Education and Academic Career
since 09/
2021 University of Mannheim
Academic staff member and doctoral candidate at the Chair of Health Psychology (Prof. Dr. Jutta Mata)
Doctoral Student at the Center for Doctoral Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences (Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences, Universität Mannheim)
09/
2017 – 02/ 2021 University of Mannheim
M.Sc. Psychology, with a focus on Work, Economy and Society
02/
2018 – 07/ 2018 University of Auckland, New Zealand
Semester abroad
10/
2014 – 09/ 2017 Justus Liebig University Gießen
B.Sc. Psychology
Research Interests
Publications and Conference Contributions
Publications
Warner L. M., Herwig, I. E., Rehackova, L., Masaryk, R., Schüz, B, Araujo-Soares, V. (2023). Every action matters: Reducing the climate impact of EHPS conferences. European Health Psychologist, 23 (1), 978–986.
Kadel, P., Herwig, I. E., & Mata, J. (2023). Deliberate ignorance—A barrier for information interventions targeting reduced meat consumption? Psychology & Health, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2023.2182895
Herwig, I. E., Kadel, P., & Mata, J. (2022). Eine Umfrage zur Unterstützung eines stärker pflanzenbasierten Angebotes in einer Universitäts-Mensa – Ein Praxisbericht. Umweltpsychologie, 2, 63–81.
Conferences contributions
Herwig, I. E., Kadel, P. (2024, September 3–6). Roundtable: Think global, act local: Health psychologists' engagement in local, impact-oriented sustainability projects [Conference Roundtable]. European Health Psychology Society Conference, Cascais, Lissabon.
Herwig, I. E., Mata, J. (2024, September 3–6). (M)eating together:
The role of “shared food systems” in individual meat reduction attempts [Conference Oral Presentation]. European Health Psychology Society Conference, Cascais, Lissabon.Herwig, I. E., Mata, J. (2024, September 3–6). Bei uns geht‘s um die Wurst: Die Rolle von „shared food systems“ für die individuelle Reduktion von Fleischkonsum [Conference Oral Presentation]. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie Kongress, Vienna, Austria.
Herwig, I. E., Giese, H., & Mata, J. (2022, August 23 – 27). (M)eating like your friends? Social Friendship Networks and Meat Consumption [Conference Poster Presentation]. European Health Psychology Society Conference, Bratislava, Slovakia. https://osf.io/dh9fa/
Herwig, I. E., Giese, H., & Mata, J. (2022, September 10–15). (M)eating like your friends? Social Friendship Networks and Meat Consumption [Conference Poster Presentation; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie Kongress, Hildesheim, Germany.
Teaching
Spring & fall 2023 | Project Seminar Health Psycholgy: Social Influences on Meat Consumption (M.Sc. Psychology)
Fall 2023 | Prevention of mental disorders and health promotion; B.Sc. Psychology, University of Mannheim
Spring 2023 | Project Seminar Health Psycholgy: Social Influences on Meat Consumption (M.Sc. Psychology)
Fall 2022 | Prevention of mental disorders and health promotion; B.Sc. Psychology, University of Mannheim
Spring 2022 | Experimental Psychological Project Course: Social Influences on Meat Consumption; B.Sc. Psychology, University of Mannheim
