Jutta Mata

Jutta Mata is a Professor (W3) of Health Psychology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim since 2015. She is also a co-opted member of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) and an associate researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the Interdisciplinary Center for Human Performance, University of Lisbon.

• Education: Dr. rer nat. (Humboldt University of Berlin, 2008)

Research interests span:

• Predictors of health behavior, particularly diet and exercise
• Social dynamics of eating behavior across contexts (social media, family meals, lifespan)
• Stigma associated with overweight/obesity
• Impact of health behaviors on mental health (e.g., physical activity and depression)

Affiliations and leadership roles include collaborations with the Adaptive Rationality Research Area at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and contributions to interdisciplinary health research in Germany, Portugal, and Switzerland.