Dr. Julia Meis-Harris
Dr. Julia Meis-Harris
M.Sc. Psychology
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 Sustainability. 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/10.1177/0272989X241263040
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.2024.102348
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/ijerph191912307
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.2020.111695
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.2021.101591
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.2021.127134
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.12411
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.v1
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.2018.06.005
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.0182975
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-economy
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-opportunit
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-contamination
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.pdf
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.pdf
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.