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Barbara Oberbauer @barbaraoberbauer.bsky.social · Sep 8

Excited to share joint work with Ulf Hahnel and @sgluth.bsky.social on investigating how attribute translations - a widely implemented behavior intervention - lead to more ecological consumer choices. Main results are below, but check out our preprint 👇
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Computational Mechanisms of Attribute Translations

Attribute translations, a choice architecture intervention technique aiming to promote behavior change by translating decision-relevant information into more comprehensible and meaningful units for la...

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Kristian Steensen Nielsen @kristiansn89.bsky.social · Jun 10

Excited to share our new review article in @natrevcleantech.nature.com. We synthesize evidence across disciplines to understand the psychological and contextual determinants of household clean #energy adoption 🏘️🔋

Free read: rdcu.be/epJUS
#GreenSky @psbclab.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Psychological and contextual determinants of clean energy technology adoption - Nature Reviews Clean Technology

Consumer adoption of clean technologies is needed to reduce emissions and meet climate targets, but psychological and contextual barriers slow and even prevent uptake. This Review examines these barri...

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · Jun 10

🙌 It’s been a pleasure working with a great team of co-authors on a truly interdisciplinary effort. Thanks to Anne Günther, Lukas Engel, Matthew Hornsey, @kristiansn89.bsky.social, Joyashree Roy, Linda Steg, Kim-Pong Tam, @valkengoed.bsky.social, Kim Wolske, Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, Ulf Hahnel (4/4)

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · Jun 10

2️⃣ Understanding these factors is key to designing interventions that actually work. We discuss the most effective interventions—psychological or structural—for targeting the psychological and contextual determinants. (3/4)

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · Jun 10

1️⃣ We examine what shapes people’s decisions to adopt clean technologies (EVs, PV, heat pumps, & battery storage) & bring together evidence on how cognitive biases, personal & social motivations as well as broader contextual conditions (e.g., infrastructure & pricing) affect adoption. (2/4)

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · Jun 10

🌱 We are excited to share our latest research: The review article “Psychological and contextual determinants of clean energy technology adoption” is now published in @natrevcleantech.nature.com!

✏️ Read the full article here: rdcu.be/epJUS
🔒 Download here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Psychological and contextual determinants of clean energy technology adoption

Nature Reviews Clean Technology - Consumer adoption of clean technologies is needed to reduce emissions and meet climate targets, but psychological and contextual barriers slow and even prevent...

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Environmental Psychology Groningen @epgroningen.bsky.social · Jun 9

Consumer decisions depend on context:

🟢 policy/political
🟢 built environment
🟢 personal/household socio-demography
🟢 personal/social motivations

These factors shape our green tech uptake. Interventions combining them all could be more impactful & effective.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Psychological and contextual determinants of clean energy technology adoption - Nature Reviews Clean Technology

Consumer adoption of clean technologies is needed to reduce emissions and meet climate targets, but psychological and contextual barriers slow and even prevent uptake. This Review examines these barri...

www.nature.com

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · Jun 2

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · Jun 2

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on the intersection of psychology, sustainability, and transformation as part of the university-wide research development program “Embracing Transformation” of the Leuphana University.
#Academia #Leuphana #Postdoc

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · Jun 2

🚨 Another open postdoc position "Psychology of Transformation" at Leuphana in Lüneburg 🚨
✏️ Apply here: s.academiccloud.de/Thqqfi (5 years, 100%)
🔗 The position is related to this PhD position: bsky.app/profile/oliv...

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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · Jun 2

Are you passionate about #scicomm & psychology in the context of #Sustainability? We are looking for a PhD-candidate (75%; 4 yrs) for the Hub Science project "Psychology of Transformation" at Leuphana University Lüneburg! www.leuphana.de/universitaet...

Hub Science Project “Psychology of Transformation towards Sustainability”: Doctoral Research Associate with a background in Psychology or a related field

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · May 23

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · May 23

🚨 We’re hiring! Join our research team in Lüneburg 🚨
🔬 Postdoc: s.academiccloud.de/8fEM2Y
🎓 PhD: s.academiccloud.de/vNbRHM
We're looking for researchers to work on the intersection between psychology and sustainability. Apply now or share with someone who should!
#Academia #PhD #Postdoc

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · May 15

🔗 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1037/mot0...
🔗 Read the preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...

#BehaviorChange #Sustainability #ChoiceArchitecture #Nudging#SelfControl (6/6)

PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · May 15

❗ Even though the focus of this framework lies on the individual's self-control process, the authors stress that nudging can only be a complementary strategy to larger systemic changes in mitigating climate change. (5/6)

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · May 15

3️⃣ Derive hypotheses on the main intervention effects and moderating effects of self-control components,
4️⃣ Show how nudges, nudging plus, and boosts might affect similar self-control processes, and
5️⃣ Call for more targeted, theory-driven, and scalable behavior change interventions. (4/6)

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · May 15

By integrating choice architecture literature with self-control theory, they:
1️⃣ Contribute to understanding when and why interventions work (or don’t),
2️⃣ Propose six key psychological mechanisms of influence, (3/6)

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · May 15

The paper provides a novel perspective on how nudges work. They argue that the effectiveness of choice architecture interventions might lie in their influence on self-control processes—including desire inhibition, goal activation, control motivation & capacity, & behavioral feasibility. (2/6)

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · May 15

New Publication in APA's Motivation Science!

We are excited to share our latest work: “Empowering Change: A Self-Control Perspective on How Choice Architecture Interventions Can Promote Sustainable Behavior Change” from Lukas Engel, Charlotte A. Kukowski & Ulf Hahnel. (1/6)

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Zahra Rahmani @zah-rahmani.bsky.social · Mar 13

Check out the preprint here osf.io/preprints/ps... with open data, analysis and supplementary materials. Thanks to all coauthors (5/5)

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Zahra Rahmani @zah-rahmani.bsky.social · Mar 13

New preprint alert with @tspampatti.bsky.social, Sebastian Gluth, Kim-Pong Tam and Ulf Hahnel! What messages about climate change do people consume? In our pre-registered three-country study, we find that people prefer to read messages that are aligned with their initial climate beliefs. (1/5)

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · Feb 24

10 lucky winners get to take home the groceries they selected during a food choice study. Our master student Lara is all smiles as she rewards the participants. Lara did a great job leading this research project with an incentive-compatible food choice task.

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · Feb 10

We had a great & inspiring PhD Conference last week. Doctoral students of the Society and Choice Program presented their ongoing research projects: plenty of fruitful discussions and exciting contributions. Thanks to the Doctoral Program and the Faculty of Psychology for hosting such a great event.

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · Feb 10

The model is published open access (doi.org/10.25937/vjc...) and, thanks to its accessible design, can be customized to meet the needs of researchers, practitioners, and the general public.

Article link (open access): doi.org/10.1016/j.cr... (7/7)

Co-adoption of low-carbon household energy technologies

The model simulates the diffusion of four low-carbon energy technologies among households: photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, electric vehicles (EVs), heat pumps, and home batteries. We model household d...

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · Feb 10

The results underscore the need for tailored policy mixes that ensure a balanced and equitable energy transition. These insights can help policymakers design effective policy mixes that drive the widespread adoption of low-carbon technologies and reduce the consumers' environmental impact. (6/7)

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PSCA Joint Research Group @psbclab.bsky.social · Feb 10

For example, while subsidies can effectively promote solar panel adoption, their impact increases significantly when combined with complementary policies such as neighborhood batteries and tenant support. (5/7)

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