Montag, Christian http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8112-0837
Rumpf, Hans-Jürgen
Funding for this research was provided by:
German Innovation Fund
Article History
Accepted: 22 April 2021
First Online: 8 July 2021
Declarations
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: None. Nevertheless, and for reasons of transparency Dr. Montag mentions that he has received (to Ulm University and earlier University of Bonn) grants from agencies such as the German Research Foundation (DFG). At the moment, Dr. Montag carries out a research project in the realm of digital phenotyping funded by Mindstrong Health (Mountain View, CA, USA). Dr. Montag also is among the developers of the Insights-App to study human behavior (ExternalRef removed). Dr. Montag has performed grant reviews for several agencies; has edited journal sections and articles; has given academic lectures in clinical or scientific venues or companies; and has generated books or book chapters for publishers of mental health texts. For some of these activities, he received royalties, but never from gaming or social media companies. Dr. Montag mentions that he is part of a discussion circle (Digitalität und Verantwortung: ExternalRef removed) debating ethical questions linked to social media, digitalization, and society/democracy at Facebook. In this context, he receives no salary for his activities. Finally, he mentions that he currently functions as independent scientist on the scientific advisory board of the Nymphenburg group. This activity is financially compensated. Dr. Rumpf has received funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Federal German Ministry of Health, the German Research Foundation (DFG), the German Innovation Fund, and the Federal States of Germany. He has been part on expert meetings of the WHO on behavioral addictions. He has not received funding from the industry.