Ben De Groeve

🌱🎓Who?

I am a social scientist at the LIFE Institute for Climate, Energy and Society (Joanneum Research, Austria), working on climate policy communication. I am an expert in the psychology of promoting and resisting social change, in particular dietary change. I hold degrees in communication science (PhD), environmental management (MSc), and biology (MSc, BSc), and I am trained as an educator (teacher training).

🔬🔗 How?

I mainly have experience with quantitative research (i.e., conducting experiments using questionnaires) and I endorse open science practices (i.e., preregistration). I currently work within the European project TRIGGER on translating findings to policymakers (i.e., policy briefs, guidelines).

⚖️🌍 Why?

My research interests and interdisciplinary background align with a One Health approach, as I aim to cooperate to improve the health of both humans, animals and the environment.

🔎🌐 Now?

I'm interested to collaborate on European projects (proposals) related to my expertise and interests, i.e., dietary change (e.g., European Farm-to-Fork strategy, Planetary Health Diet, plants-based protein), climate-health co-benefits, social science, policy communication.