Our conferences bring together industry, academia, government and the third sector to discuss the applicability of behaviour change to the most up to date global topics.
We are delighted to announce that the 9th International Conference from the UCL Centre for Behaviour Change will be held in partnership with the Behavioural Sciences Group at the NOVA National School of Public Health.
The 2025 conference will take place in Lisbon, Portugal. We will confirm the exact location and provide some accommodation suggestions towards mid-October.
There will also be an online option, which will allow virtual attendees to watch the sessions live and view the posters.
Programme
The theme of the conference is Behaviour Change for Health and Sustainability. Within this, we have six core thematic areas, which the programme will be based around:
- Thematic areas
- Health behaviour change - behaviour change for improving health and wellbeing
- Climate change and sustainability - behaviour change for preserving the environment, mitigating negative consequences of climate change and ensuring sustainable development
- Advancing behavioural science and its application - innovations in behaviour change theory, design, measurement and other methodologies, as well as critical issues in its advancement and application
- Digital technologies - the use of information technology, social media, or mobile and wireless technologies in behaviour change research and interventions
- Applications of behavioural science to policy and practice - theory, methods, and evidence to promote the implementation of research findings into health and other services, such as routine work with patients, family members, schools, communities, or organisational or policy contexts
- Inequalities and inclusiveness - impact of inequalities on behaviour and associated outcomes, and how to tackle such effects, including inclusiveness approaches
Keynote speakers
We are delighted to announce two of our keynotes:
The who and how of embedded behavioural research and practice
Professor Lucie Byrne-Davis & Professor Jo Hart (University of Manchester)
Achieving behaviour change through communications
Professor Robert West (University College London)
Call for abstracts
Our call for abstracts is now open. We welcome submissions showcasing work related to behaviour change across topics related to health and/or sustainability, from both research, academia and those working in practice. We are seeking abstracts for:
- Oral or poster presentation
- Symposium
- Panel discussion / debate
Call for workshop proposals & creative ideation sessions
We are seeking proposals for workshops and creative ideation sessions, to be held on the pre-conference day on Tuesday 1 April 2025. Creative ideation sessions should be used to bring people together to brainstorm ideas and potential solutions to tackle issues relating to behaviour change for health / sustainability.
Call for workshops & ideation sessions
Committees
We are very grateful to have the following members on our committees for the 2025 conference:
- Scientific Committee 2025
Co-chairs:
- Dr Fabiana Lorencatto (The UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, UK)
- Dr Marta Marques (NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal)
Committee members:
- Dr Miguel Arriaga (Portuguese Directorate-General of Health, Portugal)
- Dr Sadie Boniface (The UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, UK)
- Professor Angel Chater (University of Bedfordshire & The UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, UK)
- Dr Talea Cornelius (Columbia University, USA)
- Dr Cristina Godinho (NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal)
- Dr Keegan Knittle (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
- Professor Felix Naughton (University of East Anglia, UK)
- Dr Olga Perski (Tampere University, Finland)
- Dr Manuel Armayones Ruiz (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain)
- Dr Eline Smit (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
- Dr Elaine Toomey (University of Galway, Ireland)
- Professor Jane Walsh (University of Galway, Ireland)
- Dr Rosie Webster (ZINC, UK)
- Organising Commitee 2025
- Dr Fabiana Lorencatto (The UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, UK)
- Dr Marta Marques (NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal)
- Professor Susan Michie (The UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, UK)
- Maiara Moreto (NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal)
- Isabelle Olson (The UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, UK)
- Carolina Silva (Trinity College Dublin & NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal)