Junior professorship for Sustainability Science and Psychology

Organisational unit: Professoship

Organisation profile

The research group combines decision psychology with climate and sustainability research. We work closely with practitioners and international colleagues from other disciplines, such as climate research, meteorology, economics and engineering.

Main research areas

On the one hand, we research risk perception and communication. This includes what differentiates people in their risk perception, as well as how users understand different communication formats for climate and environmental risks and associated uncertainty.
Second, we look at mechanisms of climate-related (everyday) decision-making, especially the simple rules of thumb that people often use to deal with an overabundance of information, such as on climate change.
Our findings help people make informed decisions about sustainability and adapt effectively to challenges such as climate change.

  1. 2022
  2. Wie wir Hürden in der Klimakommunikation(sflut) erfolgreich meistern

    Kause, A. (Speaker)

    14.11.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. What remains to be done to achieve open, global science

    Kause, A. (Speaker) & Kütt, M. (Speaker)

    10.11.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  4. 1.5 Grad: ein Werkstattgespräch

    Kause, A. (Speaker) & Bünning, N. (Speaker)

    30.10.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. A moral dilemma about terrorism: Predicting desisions in the play "Terror" by Ferdinand von Schirach

    Kause, A. (Speaker), Thum, C. M. (Speaker) & Frisch, L. K. (Speaker)

    13.09.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. A behavioral science view onto climate risk and uncertainty communications

    Kause, A. (Speaker)

    23.05.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  7. A behavioral science view onto climate risk and uncertainty communications

    Kause, A. (Speaker)

    19.05.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  8. Stürme, Hitze, Fluten - die Psychologie von Klimarisiken

    Kause, A. (Speaker)

    26.04.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  9. Public perceptions of 1.5 degrees

    Kause, A. (Speaker)

    17.03.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch