CREATE

Collaborative Research And Training in the European Health Psychology Society – The Early Career Researcher Network of the EHPS

Workshop

CREATE organises interactive workshops each year. Prominent experts within the field of health psychology are invited to lead these workshops. The overall aim of these workshops is to enhance knowledge and skills of participants. Workshop themes are current topics in health psychology theory and research, but also involve methodology and more practical issues like the process of developing papers for peer-review.

Please note, that if the number of applicants exceeds the number of places, CREATE reserves the rights to select participants based on diversity.

Upcoming Workshop

CREATE pre-conference workshop “AI in Research: Utilizing LLMs in Evidence Synthesis”

Practical Information

Sun 30th and Mon 31st of August 2026 (+ social activity on Sun 30th August)

  • Prof. Ian Kellar
  • M.Sc. João Craveiro

Pricing: €150 (€100 if eligible for reduced fee)

Application: Please apply here for the pre-conference workshop. Deadline for applications is May 26th, 2026.

Workshop Description

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming how research is conducted. This hands-on workshop introduces early-career researchers to practical ways to use large language models (LLMs) rigorously and responsibly in evidence synthesis. Focusing on systematic review workflows, participants will learn how to develop effective system instructions and prompts, generate structured summaries to support screening decisions using chain-of-thought prompting, and improve data extraction accuracy through expert-informed few-shot prompting. The workshop will also address key limitations of LLMs, including issues such as context degradation (“context rot”) and positional bias, and discuss practical strategies for mitigating these challenges in applied research settings. Led by Ian Kellar and João Craveiro, the session combines methodological guidance with applied exercises. Participants will work through concrete examples and develop prompts that can be directly implemented in their own review projects. No prior technical or programming experience is required.
The workshop is not only about developing practical skills but also about connecting. Expect to meet like-minded early-career researchers and learn more about the EHPS before the conference even officially begins. Organized by CREATE, a subdivision of the EHPS, the workshop opens the door to how AI can be used in evidence synthesis. Join us to move beyond experimentation with AI and toward more transparent, thoughtful, and methodologically sound applications in scientific practice.

Empowering Collaboration: Patient and Public Involvement in Health Research

Workshop Description:

Unlock the potential of patient and public involvement in your research journey! Join the interactive CREATE workshop to integrate participatory elements into your projects. Delve into the dynamics of involving members of the public in research, explore real-world examples, and learn to navigate the complexities of patient and public involvement. We will cover the what, why, when and how of involvement and highlight how to include those communities not often heard in research. The workshop will equip you with an increased understanding of the benefits of involving those with lived experience and the practicalities of how to go about doing it. In this 1.5 day workshop, facilitated by Dr. Anna Levke Brütt (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany) and Dr. Elspeth Mathie (University of Hertfordshire, UK) you will have a chance to explore how patients and members of the public (experts by experience) can get involved in your future research.

Date:

Mon 2nd and Tue 3rd of September 2024 (+ social activity on afternoon of Sun 1st September)

Facilitators:

Dr. Anna Levke Brütt
Dr. Elspeth Mathie

Pricing:
€140 (€100 if eligible for reduced fee)
Application:

You can fill application form here: https://forms.gle/h6HiEmS62uQ3FAPM7

Past Workshops

To see pictures of the past workshops, please go here.
25-26 Aug 2025, Groningen, The Netherlands

Open Science Practices: Preregistrations and Registered Reports

Dr. Emma Norris
M.Sc. Rory Coyne
02-03 Sep 2024, Cascais, Portugal

Empowering Collaboration: Patient and Public Involvement in Health Research

Dr. Anna Levke Brütt
Dr. Elspeth Mathie
03-04 Sep 2023, Bremen-Germany

Communicating health psychology research to lay audiences

Prof. Dr. Laura König
Dr. Heide Busse

22-23 Aug 2022, Bratislava-Slovakia

Digitalising Health Psychology research to enhance our science

Dr. Olga Perski
Prof. Felix Naughton

19-20 Aug 2021, Online

How to get your research out there: Publishing, promoting, and funding your research

Marita Hennessy
Angela Rodrigues

24-25 Aug 2020, Bratislava-Slovakia

Digitalising Health Psychology research to enhance our science: opening the doors to innovative measurement, design and intervention approaches

Dr. Felix Naughton
Prof. Rik Crutzen

01-03 Sep 2019, Dubrovnik-Croatia

An introduction to systematic reviews and novel approaches to evidence synthesis

Dr Jenny Mc Sharry
Dr Chris Noone

19-21 Aug 2018, Galway-Ireland

What do I want to be when I grow up – and how to get there?

Prof. Dr. Pilvikki Absetz
Prof. Dr. Brian Oldenburg

27-29 Aug 2017, Padua-Italy

Planning Health Promotion Programmes: an Intervention Mapping Approach

Gerjo Kok
Rob Ruiter
Rik Crutzen

21-23 Aug 2016, Aberdeen-UK

Mixed Methodology in Health Psychology – Aberdeen – United Kingdom – 2016

Dr. Irina Todorova
Dr. Rachel Shaw

30 Aug – 1 Sep 2015, Limassol – Cyprus

Writing Science for Journals, Funders and Other Audiences

Dr. Jean Adams
Dr. Stephan Dombrowski
Prof. Martin White

24 - 26 Aug 2014, Innsbruck – Austria

Leveraging Mobile Technology and Social Media in Behavioural Research

Dr. Sherry Pagoto
Dr. Kristin Schneider

14 - 16 Jul 2013, Bordeaux – France

Intensive Longitudinal Methods in Health Psychology

Dr. Gertraud Stadler
Prof. Jean-Philippe Laurenceau
Prof. Niall Bolger
19 - 21 Aug 2012, Prague -Czech Republic

Qualitative Research in Perspective: Achieving Excellence in Qualitative Research Practice

Prof. Kerry Chamberlain
18 - 20 Sep 2011, Crete – Greece

Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis and Qualitative Meta-Synthesis

Dr. Richard Cooke
Dr. Wendy Hardeman
Dr. Rachel Shaw
18 - 20 Sep 2010, Cluj – Romania

Computer Tailored Interventions

Hein de Vries
Matthijs Eggers
Daniela Schulz
20 - 22 Sep 2009, Pisa – Italy

Advancing the Science of Behaviour Change: Methods and Theories

Susan Michie
Falko Sniehotta
David French

2007, Maastricht – The Netherlands

Risk Perception and Risk Communication

Britta Renner
Stephanie Kurzenhäuser
2006, Warsaw – Poland

Intervention Mapping

Gerjo Kok
Herman Schaalma
Rob Ruiter
2006, Warsaw – Poland

Stress, Coping & Social Support

Krys Kaniasty (USA)
Ralf Schwarzer (Germany)
Aleks Luszczynska (UK)
2005, Galway – Ireland

Designing and Evaluating Theory-Based Interventions

Charles Abraham
Susan Ayers
Susan Michie
2004, Helsinki – Finland

Predicting and Changing Health Behavior: Conducting and Publishing Theory-Based Research

Paul Norman
Peter Harris
2003, Kos – Greece

Understanding Qualitative Research in Health Psychology

Kerry Chamberlain
2002, Lisbon – Portugal

Research Methods in Health Psychology

John Weinman
Kavita Vedhara
Rona Moss-Morris
2001, St Andrews – UK

Health Behaviour Change: Intervention and Evaluation

Professor Brian Oldenburg (Brisbane)
Dr. Paul Kennedy (Oxford)
Mr. Paul Gardner (St Andrews)
2000, Leiden – The Netherlands

Nothing is More Practical than a Good Theory: Exploring, Testing, and Applying Theories in Health Psychology

Prof. Marie Johnston
Prof. John Weinman
1999, Florence – Italy

Research Problem-Solving and Writing/Publishing Workshop

Prof. Marie Johnston
Prof. Charles S. Carver