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Hellen Temme is a doctoral candidate and lecturer affiliated with the Department of Media and Communication Studies at the University of Erfurt's Faculty of Philosophy. She serves as a Research Associate at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (65%) and University of Bamberg (25%), working within Cornelia Betsch's Health Communication Research Group on the Planetary Health Action Survey (PACE) project.
Her educational background includes:
- PhD candidate in Health Communication at University of Erfurt (2022–present)
- M.Sc. in Epidemiology from University of Bremen (2020–2022)
- B.Sc. in Health Communication from University of Bielefeld (2017–2020)
Temme's research centers on health communication with a special interest in planetary health, particularly examining the processes and challenges of climate change communication. Her dissertation project focuses on qualitative and quantitative analyses of factors influencing willingness to protect the climate across individual, societal, and political levels. Her work bridges environmental science, public health, and communication studies, with particular attention to how climate change messages affect different target groups and how trust in climate communicators shapes public response.
Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong focus on climate change communication, particularly examining public acceptance of climate policies, trust in climate communicators, and the intersection of climate change with health outcomes. Her research employs both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, with increasing emphasis on mixed-methods approaches to understand complex environmental health communication challenges.
As a member of the Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour (IPB) at the University of Erfurt, Temme contributes to interdisciplinary research examining the connections between environmental sustainability and human behavior. Her work with the Health Communication Research Group demonstrates strong collaboration with established researchers in the field, particularly through her involvement in the PACE project which assesses population readiness to act against the climate crisis in Germany.
