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Happy to share that KU Leuven Executive Board has approved our nutrition/food policy, fits within the KU Leuven #Healthy Initiative. #thx to all WG members (e.g. Tessa Avermaete, Tim Smits, Liesbet Vranken) kuleuven.be/healthy/en/kul…

My academic business card as a word cloud. A bit of a mess with a heterogeneous set of publications but here it goes #etmaal24

The advertising budget of Temu is proving to be the secret behind a strong quarter for internet media giants, according to New York Magazine ’s John Herrman . Big implications for the industry's dynamics. #Tech #Advertising #MediaGiants nymag.com/intelligencer/…

🤳New EU 'sweep' of influencers shows the vast majority (80%) fail to declare their commercial content as advertising. 🍟🍷Worryingly, over a third of #influencers are promoting unhealthy or hazardous activities, including junk food and alcoholic beverages

Proud co-supervisor of Paulien Decorte who defended her magnificent PhD thesis MIOS yesterday. Congrats also to the other supervisors Charlotte De Backer Karolien Poels

Excited to officially kick off the CUES project (linkedin.com/company/cues-e…): the consortium aims for a triple change (food chain, culture & policy) in the consumers' understanding of sustainable foods

About to present at the #OpenFoodConference in Leuven. About behavioral insights in food waste, touching upon the work we do in FEAST and CUES (linkedin.com/company/cues-e…) concerning sustainable food ecosystems

Naar aanleiding van de #Wereldgezondheidsdag op 7 april staat het thema "My health, my right" centraal. In de nieuwe SWAY-bijdrage van prof. Tim Smits ontdek je waarom het zo uitdagend is om gezonde en duurzame keuzes te maken.⁠ Lees meer via soc.kuleuven.be/sway/verhalen/… #kuleuven

Nog maar 10 dagen te gaan voor de eerste live O(DE)ntmoeting bij KBC te Brussel waar Prof. Valérie Trouet @epispheric, Prof. Tim Smits en Manon Janssen hun inzichten delen over energie- en klimaatbeleid en communicatie. Schrijf je nog snel in! ode.be/nl/activiteite…

Welkom Sociale Wetenschappen - Social Sciences KU Leuven en al zeker nu zaterdag tijdens de infodag. Heb je vragen over één of meerdere van onze studierichtingen soc.kuleuven.be/fsw/toekomstig…? Je kan sessies en lessen bijwonen. We zijn er om je vragen te beantwoorden. Inschrijven en programma op soc.kuleuven.be/fsw/toekomstig…

🚨Job alert! 🚨 Brahim Zarouali en ik zoeken een onderwijsassistent. Gebeten om te onderzoeken op het domein van digitale beïnvloeding en sociale media? En wil je dat onderzoek combineren met onderwijstaken op dat gebied? kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs… Inst Media Studies Communication Sciences KU Leuven

For some reason a couple of my #marcom students responded to a question on #shrinkflation referring to the concept as "shrimpflation". #gradingfun that feels as if I'm on a subreddit

Reflecties van de kroost tijdens #EURo2024 'Als Zweden tegen Denemarken speelt, dan is dat Swe-Den. Met de overgebleven letters maak je Den-Mark'. Voetbal interesseert hen echt geen moer

Kamala Harris's joy = power. The key to effective communication is not just to present facts and figures, but to connect with people on an emotional level. Emotion shapes our thoughts and decisions more than logic. Learn more at the FrameLab podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/22-…

Final symposium of the GAM(e)(a)BLE project on gambling-like elements in videogames. Great collection of research and valorisation

Venue is called the 'lecture hall of the 2nd law of thermodynamics'. Seems suitable. The gambling within the gaming media ecosystem is not going to properly be organized on itself. Just like the law suggests, outside energy is needed for this

A professional highlight! Last Friday Lotte Hallez defended her PhD thesis. The thesis is impressive and the defense was excellent, so as a supervisor I like to bask a bit in reflected glory. Want to know more about the research? 👉 linkedin.com/in/lottehallez/

Hopla! Ook midweeks een nieuw #UurVanDeWaarheid over Russissche spookschepen en "extra proteïnen" in ons eten. Nodig of marketing? #podcast #healthwashing Luc van Bakel Tim Smits @GezondLevenvzw VRT NWS Radio 1 open.spotify.com/episode/5cQyLv…

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