Aunger, Robert; Gallyamova, Albina; Grigoryev, Dmitry; (2025) Network psychometric-based identification and structural analysis of a set of evolved human motives. Personality and individual differences, 233. p. 112921. ISSN 0191-8869 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112921

Aunger, Robert; Deterding, Sebastian; Zhao, Xiaoyang; Baxter, Weston; (2024) Applying the Barker School concept of 'behaviour settings' to virtual contexts. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 379 (1910). 20230291-. ISSN 0962-8436 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0291

Sands, Madeline; Tidwell, Ben; Aunger, Robert; (2024) A "Wise" Intervention to Increase Hand Hygiene Compliance of Nurses in Acute Care Units in US Hospitals: A Multiple Baseline Interrupted Time-Series Evaluation. Evaluation review. 193841X241299854-. ISSN 0193-841X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0193841X241299854

Aunger, Robert; (2023) What works in sanitation promotion? Health promotion international, 38 (6). daad162-. ISSN 0957-4824 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad162

Aunger, Robert; Greenland, Katie; (2023) Testing the human superorganism approach to morality. Journal of behavioral addictions, 20 (1). pp. 19-28. ISSN 2062-5871 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1556/2055.2022.00007

Chan, Kallista; Konan, Kouadio Aimé-Charles; Doudou, Dimi Théodore; Kouadio, Ghislain Brou; Lines, Jo; Aunger, Robert; N'Guessan, Raphael; Tusting, Lucy S; (2023) Rice farmers' knowledge, attitudes and practices towards mosquitoes in irrigation schemes in Côte d'Ivoire: a qualitative study. Malaria journal, 22 (1). 352-. ISSN 1475-2875 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04785-y

Czerniewska, Alexandra; Mwambuli, Kaposo; Curtis, Val; Aunger, Robert; (2023) Intervention design in public health: adaptive messaging in the Tanzanian National Sanitation Campaign. Health promotion international, 38 (3). daad064-. ISSN 0957-4824 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad064

Kessler, Sharon E; Aunger, Robert; (2022) The evolution of the human healthcare system and implications for understanding our responses to COVID-19. Evolution, medicine, and public health, 10 (1). pp. 87-107. ISSN 2050-6201 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoac004

Watson, J; (2022) Improving handwashing among older children in emergency settings: a multi-method exploration of behavioural determinants and behaviour change approaches. PhD (research paper style) thesis, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17037/PUBS.04668173

Aunger, Robert; Foster, Dugald; Curtis, Val; (2021) Psychometric Analysis of a Postulated Set of Evolved Human Motives. Frontiers in psychology, 12. 680229-. ISSN 1664-1078 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.680229

Sands, Madeline; Aunger, Robert; (2021) Development of a behaviour change intervention using a theory-based approach, Behaviour Centred Design, to increase nurses' hand hygiene compliance in the US hospitals. Implementation science communications, 2 (1). 23-. ISSN 2662-2211 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-021-00124-x

Aunger, Robert; (2020) Toward a Model of Situations and Their Context. REVIEW OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY, 24 (3). pp. 268-283. ISSN 1089-2680 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1089268020931767

Biran, Adam; White, S; Awe, B; Greenland, K; Akabike, K; Chuktu, N; Aunger, R; Curtis, V; Schmidt, W; Van der Voorden, C; (2020) A cluster-randomised trial to evaluate an intervention to promote handwashing in rural Nigeria. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH, 32 (3). pp. 579-594. ISSN 0960-3123 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2020.1788712

Curtis, Val; Dreibelbis, Robert; Sidibe, Myriam; Cardosi, Jason; Sara, Jennifer; Bonell, Chris; Mwambuli, Kaposo; Ghosh Moulik, Soma; White, Sian; Aunger, Robert; (2020) How to set up government-led national hygiene communication campaigns to combat COVID-19: a strategic blueprint. BMJ global health, 5 (8). e002780-e002780. ISSN 2059-7908 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002780

Gon, Giorgia; Ali, Said M; Aunger, Robert; Campbell, Oona M; de Barra, Mícheál; de Bruin, Marijn; Juma, Mohammed; Nash, Stephen; Tajo, Amour; Westbrook, Johanna; +2 more... Woodd, Susannah; Graham, Wendy J; (2020) A Practical Guide to Using Time-and-Motion Methods to Monitor Compliance With Hand Hygiene Guidelines: Experience From Tanzanian Labor Wards. GLOBAL HEALTH-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE, 8 (4). pp. 827-837. ISSN 2169-575X DOI: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00221

Morton, Jennifer F; Myers, Laura; Gill, Katherine; Bekker, Linda-Gail; Stein, Gabrielle; Thomas, Katherine K; Duyver, Menna; van der Straten, Ariane; McConnell, Margaret; Aunger, Robert; +5 more... Curtis, Valerie; de Witt Huberts, Jessie; Van Damme, Lut; Baeten, Jared M; Celum, Connie; (2020) Evaluation of a behavior-centered design strategy for creating demand for oral PrEP among young women in Cape Town, South Africa. Gates open research, 4. 29-. ISSN 2572-4754 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13103.2

Sands, M; (2020) Developing and Evaluating A Novel Intervention to Improve the Hand Hygiene Behaviour of Nurses In Acute Care Hospital Units in the United States. PhD thesis, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17037/PUBS.04657204

Sands, Madeline; Aiken, Alexander M; Cumming, Oliver; Aunger, Robert; (2020) The effect of behavioural interventions targeting hand hygiene practices among nurses in high-income hospital settings: a systematic review. PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS, 41 (1). 29-. ISSN 0301-0422 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40985-020-00141-6

Sands, Madeline; Aunger, Robert; (2020) Determinants of hand hygiene compliance among nurses in US hospitals: A formative research study. PLOS ONE, 15 (4). e0230573-. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230573

Schmidt, Wolf-Peter; Chauhan, Kavita; Bhavsar, Priya; Yasobant, Sandul; Patwardhan, Vaibhav; Aunger, Robert; Mavalankar, Dileep; Saxena, Deepak; Curtis, Val; (2020) Cluster-randomised trial to test the effect of a behaviour change intervention on toilet use in rural India: results and methodological considerations. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 20 (1). 1389-. ISSN 1471-2458 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09501-y

Watson, Julie; Cumming, Oliver; Aunger, Robert; Deola, Claudio; Chase, Rachel P; Dreibelbis, Robert; (2020) Child handwashing in an internally displaced persons camp in Northern Iraq: A qualitative multi-method exploration of motivational drivers and other handwashing determinants. PLOS ONE, 15 (2). e0228482-. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228482

Chipungu, Jenala; Tidwell, James B; Chilengi, Roma; Curtis, Valerie; Aunger, Robert; (2019) The social dynamics around shared sanitation in an informal settlement of Lusaka, Zambia. JOURNAL OF WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE FOR DEVELOPMENT, 9 (1). pp. 102-110. ISSN 2043-9083 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2018.102

Curtis, Val; Dreibelbis, Robert; Buxton, Helen; Izang, Nancy; Adekunle, Dara; Aunger, Robert; (2019) Behaviour settings theory applied to domestic water use in Nigeria: A new conceptual tool for the study of routine behaviour. Social Science and Medicine, 235. 112398-. ISSN 0277-9536 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112398

Czerniewska, Alexandra; Muangi, Winnie C; Aunger, Robert; Massa, Khalid; Curtis, Val; (2019) Theory-driven formative research to inform the design of a national sanitation campaign in Tanzania. PloS one, 14 (8). e0221445-. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221445

Tidwell, James B; Chipungu, Jenala; Bosomprah, Samuel; Aunger, Robert; Curtis, Val; Chilengi, Roma; (2019) Effect of a behaviour change intervention on the quality of peri-urban sanitation in Lusaka, Zambia: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Planetary Health, 3 (4). e187-e196. ISSN 2542-5196 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(19)30036-1

Tidwell, James B; Chipungu, Jenala; Chilengi, Roma; Curtis, Val; Aunger, Robert; (2019) Using a theory-driven creative process to design a peri-urban on-site sanitation quality improvement intervention. BMC public health, 19 (1). 565-. ISSN 1471-2458 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6898-7

Tidwell, James B; Terris-Prestholt, Fern; Quaife, Matthew; Aunger, Robert; (2019) Understanding demand for higher quality sanitation in peri-urban Lusaka, Zambia through stated and revealed preference analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 232. pp. 139-147. ISSN 0277-9536 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.04.046

Judah, Gaby; Gardner, Benjamin; Kenward, Michael G; DeStavola, Bianca; Aunger, Robert; (2018) Exploratory study of the impact of perceived reward on habit formation. BMC psychology, 6 (1). 62-. ISSN 2050-7283 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-018-0270-z

Tidwell, JB; (2018) Creating Demand for Peri-Urban Sanitation in Lusaka, Zambia. PhD (research paper style) thesis, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17037/PUBS.04668354

Tidwell, James B; Chipungu, Jenala; Chilengi, Roma; Aunger, Robert; (2018) Assessing peri-urban sanitation quality using a theoretically derived composite measure in Lusaka, Zambia. Journal of water, sanitation, and hygiene for development, 8 (4). pp. 668-678. ISSN 2043-9083 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2018.029

Tidwell, James B; Chipungu, Jenala; Chilengi, Roma; Curtis, Valerie; Aunger, Robert; (2018) Theory-driven formative research on on-site, shared sanitation quality improvement among landlords and tenants in peri-urban Lusaka, Zambia. International journal of environmental health research, 29 (3). pp. 312-325. ISSN 0960-3123 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2018.1543798

Watson, Julie; Dreibelbis, Robert; Aunger, Robert; Deola, Claudio; King, Katrice; Long, Susan; Chase, Rachel P; Cumming, Oliver; (2018) Child's play: Harnessing play and curiosity motives to improve child handwashing in a humanitarian setting. International journal of hygiene and environmental health, 222 (2). pp. 177-182. ISSN 1438-4639 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2018.09.002

Judah, Gaby; de Witt Huberts, Jessie; Drassal, Allan; Aunger, Robert; (2017) The development and validation of a Real Time Location System to reliably monitor everyday activities in natural contexts. PloS one, 12 (2). e0171610-. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171610

Aunger, Robert; Curtis, Valerie; (2016) Behaviour Centred Design: towards an applied science of behaviour change. Health psychology review, 10 (4). pp. 425-446. ISSN 1743-7199 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2016.1219673

Aunger, Robert; Greenland, Katie; Ploubidis, George; Schmidt, Wolf; Oxford, John; Curtis, Valerie; (2016) The Determinants of Reported Personal and Household Hygiene Behaviour: A Multi-Country Study. PloS one, 11 (8). e0159551-. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159551

Aunger, R; Curtis, V; (2015) Gaining control: how human behaviour evolved. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. ISBN 9780199688951 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/2305315

Judah, GD; (2015) An Investigation into the Psychological Determinants of Health Habit Formation. PhD thesis, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17037/PUBS.02121556

Aunger, R; Curtis, V; (2014) The Evo-Eco approach to behaviour change. In: Lawson, D; Gibson, M, (eds.) Applied Evolutionary Anthropology. Springer, Berlin, pp. 271-295. ISBN 978-1-4939-0280-4 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0280-4_12

Aunger, Robert; Curtis, Valerie; (2014) Unintentional behaviour change. The Behavioral and brain sciences, 37 (4). 418-. ISSN 0140-525X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13003117 Full text not available from this repository.

Biran, Adam; Schmidt, Wolf-Peter; Varadharajan, Kiruba Sankar; Rajaraman, Divya; Kumar, Raja; Greenland, Katie; Gopalan, Balaji; Aunger, Robert; Curtis, Val; (2014) Effect of a behaviour-change intervention on handwashing with soap in India (SuperAmma): a cluster-randomised trial. The Lancet Global health, 2 (3). e145-e154. ISSN 2214-109X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70160-8

Rajaraman, Divya; Varadharajan, Kiruba Sankar; Greenland, Katie; Curtis, Val; Kumar, Raja; Schmidt, Wolf-Peter; Aunger, Robert; Biran, Adam; (2014) Implementing effective hygiene promotion: lessons from the process evaluation of an intervention to promote handwashing with soap in rural India. BMC public health, 14 (1). 1179-. ISSN 1471-2458 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1179

Greenland, Katie; Iradati, Endang; Ati, Abigael; Maskoen, Yanti Yulianti; Aunger, Robert; (2013) The context and practice of handwashing among new mothers in Serang, Indonesia: a formative research study. BMC public health, 13 (1). 830-. ISSN 1471-2458 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-830

Judah, Gaby; Gardner, Benjamin; Aunger, Robert; (2013) Forming a flossing habit: an exploratory study of the psychological determinants of habit formation. British journal of health psychology, 18 (2). pp. 338-353. ISSN 1359-107X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8287.2012.02086.x Full text not available from this repository.

Krentel, Alison; Aunger, Robert; (2012) Causal chain mapping: a novel method to analyse treatment compliance decisions relating to lymphatic filariasis elimination in Alor, Indonesia. Health policy and planning, 27 (5). pp. 384-395. ISSN 0268-1080 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czr048 Full text not available from this repository.

Curtis, V; Aunger, R; (2011) Motivational mismatch: evolved motives as the source of - and solution to - global public health problems. In: Roberts, C, (ed.) Applied Evolutionary Psychology. Oxford University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199586073.003.0016 Full text not available from this repository.

Curtis, V; Aunger, R; (2011) Motivational mismatch: evolved motives as the source of - and solution to - global public health problems. In: Roberts, SC, (ed.) Applied evolutionary psychology. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 259-275. https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/611206

Curtis, Valerie; de Barra, Mícheál; Aunger, Robert; (2011) Disgust as an adaptive system for disease avoidance behaviour. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological sciences, 366 (1563). pp. 389-401. ISSN 0962-8436 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0117

Fleischman, Diana S; Webster, Gregory D; Judah, Gaby; de Barra, Mícheál; Aunger, Robert; Curtis, Valerie A; (2011) Sensor recorded changes in rates of hand washing with soap in response to the media reports of the H1N1 pandemic in Britain. BMJ open, 1 (2). e000127-. ISSN 2044-6055 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000127

Aunger, R; (2010) What's special about human technology? Cambridge journal of economics, 34 (1). pp. 115-123. ISSN 0309-166X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bep018 Full text not available from this repository.

Aunger, Robert; (2010) Types of technology. Technological forecasting and social change, 77 (5). pp. 762-782. ISSN 0040-1625 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2010.01.008 Full text not available from this repository.

Aunger, Robert; Schmidt, Wolf-Peter; Ranpura, Ashish; Coombes, Yolande; Maina, Peninnah Mukiri; Matiko, Carol Nkatha; Curtis, Valerie; (2009) Three kinds of psychological determinants for hand-washing behaviour in Kenya. Social science & medicine (1982), 70 (3). pp. 383-391. ISSN 0277-9536 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.038 Full text not available from this repository.

Curtis, Valerie A; Danquah, Lisa O; Aunger, Robert V; (2009) Planned, motivated and habitual hygiene behaviour: an eleven country review. Health education research, 24 (4). pp. 655-673. ISSN 0268-1153 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyp002

Judah, Gaby; Aunger, Robert; Schmidt, Wolf-Peter; Michie, Susan; Granger, Stewart; Curtis, Val; (2009) Experimental pretesting of hand-washing interventions in a natural setting. American journal of public health, 99 Sup (Suppl ). S405-S411. ISSN 0090-0036 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2009.164160 Full text not available from this repository.

Schmidt, Wolf-Peter; Aunger, Robert; Coombes, Yolande; Maina, Peninnah Mukiri; Matiko, Carol Nkatha; Biran, Adam; Curtis, Val; (2009) Determinants of handwashing practices in Kenya: the role of media exposure, poverty and infrastructure. Tropical medicine & international health, 14 (12). pp. 1534-1541. ISSN 1360-2276 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02404.x Full text not available from this repository.

Aunger, Robert; Curtis, Valerie; (2008) Kinds of behaviour. Biology & philosophy, 23 (3). pp. 317-345. ISSN 0169-3867 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-007-9108-4 Full text not available from this repository.

Aunger, R; Curtis, V; (2007) Consolidating Behaviour Change Theory. Technical Report. Unilever Plc. https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/9475

Aunger, Robert; (2007) Major transitions in ‘big’ history. Technological forecasting and social change, 74 (8). pp. 1137-1163. ISSN 0040-1625 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2007.01.006 Full text not available from this repository.

Aunger, Robert; (2007) A rigorous periodization of ‘big’ history. Technological forecasting and social change, 74 (8). pp. 1164-1178. ISSN 0040-1625 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2007.01.007 Full text not available from this repository.

Aunger, Robert; (2007) Tooth brushing as routine behaviour. International dental journal, 57 (5). pp. 364-376. ISSN 0020-6539 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1875-595x.2007.tb00163.x Full text not available from this repository.

Curtis, V; Danquah, L; Aunger, R; (2007) What do we know about handwashing practices?A review of the results of ten formative research studies. Technical Report. Unilever plc. https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/9474

Rubio-Godoy, M; Aunger, R; Curtis, V; (2007) Serotonin--a link between disgust and immunity? Medical hypotheses, 68 (1). pp. 61-66. ISSN 0306-9877 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2006.06.036 Full text not available from this repository.

Scott, Beth E; Schmidt, Wolf P; Aunger, Robert; Garbrah-Aidoo, Nana; Animashaun, Rasaaque; (2007) Marketing hygiene behaviours: the impact of different communication channels on reported handwashing behaviour of women in Ghana. Health education research, 23 (3). pp. 392-401. ISSN 0268-1153 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cym056 Full text not available from this repository.

Aunger, R; (2006) What's the matter with memes? In: Grafen, A; Ridley, M, (eds.) Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think. Oxford University Press, Oxford. https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/11082

Aunger, Robert; (2006) Culture evolves only if there is cultural inheritance. The Behavioral and brain sciences, 29 (4). pp. 347-348. ISSN 0140-525X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x0622908x Full text not available from this repository.

Cordaux, Richard; Aunger, Robert; Bentley, Gillian; Nasidze, Ivane; Sirajuddin, SM; Stoneking, Mark; (2004) Independent origins of Indian caste and tribal paternal lineages. Current biology, 14 (3). pp. 231-235. ISSN 0960-9822 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2004.01.024 Full text not available from this repository.

Cordaux, Richard; Bentley, Gillian; Aunger, Robert; Sirajuddin, SM; Stoneking, Mark; (2004) Y-STR haplotypes from eight south Indian groups based on five loci. Journal of forensic sciences, 49 (4). pp. 847-848. ISSN 0022-1198 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1520/jfs2003350 Full text not available from this repository.

Curtis, Val; Aunger, Robert; Rabie, Tamer; (2004) Evidence that disgust evolved to protect from risk of disease. Proceedings Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 271 Su (Suppl ). S131-S133. ISSN 0962-8452 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2003.0144 Full text not available from this repository.

Aunger, R; (2003) Reflexive Ethnographic Science. AltaMira Press. https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/15426 Full text not available from this repository.

Aunger, R; (2003) Cultural transmission and diffusion. In: Nadel, L, (ed.) Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. MacMillan, London. https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/15427 Full text not available from this repository.

Aunger, R; (2002) The Electric Meme: A New Theory of How We Think. Free Press (Simon and Schuster). https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/15425 Full text not available from this repository.

Aunger, Robert; (2002) Exposure versus Susceptibility in the Epidemiology of "Everyday" Beliefs. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 2 (2). pp. 113-157. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/156853702320281845 Full text not available from this repository.

Aunger, R; (2001) Conclusion. In: Aunger, R, (ed.) Darwinizing Culture: The Status of Memetics as a Science. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 205-232. https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/15422

Aunger, R; (2001) Introduction. In: Aunger, R, (ed.) Darwinizing Culture: The Status of Memetics as a Science. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 1-23. ISBN 9780192632449 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192632449.003.0001