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Dr. Julia Meis-Harris

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Dr. Julia Meis-Harris

M.Sc. Psychology

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Postdoctoral Researcher

Venusberg-Campus 1 | Institut für Hausarztmedizin | Gebäude 05 | Universitätsklinikum Bonn

D-53127 Bonn

About Julia

Dr. Julia Meis-Harris is a social psychologist and behavioural scientist with behaviour-change expertise in sustainability, biodiversity and health. Her research interests is the intersection of health and sustainability and working collaboratively with partner organisations. For the last five years, Julia worked as a Research Fellow at BehaviourWorks Australia (BWA), a behaviour change research enterprise located at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia). During her time at BWA, she worked on a range of conservation and biodiversity related projects. Just recently, Julia joined the Health and Risk Communication Lab (University Hospital Bonn) where she now starts to apply her knowledge in behavioural sciences to promote more sustainable food choices in the health context. Julia holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne, a Master’s degree in Psychology from the University of Cologne (Germany) and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Psychology from the Leuphana University Lüneburg (Germany).

Since July 2024, Julia Meis-Harris has been supporting the development of the newly established Vice-Deanery for Sustainability1. In November 2025, she will return to the Health and Risk Communication Lab.

Research Interests

  • Behaviour Change
  • Sustainability
  • Health and Risk Communication

Publications

2024

Blase, R., Meis-Harris, J., Weltermann, B., & Dohle, S. (2024). Icon Arrays for Medical Risk Communication: Do Icon Type and Color Influence Cardiovascular Risk Perception and Recall? Medical Decision Making, 44(6), 661-673. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X2412630405

Meis-Harris, J., Rramani-Dervishi, Q., Seffen, A. E., & Dohle, S. (2024). Food for future: The impact of menu design on vegetarian food choice and menu satisfaction in a hypothetical hospital setting. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 97, Article 102348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.1023486

2022

Jorgensen, B.S.; Meis-Harris, J. (2022). Using the Multidimensional AIMES to Estimate Connection-to-Nature in an Australian Population: A Latent Class Approach to Segmentation.  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, Article 12307. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph1919123077

2021

Meis-Harris, J., Borg, K., & Jorgensen, B. S. (2021). The construct validity of the multidimensional AIMES connection to nature scale: Measuring human relationships with nature. Journal of Environmental Management, 280, Article 111695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.1116958

Meis-Harris, J., Eyssel, F., & Kashima, Y. (2021). Are you paying attention? How pro-environmental tendencies relate to attentional processes. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 74, Article 101591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.1015919

Meis-Harris, J., Klemm, C., Kaufman, S., Curtis, J., Borg, M. K., & Bragge, P. (2021). What is the role of eco-labels for a circular economy? A rapid review of the literature. Journal of Cleaner Production, Article 127134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.12713410

2020

Meis‐Harris, J., & Kashima, Y. (2020). Navigating sustainably within the urban environment: The role of environmental identity and attitudes on sign and object evaluation. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 23(4), 407-421. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.1241111

Bragge, Peter; Lennox, Alyse; Curtis, Jim; Boulet, Mark; Slatter, Peter; Meis-Harris, J. & Wild, A. (2020): Chapter 1: Evidence Reviews. In BehaviourWorks Australia The Method Book. An in-depth guide on how to use the Behaviour Works Method. Monash University. https://doi.org/10.26180/13473606.v112

2018

O'Brien, L. V., Meis, J., Anderson, R. C., Rizio, S. M., Ambrose, M., Bruce, G., . . . Robins, G. (2018). Low Carbon Readiness Index: A short measure to predict private low carbon behaviour. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 57, 34-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2018.06.00513

2017

Meis, J., & Kashima, Y. (2017). Signage as a tool for behavioral change: Direct and indirect routes to understanding the meaning of a sign. PloS One, 12(8), Article e0182975. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.018297514

Reports

Kaufman, S., Curtis, J., Borg, K., Meis-Harris, J., Bragge, P., & Downes, J. (2020). Effectiveness of product labelling schemes for the circular economy: A rapid evidence review for behavioural public policy. BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash University. https://docslib.org/doc/10961959/effectiveness-of-product-labelling-schemes-for-the-circular-economy15

Curtis, J., Meis-Harris, J. (2020). Cropping and wetlands in south-west Victoria: Exploring opportunities for cropping and wetland protection to co-exist on private land. BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash University. https://research.monash.edu/en/publications/cropping-and-wetlands-in-south-west-victoria-exploring-opportunit16

Kaufman, S., Meis-Harris, J., Spanno, M., & Downes, J. (2020). Reducing contamination of household recycling: A rapid evidence review for behavioural public policy, prepared for the BWA waste and CE collaboration. BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash University. https://www.behaviourworksaustralia.org/major-project/waste-circular-economy-collab-stream1-kerbside-recycling-contamination17

Kaufman, S., Meis-Harris, J., Spanno, M., & Downes, J. (2020). What ‘works’ behaviorally to reduce contamination of recycling at the kerbside: a rapid evidence and practice review prepared for the BWA waste and CE collaboration. BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash University. https://www.aochange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/What-works-behaviourally-to-reduce-contamination-of-recycling-at-the-Kerbside.pdf18

Meis-Harris, J., Saeri, A., Boulet, M., Borg, K., Faulkner, N., & Jorgensen, B. (2019). Victorians value nature–survey results. BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash University. https://www.ari.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0030/443379/Victorians-Value-Nature-survey-results-report-2019.pdf19

Meis-Harris, J., & Kunstler, B. (2019). Drivers and barriers to the uptake of green energy and energy efficiency by small and medium-sized enterprises – Rapid evidence review. Melbourne, Australia: BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash University.

Links

  1. https://www.medfak.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/sustainability/sustainability?set_language=en
  2. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7449-5585
  3. https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=de&user=yhICX7wAAAAJ
  4. https://twitter.com/meisjulia?lang=de
  5. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X241263040
  6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102348
  7. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912307
  8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111695
  9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101591
  10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127134
  11. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12411
  12. https://doi.org/10.26180/13473606.v1
  13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2018.06.005
  14. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182975
  15. https://docslib.org/doc/10961959/effectiveness-of-product-labelling-schemes-for-the-circular-economy
  16. https://research.monash.edu/en/publications/cropping-and-wetlands-in-south-west-victoria-exploring-opportunit
  17. https://www.behaviourworksaustralia.org/major-project/waste-circular-economy-collab-stream1-kerbside-recycling-contamination
  18. https://www.aochange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/What-works-behaviourally-to-reduce-contamination-of-recycling-at-the-Kerbside.pdf
  19. https://www.ari.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0030/443379/Victorians-Value-Nature-survey-results-report-2019.pdf