Christoph Bamberg

Health psychology · eating behaviour · research methods

Christoph Bamberg, Dr. rer. nat.

I am a psychologist working on self-regulation, eating behaviour and cognitive performance, with a particular interest in intensive longitudinal and open-science methods.

Research & publications CV LinkedIn

Research & publications

Publication records, citation profiles, open materials and current projects.

Publications & citations

Google Scholar

Browse publications and citation records.

 Publication record

ORCID

My persistent researcher profile and publication record.

 Open science

OSF projects

Ongoing projects, preregistrations, materials and open research outputs.

 Most recent publication

Stable cognitive performance while adapting to intermittent fasting

Randomised controlled trial · Journal of Health Psychology · 2026

Outreach

Science communication about psychology, research methods and eating behaviour.

Co-hosted podcast

Define and Conquer

Together with Olga Perski, I host conversations about conceptualisation, formalisation and measurement in health psychology, with researchers working on practical solutions to recurring problems in the field.

Podcast website & notes Spotify Apple Podcasts

Learning Bayesian Statistics

Podcast guest: Bayesian statistics, fasting and health psychology.

Spektrum der Wissenschaft

Popular-science column on breakfast, intermittent fasting and concentration.

In-Mind

Articles on fasting, breakfast and cognition, also available in German.

Pint of Science Salzburg

Co-organiser of the Salzburg festival in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Methods & notes

Short, practical write-ups on statistical modelling and workflows I use in research.

EMA · Bayesian modelling

Mixed Effects Location Scale Models for EMA

A practical example of MELSM for EMA data, including extraction and plotting of fixed and random-effect posteriors.

 Causal inference · EMA

DAGs and Bayesian analysis with EMA data

A workflow combining directed acyclic graphs with Bayesian analysis for ecological momentary assessment data.

 Multilevel modelling · Stan

Multilevel correlations in R using Stan

Using simulated nested data to illustrate multilevel correlations and how to implement them in Stan.

 Preregistration · simulation

DAG & generative model

A worked example of translating a DAG into a generative model and using it to simulate data for a preregistration.

Research at a glance

Illustrated overview of Christoph Bamberg's research, in German

An illustrated view of my research

This drawing is based on a keynote I gave when receiving the Austrian Society for Psychology Dissertation Prize 2026. The illustration is in German.