Mathew White, BSc MSc PhD
T: +43-1-4277-47270
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Geiger, S., Imada, H., Maharja, C., Powdthavee, N., Vitale, V., Zhang, L., Rosa, C. D., Delabrida, Z. N. C., Nielsen, K. F., Essl, F., & White, M. (2025). Understanding the role of pluralistic ignorance in biodiversity conservation: A research agenda. Global Environmental Change, 95, Article 103043. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378025000809



Martin, L., White, M. P., Pahl, S., May, J., Newton, J. N., Elliott, L. R., Cirach, M., Grellier, J., Bratman, G. N., Gascon, M., Lima, M. L., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Ojala, A., Roiko, A., van den Bosch, M., & Fleming, L. E. (2025). Nature contact and health risk behaviours: Results from an 18 country study. Health and Place, 94, Article 103479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103479



Swami, V., Tran, U. S., Voracek, M., Aavik, T., Ranjbar, H. A., Adebayo, S. O., Afhami, R., Ahmed, O., Aimé, A., Akel, M., Al Halbusi, H., Alexias, G., Ali, K. F., Alp-Dal, N., Alsalhani, A. B., Álvarez-Solas, S., Amaral, A. C. S., Andrianto, S., Aspden, T., ... Stieger, S. (2025). Self-Compassion Around the World: Measurement Invariance of the Short Form of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS-SF) Across 65 Nations, 40 Languages, Gender Identities, and Age Groups. Mindfulness, 16(6), 1569-1596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02560-5

Geiger, S. J., Köhler, J. K., Delabrida, Z. N. C., Garduño-Realivazquez, K. A., Haugestad, C. A. P., Imada, H., Iyer, A., Maharja, C., Mann, D. C., Marczak, M., Melville, O., Nijssen, S. R. R., Powdthavee, N., Praptiwi, R. A., Ranade, G., Rosa, C. D., Vitale, V., Winkowska, M., Zhang, L., & White, M. P. (2025). What We Think Others Think and Do About Climate Change: A Multicountry Test of Pluralistic Ignorance and Public-Consensus Messaging. Psychological Science, 36(6), 421-442. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976251335585

Steininger, M., & White, M. (2025). Hilft Surf-Therapie bei Stress, Depressionen und PTBS?. Radio show, Südwestdeutscher Rundfunk - SWR 1.



Groeneveld, W., Krainz, M., White, M. P., Heske, A., Elliott, L. R., Bratman, G. N., Fleming, L. E., Grellier, J., McDougall, C. W., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Ojala, A., Pahl, S., Roiko, A., van den Bosch, M., & Wheeler, B. W. (2025). The psychological benefits of open-water (wild) swimming: Exploring a self-determination approach using a 19-country sample. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 102, Article 102558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102558

Swami, V., Stieger, S., Voracek, M., Aavik, T., Ranjbar, H. A., Adebayo, S. O., Afhami, R., Ahmed, O., Aimé, A., Akel, M., Halbusi, H. A., Alexias, G., Ali, K. F., Alp-Dal, N., Alsalhani, A. B., Álvarez-Solas, S., Amaral, A. C. S., Andrianto, S., Aspden, T., ... Tran, U. S. (2025). Life satisfaction around the world: Measurement invariance of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. PLoS ONE, 20(1), Article e0313107. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313107

Vaupotič, N., Grellier, J., Martin, L., Domènech Panicello, C., Goszczyńska, E., Kojimahara, N., Polańska, K., Bauer, O., Mori, H., Yamaguchi-Sekino, S., Guxens, M., & White, M. P. (2025). 5G technology, health and society: misconceptions, blind spots and insights from experts, non-experts, and self-identified electrosensitive individuals. Journal of Risk Research, 28(5), 446-470. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2025.2512074


Voronkova, A., Miller, A. E., Praptiwi, R. A., Pratiwi, P. D. L., Sugardjito, J., White, M. P., & Morrissey, K. (2025). Gender Differences in Perceptions of Environmental Changes in West Kalimantan, Indonesia: Existing and Shifting Social Roles. Society and Natural Resources, 39(1), 139-156. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2025.2534958


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“That inward eye”: Memories are a discrete but neglected form of nature exposure

White, M. (Speaker) & Smalley, A. J. (Speaker)

18 Jun 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Virtual nature and stress resilience: Investigating the effects of exposure to virtual nature on response and recovery resilience during acute psychosocial stress

Steininger, M. (Speaker), Nitschke, J. (Contributor), White, M. (Contributor) & Lamm, C. (Contributor)

18 Jun 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Blue Gym, Blue Health, Blue Communities & Blue Prescriptions: 15 Years of Promoting the Oceans for Human Health

White, M. (Speaker)

14 May 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Building individual and community resilience with urban nature

White, M. (Speaker)

22 Mar 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Environmental change & health: The importance of nature for building individual and societal resilience

White, M. (Speaker)

20 Nov 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


From the Blue Gym to Blue Health, Blue Communities and Blue Prescriptions

White, M. (Speaker)

10 Nov 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Environmental change & health: The importance of nature for building individual and societal resilience

White, M. (Speaker)

1 Nov 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Nature exposure reduces self-reported acute pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Steininger, M. (Speaker), Nitschke, J. (Contributor), Schenk, L. (Contributor), White, M. (Contributor) & Lamm, C. (Contributor)

16 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Technology is the problem not the solution: Nature-based design & less stuff

White, M. (Speaker)

2 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Nature exposure reduces self-reported acute pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Steininger, M. (Speaker), Nitschke, J. (Contributor), Schenk, L. (Contributor), White, M. (Contributor) & Lamm, C. (Contributor)

5 Jul 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Building individual and community resilience with urban nature

White, M. (Speaker)

10 Jun 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Exposure to virtual nature decreases neural nociceptive processing and self-reported ratings during acute pain

Steininger, M. (Speaker), White, M. (Contributor), Lengersdorff, L. (Contributor), Zhang, L. (Contributor), Smalley, A. J. (Contributor), Kühn, S. (Contributor) & Lamm, C. (Contributor)

24 May 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Urban nature and health in a changing climate

White, M. (Speaker)

10 May 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Nature exposure and subjective well-being: Implications for health impact assessment

White, M. (Speaker)

11 Mar 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Urban nature can mitigate the health threats of climate change. Climate change and health conference

White, M. (Speaker)

10 Nov 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Natural environments relieve pain: How exposure to nature stimuli impacts the neural processing of pain

Steininger, M. (Speaker), White, M. (Contributor), Zhang, L. (Contributor), Smalley, A. J. (Contributor), Kühn, S. (Contributor) & Lamm, C. (Contributor)

22 Jun 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The importance of urban nature for population healthand Human Health

White, M. (Invited speaker)

23 Sept 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


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