Research | Presentations

Engel, E., Gell, S., Karsay, K., & Heiss, R. (2024). Social Media Influencers as a New Source of Health Information: Insights from an Austrian Youth Survey. Presentation at the 27th ÖGPH Annual Conference, October 17–18, Innsbruck, Austria.

Fiedler, A. (2024). Exploring barriers and opportunities for effective leadership in addressing healthcare workforce retention and recruitment in Tyrol, Austria. Presentation at the 20th anniversary of the European Doctoral Conference in Nursing Science (EDCNS), September 21-22, Graz, Austria.

Gell, S. (2024). Mapping Food Environments with Citizen Science. Presentation at the Open Food Conference, March 11-13, Leuven, Belgium.

Gell, S., Engel, E., Heiss, R., Karsay, K., & Schmidhofer, J. (2024). Marketing or health promotion? A citizen science study of social media influencers’ health content. Presentation at the 17th European Public Health Conference, November 13-15, Lisbon, Portugal.

Holaus, M., Costa, U. & Kerschbaumer, L. (2024). COVID-19 and Health Inequalities: The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Individuals Affected by Poverty. Presentation at the 27th ÖGPH Annual Conference, October 17–18, Innsbruck, Austria.

Kerschbaumer, L., Baur, J., Windbichler, R., van Amerongen, A. (2024). Strategien zur Bewältigung des Pflegekräftemangels in ländlichen Regionen [Strategies for overcoming the shortage of carers in rural regions]. Presentation at the 27th ÖGPH Annual Conference, October 17–18, Innsbruck, Austria.

Kerschbaumer, L. (2024). Digitaler Wandel im Gesundheits- und Sozialwesen: Überwindung des Digital Divides [Digital change in healthcare and social services: Overcoming the digital divide]. Presentation at the FHK Research Forum, April  17-18, University of Applied Sciences, Krems, Austria.

Melber, L., Engel, E., & Heiss, R. (2024, October). Social media interventions to address nicotine use among adolescents: A scoping review. Presentation at the 27th ÖGPH Annual Conference, October 17–18, Innsbruck, Austria.

Röttger, A. & Kerschbaumer, L. (2024). Dimensions of Health Literacy among People with Disabilities - A qualitative analysis of restricting and enabling factors in the Bavaria- Tyrol border region. Presentation at the 27th ÖGPH Annual Conference, October 17–18, Innsbruck, Austria.

van Amerongen, A., Kerschbaumer, L., Baur, J., Windbichler, R. (2024). Strategien zur Bewältigung des Pflegekräftemangels in ländlichen Regionen [Strategies for overcoming the shortage of carers in rural regions]. Presentation at the 28th Austrian Conference of Health Promoting Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities (ONGKG), November 21-22, Vienna, Austria.

Engel, E., Gell, S., Heiss, R., & Karsay, K. (2023). Social Media Influencers and Adolescents’ Health: A Scoping Review. Presentation to the Health Communication Division at the 73rd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 25-29, Toronto, Canada.

Fouda, A., Moy, N. & Fiorentini, G. (2023). Promoting Generic Medications: Tough vs. Soft Regulations. Presentation at the Ulysseus Conference ("Towards Innovation in Ageing and Well-Being"), Université Côte d'Azur, October 19, Nice, France.

Gell, S., Pejcovic, E., Heiss, R. (2023). How School Food Environments Influence Food Choices: Evidence from Citizen Science and Focus Groups. Presentation at the 16th European Public Health Conference, November 9-11, Dublin, Ireland.

Heiss, R., Bode, L., Bradshaw, S. R., MacCarthy, M., Porter, E., Engel E., & Gell, S. (2023). Countering Misinformation on Social Media: A Socio-Ecological Response Model. Presentation to the Information Technology, & Politics Division at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), August 31 – September 3, Los Angeles, USA.

Kerschbaumer, L., Reichmann, P. & Gell, S. (2023). Unlocking access: Overcoming barriers to social services. Presentation at the 29th Annual Foundation for International Studies of Social Security Conference, June 12, Sigtunahöjden, Sweden.

Sahling, F., Kerschbaumer, L., Walch, S. (2023): Caring for Caregivers: A Critical Look at Managing Human Capital in a Struggling System. Presentation at the EHMA 2023 Annual Conference (Abstract session Human capital, professionalism and people management: Workforce of the future), June 5-7, Rome, Italy.

Schamberger, L. (2023). Defining and Conceptualizing Planetary Health Literacy. Presentation at the ENBEL Conference on Connecting Health & Climate Change, October 11, Stockholm, Sweden.

Windbichler, R., Baur, J., Kerschbaumer, L., Walch, S. (2023). Klimawandel, Gesundheit und Resilienz im Rahmen eines SDG-Praxisprojektsemesters [Climate change, health and resilience as part of an SDG practical project semester]. Presentation to the symposium "Climate change, health and resilience: current trends and future developments in teaching, research and practice", September 21, Villach, Austria.

Zoller, C., Sahling, F., Fleisch, M., Fouda, A., Czermak, S. (2023). Healthy Youth Tyrol – Fostering Phyiscal Activity in Adolescence. Presentation at the Ulysseus Conference ("Towards Innovation in Ageing and Well-Being"), Université Côte d'Azur, October 19, Nice, France.

Ecker, S., Leuprecht, E., Plasch, D., Zoller, C., Heiss, R., Sahling, F., Griebler, R. (2022): Die Gesundheitskompetenz von Kindern messen - ein neues Instrument. Vorläufige Ergebnisse. [Measuring children's health literacy - a new tool. Preliminary results]. Presentation at the 7th Conference of the Austrian Health Literacy Platform, October 6, Online.

Gebrewold, B. (2022). Migration und Klimawandel [Migration and Climate Change]. Online presentation, April 22, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

Gell, S., Kerschbaumer, L. (2022). Armutsdynamik in der Covid-19 Pandemie – Prekarisierung und Resilienz [Poverty dynamics in the Covid-19 pandemic - precarisation and resilience]. Presentation at the IDEENREICHTUM pre-conference for young poverty researchers, May 23-25, St. Virgil, Salzburg, Austria.

Gell, S., Kerschbaumer, L. (2022). Case Study on the Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Research – Combining and Triangulating Face-to-face, Phone, and Digital Interviews with a Qualitative Online Survey. Methodological Innovations. Presentation at the BSA Virtual Annual Conference 2022: Building Equality and Justice Now, April 20-22, Online.

Heiss, R., Matthes, J., & van Scharrel, H. (2022). The distraction effect. Political and entertainment-oriented content on social media, political participation, interest, and knowledge. Presentation at the 72nd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 26-30, Paris, France.

Kerschbaumer, L., Sahling, F. (2022). Community leaders and global health issues – The case of Tyrol and Ischgl during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presentation at the Geneva Health Forum 2022 (Session: Lessons from field 2 – Involving communities in Global Health) May 3-5, Geneva, Switzerland.

Kerschbaumer, L., Gell, S., Reichmann, P. (2022). Armutsdynamiken und soziale Resilienz – Perspektiven aus Tirol. „Armut und Armutsgefährdung heute – ein Blick in unsere Region und die Auswirkungen der Covid 19 Pandemie“ [Poverty dynamics and social resilience - perspectives from Tyrol. "Poverty and the risk of poverty today - a look at our region and the effects of the Covid 19 pandemic"]. Presentation to the regional management KUUSK, Kufstein, Tyrol, Austria.

Reichmann, P., Kerschbaumer, L. & Gell, S. (2022). Working Poor – Prekäre Lebensrealitäten im Fokus [Working Poor - Focus on precarious living realities]. Presentation at the Tyrolean Poverty Research Forum in cooperation with the University of Innsbruck and FH Gesundheit, June 9, Innsbruck, Austria.

Gebrewold, B. (2021). Migration and Identity. Presentation at the department of Rhetoric and Composition, American University in Cairo, Egypt.

Griebler, R., Zoller C., Ecker, S., Gell, S., Heiss, R., Kerschbaumer, L., Leuprecht, E., Lill-Rastern, B., Röhrling, I., Sahling, F., Schmutterer, I., Stern, L., Fiala-Baumann, B., Bruckmüller, M., Ring-Dimitriou, S., (2021). Ein neuer Fragebogen zur Messung von Gesundheitskompetenz bei Kindern im Alter von 9 bis 13 Jahren: Erfahrungsbericht [A new questionnaire to measure health literacy in children: Lessons learned]. Presentation at the annual conference of the Austrian Platform for Health Literacy (ÖPGK), October 12, Online.

Heiss, R., Gell, S., Röthlingshöfer, E., Zoller, C. (2021). How Threat Perceptions Relate to Learning and Conspiracy Beliefs About COVID-19: Evidence From a Panel Study. Personality and Individual Differences. Presentation at the (virtual) annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), July 11-13, Online.

Kerschbaumer, L., Sahling, F., Walch, S., Reisberger, M., Luttinger, P., Mevenkamp, N., Mantel, C., Lackner, N. (2021): Managing the Virus, the Community or the Own Interests – Community Leaders in Winter Tourism of Tyrol & Vorarlberg. Presentation at the EHMA 2021 Annual Conference (Abstract session on Health management and COVID-19), September 15-17, Online.

Mevenkamp, N., Oechsle, B. (2021). The Impact of Covid-19 on Education in Austria. Presentation at the Global Summit Of The Worldwide Commission To Educate All Kids (Post-Pandemic) - Back To School 2021, October 22, Online.

Sahling, F., Ecker, S., Griebler, R., Zoller C., Gaiswinkler, S., Gell, S., Heiss, R. Röhrling, I., Schmutterer, I., Stern, L. (Oktober, 2021). Erhebungsinstrumente zur Messung von Gesundheitskompetenz bei Kindern & Jugendlichen [Survey instruments for measuring health literacy in children and adolescents]. Presentation at the annual conference of the Austrian Platform for Health Literacy (ÖPGK), October 12, Online.

Windbichler, R., Baur, J., Kerschbaumer, L., Walch, S. (2021). Shaping mindsets and capabilities for poverty alleviation through project-based learning. Presentation at the 8th Responsible Management Education Research Conference "Poverty and Prosperity: Implications for Advancing the SDGs, 2030 Agenda and Responsible Management Education in a Post-Pandemic World", October 20, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China.

Falkenbach, M. & Heiss, R. (2020). The Austrian Freedom Party – A Threat to Public Health? Presentation at the (virtual) 16th World Congress on Public Health, October 12-16, Rome, Italy.

Gell, S., & Heiss, R. (2020). FoodExplorer – A Citizen Science Project to Improve School Food Environments. Invited presentation at the workshop "Health and Wellbeing: Addressing today's Global Paradox", Department of Sport Science, Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, February 6, Innsbruck, Austria.

Heiss, R. & Rudolph, L. (2020). Patients as Health Influencers on Social Media: Motivations and Consequences of Following Instagram Bloggers Suffering From Cancer. Presentation at the (virtual) 70th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 20-26.

Kerschbaumer, L., Boost, M. (2020): Bessere Chancen am Arbeitsmarkt dank Arbeitsvermittlung? Über die Mobilisierbarkeit und das Anbieten der eigenen Arbeitskraft [Better opportunities on the labour market thanks to job placement? On mobilising and offering your own labour]. Presentation at the Pre-conference "Ideenreichtum" of the 12th Austrian Poverty Conference, March 9-11, Salzburg, Austria.

Kerschbaumer, L., Gell, S., Nesimovic, A., Röthlingshofer, E., Heiss, R., Zoller, C. (2020). Integrating health promotion in schools – local mechanisms and strategies. Presentation at the (virtual) 16th World Congress on Public Health, October 12-16, Rome, Italy.

Fouda, A., Macneil, J., Melia, A., Paolucci, F., & Sequeira, A. (2019). The Enablers of Stakeholders Engagement in Health Policy Development: The Case of Western Australia Health Networks. Paper presented at the British Academy of Management Conference 2019, Birmingham, UK.

Gebrewold, B. (2019). Wellbeing of migrants and the EU’s ethical responsibilities in the refugee and migration policies. Presentation at the International Social Work Conference, June 4-7, Madrid, Spain.

Kerschbaumer, L., Heiss, R., Zoller, C., Holzmann, L. (2019). Wie kann Tirol rauchfrei(er) werden? Die Gratwanderung zwischen Bevormundung und Anregung [How can Tyrol become (more) smoke-free? The balancing act between paternalism and encouragement]. Invited Talk at the “Sounding Board Tirol”, organized by the Tiroler Gebietskrankenkasse (TGKK), January 24, Innsbruck, Austria.