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Tugce Varol

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Postdoctoral Researcher at Maastricht University | Health & Social Psychology | Behavior Change | Open Science ✨️ Co-founder & Chair @empowerehps.bsky.social

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🚀 EHPS Open Science Student Award 🚀

Applications Open! Are you a student or recent graduate passionate about #openscience in #healthpsychology? EHPS OS SIG is awarding a €500 to recognize and support OS practices!

Deadline: 17/04/2026

🔗 Apply now: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

04.03.2026 12:00 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

@ehps.bsky.social @ehpscreaters.bsky.social @ehpssynergy.bsky.social

25.02.2026 09:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy to announce our first EMPOWER webinar for 2026!

We will be welcoming Olga Perski and Marta Moreira Marques to talk about personal fellowship applications!

Register here: bit.ly/empowerWS26

25.02.2026 09:25 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Local Open Science Festival 11 & 12 June 2026

The Open Science Community Maastricht, together with the Open Science Community Parkstad, is organizing a local Open Science Festival on June 11–12, 2026 focusing on the theme of interdisciplinarity. Save these Dates!

The […]

23.02.2026 15:54 👍 0 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐬

The Open Science Community Maastricht, together with the Open Science Community Parkstad, is organizing a local 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 on June 11–12, 2026 focusing on the theme of 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲.

Do you have experience working in inter- […]

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24.02.2026 13:28 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The European Health Psychologist Special Issue on Intervention Mapping Part I is here! 🎉

Designed as an educational resource, it covers all 6 steps of Intervention Mapping with case studies, practical guidance, and 2 papers expanding how it’s used in practice.

Full issue: doi.org/10.62696/pwv...

06.02.2026 11:26 👍 0 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

New paper on Intervention Mapping Step 3 👇

20.02.2026 16:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

📢 Join us for the Conceptualization, Measurement & Formalization – SIG Networking Event!
We’d love to chat and connect with you to share ideas and explore collaborations in health psychology.

🗓 Jan 22 | ⏰ 2:00–3:30 PM (GMT) | 💻 Online

18.12.2025 12:24 👍 4 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

Join our EMPOWER Committee ✨️

08.12.2025 14:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The EHPS was sorry to hear of the recent passing of Professor Gerjo Kok. He was active in the society for many years, including hosting the conference in Maastricht in 2007, and more recently through many contributions on the EHPS Fellows Committee. He also was a Fellow of the society since 2013.

05.12.2025 15:02 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

🚨 Deadline This Friday! 🚨

Be part of the EHPS Open Science SIG committee and work with amazing people! 🌟 Don’t miss the chance to collaborate, learn, and make a real impact in open research.

✨ Apply before Friday, October 24, 2025, 17:00 CET! ✨

@ehps.bsky.social @ehpscreaters.bsky.social

20.10.2025 13:58 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

⏰ Deadline approaching fast!
Don’t miss your chance, send in your application now to join our EHPS OS SIG Committee and be part of our team!

@ehps.bsky.social
@ehpscreaters.bsky.social
@ehpssynergy.bsky.social
@empowerehps.bsky.social

13.10.2025 11:54 👍 1 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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🚨 Join EHPS OS SIG 🚨

Dear EHPS Community!

We’re looking for enthusiastic new members:
✨ 1 Events Manager
✨ 1 General Committee Member

Interested? Send your CV + a 300-word summary of your Open Science experience to open-science@ehps.net

⏰ Deadline: Oct 24, 2025, 17:00 CET

@ehps.bsky.social

01.10.2025 12:47 👍 3 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 3

Please consider joining our @ehpsopenscisig.bsky.social Committee! So much achieved in the last 5 years and we're just getting started 😀

@ehps.bsky.social @elainetoomey1.bsky.social @tugcevarol.bsky.social @rorycoyne.bsky.social @ajamesgreen.bsky.social @ehpscreaters.bsky.social

01.10.2025 12:57 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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EHPS Open Science Special Interest Group | LinkedIn EHPS Open Science Special Interest Group | 18 followers on LinkedIn. Working to increase Open Science across Health Psychology. | Working to increase Open Science across Health Psychology.

We’re now on LinkedIn too! Follow us there to stay updated on our latest news and insights: www.linkedin.com/company/ehps...

26.09.2025 13:49 👍 3 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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📢 Call for Participants!

Rory is studying health psychology researchers’ awareness & use of Open Science practices.

Can you help?
👉 Take part via the link or QR code!

https://f.mtr.cool/lekmngsuls

@rorycoyne.bsky.social @ehpsopenscisig.bsky.social

03.09.2025 12:45 👍 1 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

We are so excited to see you all in Groningen next week for @ehps2025.bsky.social! Use #EHPS2025 to share your insights, and make sure not to miss out on events by also following our SIGs and subcommittees - follow them with one click via in this #healthpsych starter pack: bsky.app/starter-pack...

21.08.2025 15:03 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Only one week to go until EHPS 2025!!! The EMPOWER team is excited to see you all in Groningen. We’ve compiled all the EMPOWER events for you - see you next week! 🥳

@ehps.bsky.social @ehps2025.bsky.social

18.08.2025 09:48 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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ICYMI: Our stage 1 registered report looking at health psychology researchers' awareness and use of #OpenScience practices. With @ehpsopenscisig.bsky.social @emmajnorris.bsky.social @tugcevarol.bsky.social @elainetoomey1.bsky.social and colleagues!

Read our protocol here: osf.io/rhqxy

14.08.2025 13:05 👍 6 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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How senior academics can EMPOWER early-to-mid-career researchers - Nature Human Behaviour Nature Human Behaviour - How senior academics can EMPOWER early-to-mid-career researchers

🎓 How to Support early-career researchers

This excellent @nathumbehav.nature.com article offers practical tips for senior academics to better support post-PhD researchers facing high stress, career uncertainty, and life transitions.

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

#HigherEd #SciComm 🧪

03.08.2025 18:39 👍 30 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0
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How senior academics can EMPOWER early-to-mid-career researchers Nature Human Behaviour - How senior academics can EMPOWER early-to-mid-career researchers

We are super proud to introduce our new publication in @nature.com Nature Human Behaviour, where we discuss the value of supported early-to-mid career researchers 😍 Give it a read!

rdcu.be/ex8hT

@danjphipps.bsky.social @thomasgultzow.bsky.social @tugcevarol.bsky.social

13.08.2025 10:36 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

New piece from our @empowerehps.bsky.social network! ✨️

29.07.2025 11:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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July 2025

Delighted that @ehpsopenscisig.bsky.social has won a @improvingpsych.org Mission Award! 🎊

improvingpsych.org/2025/07/

Thanks for this recognition of our promotion of Open Science in Health Psychology over the last 5 years
@elainetoomey1.bsky.social @rorycoyne.bsky.social @tugcevarol.bsky.social

23.07.2025 15:28 👍 15 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1
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EMPOWER 2025 - Grant Writing Forum Welcome! We are glad you are interested in applying for the first ever EMPOWER pre-conference workshop. The target group for this workshop is post-PhD early career and mid-career researchers in health...

Have you signed up yet? We have a few spots left in out grant writing workshop for early-to mid-career researchers @ehps2025.bsky.social! Hear from experts Robert West, Eline Smit, Falko Sniehotta, Benjamin Schüz, Sarah Stutterheim, Emely de Vet & James Green! Go go go!!

bit.ly/EMPR25

23.06.2025 15:54 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

🚨 Deadline extended to June 27! Only a few spots left. Register now: 2025.ehps.net/empower-work...

19.06.2025 09:33 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Introducing Papercheck Introducing Papercheck Introducing Papercheck An Automated Tool to Check for Best Practices in Scientifi...

Very excited to publicly share news about a new tool, Papercheck, that @debruine.bsky.social and me started to develop more than a year ago! In an introductory blog post, we explain our philosophy to automatically check scientific papers for best practices. daniellakens.blogspot.com/2025/06/intr...

17.06.2025 11:15 👍 178 🔁 79 💬 5 📌 6

New paper from our SIG & members, led by @elainetoomey1.bsky.social : "Adoption of the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines within Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine Journal Policies: A Cross-Sectional Study"

🔗 Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1080/1743...

15.06.2025 13:28 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
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EMPOWER 2025 - Grant Writing Forum Welcome! We are glad you are interested in applying for the first ever EMPOWER pre-conference workshop. The target group for this workshop is post-PhD early career and mid-career researchers in health...

Almost the end of early registration @EHPS2025! Don’t miss the first-ever EMPOWER Workshop! A Grant Writing Workshop for early-to mid-career researchers with experts: Robert West, Eline Smit, Susan Michie, Falko Sniehotta, Benjamin Schüz, Sarah Stutterheim, Emely de Vet & James Green

bit.ly/EMPR25

12.06.2025 07:52 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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We're back, with a fresh new lineup of talks and workshops!

Get your place while you still can to learn about how to make your research more robust and how to deal with scientific fraud!

This event is free and open to all: tinyurl.com/3ewaduvm

11.06.2025 09:43 👍 49 🔁 31 💬 0 📌 4

🚨 Limited spots left! Don’t miss the first-ever EMPOWER Network Grant Writing Workshop at EHPS 2025!

Register by June 13 → docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

@ehps2025.bsky.social @ehps.bsky.social @ehpsdigihealth.bsky.social @ehpscreaters.bsky.social @ehpssynergy.bsky.social

11.06.2025 13:48 👍 2 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0