Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Laura M. König

 

Leitung Arbeitsgruppe Gesundheitspsychologie
Wächtergasse 1 / 504 / Raum D08

laura.koenig@univie.ac.at
X @LauraMKoenig


Professional Record

since 2023
University of Vienna, Faculty of Psychology
2020 to 2023University of Bayreuth, Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health
2020University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine
2014 to 2020University of Konstanz, Department of Psychology

 

 

Education

2018
Ph.D., University of Konstanz, Department of Psychology

 

 


Awards and Honours

2022: Stan Maes Early Career Award 2022 of the European Health Psychology Society

2018: Stiftung-Schmieder-Preis 2018 of the Stiftung Schmieder für Wissenschaft und Forschung for the dissertation
The video produced for the award ceremony is available [here].

 

Service

Membership in advisory groups

since 2022: Member of an expert committee developing a curricula eHealth in the German Psychology Society (DGPs)

 Membership in editorial boards

Editor-in-Chief, In-Mind Magazin (German edition)

Associate Editor, Health Psychology Review

Cogent Psychology

European Journal of Health Communication

Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Zeitschrift für Psychologie

Positions in professional organisations

since 2022: German Nutrition Society (DGE e.V.), subdivision Public Health Nutrition
Member of the steering committee


Publications

Peters, G.-J., Kwasnicka, D., ten Hoor, G. A., Crutzen, R., Varol, T., Warner, L. M., Algargoosh, M., Ali, E. E., Anwar, M., Asih, S. R., Baltas, Z. F., Berry, E., Beyene, K., Campbell, K. A., Carneiro, B. M., Castillo-Eito, L., Chan, A. H. Y., Chan, S. S.-H., Cipolletta, S., ... Noone, C. (2025). Collecting behavioural data across countries during pandemics: Development of the COVID-19 Risk Assessment Tool. Behavior Research Methods, 57(8). https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-025-02743-x

Teran-Escobar, C., DeSmet, A., Warner, L. M., Soares, V. A., Fteropoulli, T., Green, J., Jones, C. M., König, L. M., Neter, E., Watson, D., & Rehackova, L. (2025). Towards Healthy and Sustainable Living: Theories and Interventions for Behaviour Change. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/qu2dz_v2

Western, M. J., Smit, E. S., Gültzow, T., Neter, E., Sniehotta, F. F., Malkowski, O. S., Wright, C., Busse, H., Peuters, C., Rehackova, L., Oteșanu, A. G., Ainsworth, B., Jones, C. M., Kilb, M., Rodrigues, A. M., Perski, O., Wright, A., & König, L. (2025). Bridging the digital health divide: a narrative review of the causes, implications, and solutions for digital health inequalities. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 13(1), Artikel 2493139. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2025.2493139