Complex systems, health and well-being amidst uncertainty.https://mattiheino.com/https://mattiheino.com/posts/infection-spread/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4894Out of sight, out of mind – up until now.Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/tail-events/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4837For want of an eyeball, the kingdom was lost?Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/fruit-salad/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4808My doctoral research, 'Complex Systems and Behaviour Change: Bridging Far Away Lands,' available now.Sat, 17 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/childrens-party/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4746Understand your landscape to de-risk change initiatives. What can you (not) manage?Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/ilmahygienia-aloitus/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4621Suomen Akatemian Kansalaissuoja-hankkeen materiaaleja yhteiskunnallisen resilienssin parantamiseksi.Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/ilmahygienia-asiakkaat/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4633Tietävätkö asiakkaasi, että tilojesi sisäilmasta pidetään huolta?Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/ilmahygienia-ilmanvaihto/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4631Mistä tiedän, onko ilmanvaihto riittävää?Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/ilmahygienia-keinot/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4632Sisäilman aiheuttamia sairastumisia voi välttää – katso työkalut!Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/ilmahygienia-miksi/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4630Julkisissa tiloissa ei enää tupakoida, ja juomavetemme on puhdasta. Entä ilmassa leviävät taudinaiheuttajat?Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/ilmahygienia-testaa-tietosi/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4634Paljonko tiedät ilmahygieniasta?Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/sense-of-safety/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4547Understanding how people act in crises and how to manage risk is crucial for decision-makers in health, social, and security policy. In a new paper published inThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/turvallisuustapahtuma/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4549Olin puhumassa varautumismuotoilusta Sisäministeriön valtakunnallisessa turvallisuustapahtumassa, jonka teemana oli 'Turvallisuutta alueellisella yhteistyöllä'.Wed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/behaviour-change-via-negativa/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4512A via negativa description of behaviour change science is needed.Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/varautumismuotoilu/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4503Esitys: Väestön osallistaminen varautumis- ja ennakointimuotoiluun (Sisäministeriön tapahtuma)Mon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/palvelupolut/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4482Mitä käyttäytymisjärjestelmiä tuntevat potilaat voivat opettaa meille häiriökysynnästä?Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/crafting-policies/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4470Human centred policy for an age of uncertainty.Sat, 02 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/osallistaminen/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4449Päätöksentekoa ja inhimillistä kestävyyttä voidaan parantaa ottamalla koko organisaation osaaminen käyttöön.Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/training/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4390If we want to thrive in modern environments, we need to improve understanding of resilience-building and anticipatory capacity.Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/kayttaytymisen-muutosjohtaminen/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4314Mistä inhimillinen toiminta koostuu, ja miten siihen vaikutetaan?Mon, 05 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/dissertation-trailer/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4296A sneak peek to 'Understanding and shaping complex social psychological systems: Lessons from an emerging paradigm to thrive in an uncertain world'Tue, 30 May 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/tartuntojen-torjunta/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4239Tartuntojen torjunta on sekä mahdollista, että kannattavaa niin talouden kuin terveydenkin kannalta.Mon, 16 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/attractors/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4218In human behaviour change, nothing can happen for a long time – until everything happens all at once. Here's why.Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/let-me-be-your-deja-vu/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4183The case of what happened, when Finland decided it's Time to Live o'clock.Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/intro-complexity-bc/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4146'This impeccably written manuscript provides a thorough, state-of-the-art review of complex adaptive systems' - Reviewer 2Sat, 11 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/sissisota/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4101Suurin osa suomalaisista pitää koronasuojautumista tärkeänä, kun taas päätöksentekijät ja media suunnittelevat 'ohi on'-bileitä ja terveydenhuolto ylikuormittuu. Ajetaanko taas seinään?Sun, 17 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/irtikytkeytymiskyvykkyys/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4072Voimmeko lyödä yhteiskunnan verran vetoa, että pandemiat talttuvat koronakriisissä käytetyin keinoin?Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/arjen-resilienssi/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4055Empowered individuals may make surprisingly good choices, when you give them the chance and consider the appropriate scale.Thu, 17 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/valmius/https://mattiheino.com/?p=4014Mitä jokaisen tulee tietää pandemiasta vuonna 2021.Sun, 07 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/complexity-matters/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3994A vodcast for aligning psychological theory with methods of analysis.Thu, 17 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/interaction-not-interaction/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3975How well do widespread methods of social science deal with the complex nature of phenomena under study?Sun, 29 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/besp/http://mattiheino.com/?p=394311 presentations on solving societal problems with behavioural complexity scienceMon, 19 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/uncertainty/https://mattiheino.com/posts/uncertainty/A counter-intuitive look at how acknowledging what we do not know can sharpen, rather than paralyse, a decision.Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/itseohjautuvuus/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3922Henkinen ja yhteiskunnallinen kriisinkestävyys: Kuinka koronavirus torjutaan Suomessa?Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/bar-yam/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3893Yksi maailman arvostetuimmista kompleksisuustieteilijöistä, Yaneer Bar-Yam, kommentoi Suomen tilannetta.Mon, 04 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/inflexibility/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3851Leveraging the minority rule to fight COVID-19 and shady researchSun, 12 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/complexity-channel/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3789Complexity methods for Behavioural Sciences (Fred Hasselman): Table of contents and additional resources.Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/koronavirus-suomeksi/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3795Kootut suomenkieliset lähteet koronavirus-pandemiaa vastaan taistelemiseen.Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/shadow-mean/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3739How health risk from multiplicative processes can dropkick you in the headSun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/carma/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3668Course syllabus for inflicting students with epistemic traumaWed, 04 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/networks-in-social-and-other-sciences/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3665Networks in social and other sciencesTue, 27 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/pathways-and-complexity/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3648What is this business of behaviour change, and how do we analyse it as a dynamic process?Mon, 12 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/shitty-tables/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3584Includes nude pictures of data and obscene language.Sun, 28 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/informing-policy/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3577Decision making with experimental evidence? Mind the assumptions.Sat, 20 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/idiography-illustrated/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3561There are phenomena, which will forever remain out of reach, if we continue the practice of always averaging individual data.Sat, 11 May 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/correlation/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3555Correlation is an unreliable metric of dependency. There are alternatives!Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/statistical-testing/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3546What should everyone know about statistical tests?Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/complex-processes/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3536Considerations from complexity science, for evaluating the Let's Move It multiscale complex interventionMon, 04 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/naming-assumptions/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3526The gist: to avoid getting fooled by them, we need to name our simplifying assumptions when modeling social scientific dataThu, 25 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/tools-for-communicating/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3512The war against badly incentivised journals is over, and we can proceed with science.Tue, 04 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/averagerianism/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3497The average intervention participant is a delightful mirage, and shouldn't be used for design decisions.Sat, 19 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/assumptions-schmassumptions/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3479How to think about what models of change have eaten.Mon, 14 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/visualising-ordinal-data/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3472A fiery option for visualising ordinal data.Sun, 06 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/dynamic-habits/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3461If you're interested in habits, you need to deal with time. This has implications, some of which deadly.Sun, 25 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/open-technical-reports/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3454How to solve transparency problems. Now.Sun, 25 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/crises-and-reforms/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3438After half a century of talk, researchers finally act to improve social scientific practices in 2018.Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/intro-data-management/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3338Reducing resarch waste and making data useful again.Sat, 09 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/replicability-of-mechanisms-in-health-psychology/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3328Replicability of mechanisms in health psychologyWed, 30 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/mechanisms-under-complexity/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3252What can simple analyses of causes and effects tell us about complex systems?Fri, 25 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/scientific-evaluation/http://mattiheino.com/?p=3074How does knowledge grow when we do intervention research?Fri, 18 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/missing-data-the-ninja-of-biases/http://mattiheino.com/?p=2992Ignore missing data at your own peril (actually, everyone else's too).Sun, 11 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/replication-is-impossible/http://mattiheino.com/?p=2924On complexity and research programmes.Fri, 02 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/evaluating-intervention-program-theories/http://mattiheino.com/?p=2905How do we figure out, whether our ideas worked out?Mon, 01 May 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/preprints-short-and-sweet/http://mattiheino.com/?p=2868To get the most out of scientific publishing, we may need to bypass the old gatekeepers.Thu, 23 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/death-doesnt-kill-you-and-other-reasons-to-study-behaviour-change/http://mattiheino.com/?p=2847Death doesn't kill you (and other reasons to study behaviour change)Mon, 13 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/deterministic-not-predictable/http://mattiheino.com/?p=2058Even simple and completely deterministic systems can be utterly unpredictable.Tue, 27 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/p-walks-into-a-bar-chart/http://mattiheino.com/?p=1877Making sense of p-values, and why 'significance' doesn't mean much in a single study.Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/legacy-of-psychology/http://mattiheino.com/?p=1741What can we learn re-examining the classic cognitive dissonance experiment?Sun, 13 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/feed-the-beast/http://mattiheino.com/?p=1763Has science turned into a monster, fed by our traditional practices?Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/getting-started-with-bayes/http://mattiheino.com/?p=1712Bayesian methods roundtable I convened for the 2016 conference of European Health Psychology Society and British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology.Fri, 26 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/short-intro-to-whats-up/http://mattiheino.com/?p=1686What I'm up to in the health psychology front, and what I may be doing in the next couple of years, regarding employee well-being.Fri, 19 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/esittelyssa-raistlin-laplace/http://mattiheino.com/?p=1664Esittelyssä Raistlin LaplaceFri, 05 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/introducing-raistlin-laplace/http://mattiheino.com/?p=1641How Raistlin Laplace got diagnosed with Epistemological HypersensitivityFri, 05 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/myth-of-the-magical-because/http://mattiheino.com/?p=998Does the word 'Because' magically make people comply with requests?Tue, 03 May 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/analyse-your-design/http://mattiheino.com/?p=1231Decrease the probability of making a fool of yourself by looking at Type M and Type S errors.Tue, 26 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/welcome-tervetuloa/http://mattiheino.com/?p=1210Welcome / Tervetuloa!Sun, 28 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/bias-meditation-clarity/http://mattiheino.com/?p=1162Does anchoring affect my meditation assessments?Sat, 30 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/defeating-the-crisis-of-confidence-in-science-3-3-ideas/http://mattiheino.com/?p=991Psychology researchers need stop taking things personally and start doing more boring things. Especially those that change the world for the better.Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/taking-back-the-power-in-cluster-randomization/http://mattiheino.com/?p=1094Taking back the power (in cluster randomization)Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/tyomarkkinoiden-uudet-vaateet/http://mattiheino.com/?p=1143Työmarkkinoiden uudet vaateetWed, 23 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/henkinen-kriisinkestavyys/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=844Sivuhuomio: ei muuten ole syytä uskoa, että väkivaltaisten konfliktien määrä olisi laskussa, päin vastoin: on arvioitu, että yli 10 000 kuolonuhria vaativa sotaWed, 27 May 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/ratkaisu-eriarvoistumiseen/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=950Hönkäys hengentiedettä: Ratkaisu eriarvoistumiseen (?!)Sat, 18 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/hyva-luoja/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=795Oletko tietämättäsi luova?Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/onnellisuus-nautinto-merkitys/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=848Onnellisuus, nautinto ja merkitysSat, 17 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/pospsy-tiede-toive/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=814Positiivinen psykologia – tiedettä ja toiveikkuuttaSun, 11 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/muutoskartta/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=761Käyttäytymisen muutos: kartalta käytäntöönSun, 30 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/meditaatiomyytit/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=727Meditaatiomyytit: mitä terveyslehdet jättivät kertomattaWed, 01 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/adaptiivinenmaisema/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=709Kolme tärppiä muuttuvassa ympäristössä selviytymiseenSun, 21 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/unilateraalisen-sekasortoaltruismin-ohjelmajulistus/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=665Unilateraalisen sekasortoaltruismin ohjelmajulistusMon, 14 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/5x-parempaa-tyota/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=632Viisi kysymystä parempien päätösten tuunaukseenMon, 09 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/plasebojoiku/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=600Suunnistusta lumeen ja riskien näreikössäSun, 01 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/aivovoimaa-purkista/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=560Tutkimusten käyttö Onnen Oikoteiden markkinoinnissa: Case AlphaBRAIN™Thu, 29 May 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/lohdullinen-epavarmuus/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=516Spyros Makridakis, Robin Hogarth & Anil Gaba – Dance with Chance: Making Luck Work For YouSun, 16 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/saikayttamalla-savuttomaksi/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=501Pelkoa ja inhoa käyttäytymisen muutoksessaTue, 11 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/menneisyyden-polvasti/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=475Menneisyyden minä, tuo ikuinen pölvästi?Tue, 04 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/honkays-hengentiedetta-kaytosmuutos/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=454Hönkäys Hengentiedettä: Mikä toimii käyttäytymistä muutettaessa?Wed, 18 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/epailys-vai-avomielisyys/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=438Milloin valitsen epäilyksen, milloin avomielisyyden?Sat, 16 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/kolme-edellytysta-kehitykselle/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=406Kaksi edellytystä kehitykselleSun, 13 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/honkays-hengentiedetta-ebp/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=376Hönkäys Hengentiedettä: Miksei näyttö vakuuta?Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/tunnista-muumiosi/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=336Neljä tapaa tunnistaa sisäinen muumiosiSun, 26 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/aloita-ennen-kuin-lopetat/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=324Aloita ennen kuin lopetatWed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/tavallista-vai-taikaa/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=301Tavallista vai taikaaSun, 17 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/mita-jai-kertomatta/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=244Muistatko, mitä sinulle ei kerrottu?Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/harjoitukset-alkavat/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=238Harjoitukset alkavatFri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/yhteistyon-manifesti/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=257Yhteistyön manifestiSun, 02 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://mattiheino.com/posts/millaiset-asiat-ovat-sinulle-helppoja/http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hema/?p=48Millaiset asiat ovat sinulle helppoja? Johdatus käyttäytymisarkkitehtuuriinSun, 04 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT