed to share their talks and posters with the rest of the world!
- I am very happy to share another first first-author publication with you. This paper is by Alicia Neumann (University of Duisburg-Essen) and looks at what adolescents belief's about what makes them happy. #happiness #wellbeing #perpsy #psychology rdcu.be/eAeug
- A year ago, 20 German personality psychologists came together under the leadership of John Rauthmann to assess the status of the field (not only from a German perspective). An English-language version of this paper (in press at Psychologische Rundschau) is now available:
- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺📢 New commentary out today in Nature Human Behaviour! We argue that behavior change interventions often suffer from a one-sided success focus. But failures may reveal structural barriers people face. 🔗 rdcu.be/ex8hR #BehavioralScience #PublicPolicy
- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺Am 14. September gibt es in Bochum eine Abendrevue zu Verschwörungserzählungen, die ich mit @pialamberty.bsky.social und @lpummerer.bsky.social gestalte unter Mitwirkung von @tobiasrothmund.bsky.social und sekten-info-nrw.de. Tickets sind begrenzt und unter dem Link bestellbar.
- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺Check out our preprint - the result of a really fun collaboration!
- New preprint: osf.io/8c6sz_v1 @mdkraemer.bsky.social and I, with our fantastic co-authors Cornelia Wrzus, Yannick Roos and @drichter77.bsky.social examined how social contact, desire, and affect dynamically interact across different modalities (in-person, digital) and time scales (hourly, daily).
- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺New preprint: osf.io/8c6sz_v1 @mdkraemer.bsky.social and I, with our fantastic co-authors Cornelia Wrzus, Yannick Roos and @drichter77.bsky.social examined how social contact, desire, and affect dynamically interact across different modalities (in-person, digital) and time scales (hourly, daily).
- As research continues to be attacked (destroyed) elsewhere, European countries are installing new programs to attract researchers from around the world. Here is one from Ireland (deadline in October): www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺I'm hiring 2+ 2.5-year postdocs over the next few months. Job 1: looking for someone with deep expertise in computational modelling (reinforcement learning, agent based modelling) on real-world/complex data (closing: 18 August, starting: October-December), www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52059/
- Because I know that some of my international friends here might be interested in this: a seminar on how to become a professor in Germany. www.dhvseminare.de/career_paths...
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- The LONELY-EU project is now inviting passionate, connected individuals to become Network Ambassadors for our Social Isolation and Loneliness (SIL) Network Europe. See link below for more information. www.linkedin.com/posts/annecy... #loneliness #horizoneurope
- New job at LONELY-EU! Our consortium member Cristiano Vezzoni (University of Milan, Italy) is looking for a postdoc to work on #loneliness, social isolation and political behavior. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @lonely-eu.bsky.social
- New job at LONELY-EU! Our consortium member Cristiano Vezzoni (University of Milan, Italy) is looking for a postdoc to work on #loneliness, social isolation and political behavior. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @lonely-eu.bsky.social
- "I just feel generally very, very alone and very lonely", says Tennis star Zverev after losing his first round match at Wimbledon. It's rare to see professional athletes (or any public figure) talking openly about #loneliness, but I am sure he's not the only one. www.tennis.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺🪧New preprint out: "Politicians underestimate support for climate action even more than the general public" osf.io/preprints/os... Pluralistic ignorance - citizens underestimating others' climate concerns - is well documented. But what about policymakers in office?🏛️🤔 A short thread 🧵
- New paper!
- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺🌍 When and why do people—and policymakers—recognize the structural roots of unsustainable consumption and support systemic solutions to fight climate change? Thrilled and grateful to explore structural influences and policy support in my new ERC Advanced Grant (SUSCON). #ERCadG #BehavioralScience
- 📣 Good news: 281 top researchers have just won ERC Advanced Grants! The new funding, worth nearly €721 million, is part of the 🇪🇺 EU’s #HorizonEurope programme. Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD #ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @ec.europa.eu
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- For three days, loneliness researchers from all over Europe and the US gather in Hannover to discuss the next big questions on #loneliness. Follow @lonely-eu.bsky.social for updates.
- The LONELY-EU project is now on BlueSky. Follow us if you are interested in our activities and results, and in #loneliness more generally! 👇 bsky.app/profile/lone...
- This week, we officially kicked off the LONELY-EU project, funded by the European Union. In this project, we aim to pool existing data on the socioeconomic predictors and consequences of #loneliness and #socialisolation, derive policy recommendations and create a EU-wide network of stakeholders.
- A report and lots of pictures of our visit to University of Tsukuba: www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/news/2025...
- Teaching is one of my favorite things about being a professor, so I was overjoyed to find the Golden Brain, our faculty's teaching award, on my desk! Thank you to all the students for this recognition, it means a lot to me.
- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺🎺JOB ALERT👀: We (@LMU Munich) are hiring a postdoc (full-term) for the coordination of META-REP, a metascientific research consortium (www.lmu.de/psy/de/forsc...). Application deadline May 15, 2025. See full job ad here: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/3.... Contact me if you need more info!
- I would probably post exclusively about Japanese food on this account if I didn't have to go back home soon ... (Day 3 of #RUBinJapan)
- I'm honored to be part of the official delegation of the city of Bochum to represent @ruhr-uni-bochum.de in Japan this week. First stop today: University of Osaka. Follow along on Instagram (@happiness_research).
- On Day 2 of the trip by the @ruhr-uni-bochum.de delegation to Japan, we visited our partner university in Tsukuba for some inspiring and productive research discussions and delicious food. Thank you for the warm welcome!
- I'm honored to be part of the official delegation of the city of Bochum to represent @ruhr-uni-bochum.de in Japan this week. First stop today: University of Osaka. Follow along on Instagram (@happiness_research).
- I'm honored to be part of the official delegation of the city of Bochum to represent @ruhr-uni-bochum.de in Japan this week. First stop today: University of Osaka. Follow along on Instagram (@happiness_research).
- Make sure you check out Debbi's very first first-author manuscript, on trajectories of #loneliness in the context of social loss events!
- The new federal government in Germany remains committed to combating #loneliness, with a particular focus on children and adolescents. #LONELYEU
- #Einsamkeit ist auch im neuen Koalitionsvertrag ein Thema: "Die Einsamkeitsstrategie werden wir weiter fortschreiben und die Arbeit bestehender Netzwerke unterstützen. (1/2)
- #Einsamkeit ist auch im neuen Koalitionsvertrag ein Thema: "Die Einsamkeitsstrategie werden wir weiter fortschreiben und die Arbeit bestehender Netzwerke unterstützen. (1/2)
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- 🚨 Job alert - please share! I'm looking for a doctoral researcher (3 years, 75%) to join my #ERC project #Loneliness across time and space (LOTIS) at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de, starting June 1 or later. Details in thread 👇 #PsychSciSky
- More information on the LOTIS project: news.rub.de/english/pres...
- I'm looking forward to speaking about #loneliness at the Conference on Global Health Innovations at University of Tsukuba (Tokyo Campus) on April 24. Interested in attending? Sign up here: www.dwih-tokyo.org/en/event/con...
- Call for Papers: For the theme week on loneliness organized by the Volkswagen Foundation (June 11-13, 2025, Hannover, Germany), we invite submissions for our symposium “The Next Big Questions on Loneliness: Integrating National and International Perspectives on Research and Policy Priorities”. 1/n
- Im ZDF Magazin Royale @zdfmagaz.in geht es heute um Alleinsein und #Einsamkeit. Ein Plädoyer für weniger Zeit am Bildschirm und mehr Zeit gemeinsam. Und jetzt: Handy weg! www.zdf.de/comedy/zdf-m...
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- I will probably have to repost this regularly from now on:
- It's so troubling to follow the news in the U.S. this week. Here is a resource on research funding in Germany that might be of interest to my #psychscisky colleagues in the U.S. (although I still cross my fingers you won't need it): www.research-in-germany.org/en/research-...
- This week, we officially kicked off the LONELY-EU project, funded by the European Union. In this project, we aim to pool existing data on the socioeconomic predictors and consequences of #loneliness and #socialisolation, derive policy recommendations and create a EU-wide network of stakeholders.
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- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺EMA/Daily Diary researchers! Do you have a dataset with momentary or daily loneliness among adults 18+? @kvanbogart.bsky.social is seeking datasets to support a coordinated data analysis Email Karina.vanbogart@northwestern.edu with a brief description of your dataset to be considered! #psychscisky
- It's so troubling to follow the news in the U.S. this week. Here is a resource on research funding in Germany that might be of interest to my #psychscisky colleagues in the U.S. (although I still cross my fingers you won't need it): www.research-in-germany.org/en/research-...
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- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺Hallo Bluesky! Wir sind die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. #DFG Als Selbstverwaltungsorganisation der #Wissenschaft in Deutschland fördern wir erkenntnisgeleitete #Forschung. Hier erhaltet Ihr Infos u.a. zu Förderangeboten, Ausschreibungen und Anträgen. Wir freuen uns auf den Austausch!
- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺Alice Weidel nennt Universitäten "queer-woke Kaderschmieden" und sagt: "Wir schließen alle Gender Studies und schmeißen alle diese Professoren raus". Die Naturwissenschafts-Community muss sich hier klar auf die Seite der Geistes- & Sozialwissenschaft stellen. Das ist ein Angriff auf alle. (Thread)
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- Still my favorite coffee mug, thanks to @peterhaehner.bsky.social #rstats Treat your PhD students well!
- #Loneliness is still widespread among young people in Europe. In a new study for @bertelsmannst.bsky.social, we found that in 2024, 57% of youth in Europe are at least moderately lonely. With @berndschaefer.bsky.social and Ricarda Steinmayr Links to full reports (German / English) in next posts.
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- Reposted by Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺❗2-year postdoc at the University of York❗ I am looking for a postdoc for my ERC-funded project “The many faces of prejudice: the “what”, the “why”, and the “how” of inferences we make from membership in social groups”. To learn more and apply (by Jan 13): jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese... #psychjobs
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