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. Published

    Confidence levels and likelihood terms in IPCC reports: a survey of experts from different scientific disciplines

    Kause, A., Bruine de Bruin, W., Persson, J., Thorén, H., Olsson, L., Wallin, A., Dessai, S. & Vareman, N., 01.07.2022, In: Climatic Change. 173, 1-2, 18 p., 2.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Science Communication as a Collective Intelligence Endeavor: A Manifesto and Examples for Implementation

    Holford, D., Fasce, A., Wulf, M., Kause, A., Tapper, K., Demko, M., Lewandowski, S., Hahn, U., Abels, C. M., Ahmed, A.-R., Sameer, A., Boender, S. T., Bruns, H., Fischer, H., Gilde, C., Hanel, P. H. P., Herzog, S. M., Lehmann, S., Nurse, M. S., Orr, C., Pescetelli, N., Petrescu, M., Sa, S., Schmid, P., Sirota, M. & Wulf, M., 08.2023, In: Science Communication. 45, 4, p. 539-554 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  3. E-pub ahead of print

    Defeminizing Sustainability: How to Boost Men’s Motivation for Proenvironmental Behavior

    Hällfritzsch, M., Volpi, L., Daniel, K. G., Somogyi, C., Kause, A., Reese, G. & Loschelder, D. D., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Motivation Science.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Public understanding of climate change terminology in Germany

    Wege, L., de Bruin, W. B. & Kause, A., 15.05.2024, In: Climatic Change. 177, 5, 27 p., 81.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  5. Published

    Expert Consensus Messaging as a Lever Against Vaccination Misinformation

    Kause, A. & Schmid, P., 24.09.2025, In: Collabra: Psychology. 11, 1, 16 p., 143778.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Gute Betreuung, faire Bewertungen und angemessene Arbeitsbedingungen ermoglichen exzellente Promotionen in der Psychologie: Kommentar der Jungmitgliedervertretung der DGPs zum Positionspapier

    Sperl, M. F. J., Attig, C., Baumgartner, L., Behlau, C., Bergmann, B., Bienefeld, M., Biller, A. M., Brandt, N. D., Buhler, J. L., Frauhammer, L. T., Frick, S., Friehs, M. T., Frischen, U., Handke, L., Hartmann, H., Hosterey, S., Hutmacher, F., Iffland, J. A., Irmer, J. P., Kause, A., Kern, M., Koller, J. E., Mischkowski, D., Musculus, L., Neef, N. E., Neuendorf, C., Nishen, A. K., Possler, D., Ritter, R., Rohr, M., Schmidt, V., Schwartz, B., Sensoy, O., Szota, K., Voormann, A. & Wendt, A. N., 01.07.2025, In: Psychologische Rundschau. 76, 3, p. 196-199 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  7. Published

    Intellectual humility links to metacognitive ability

    Fischer, H., Kause, A. & Huff, M., 05.2025, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 238, 7 p., 113028.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  4. Dienstleistungscontrolling
  5. Sprache und Sprechen in der Schule
  6. Medienwandel im Industrie- und Massenzeitalter (1830 - 1900)
  7. Gobernanza global y evolución de las energías renovables en el sur
  8. Copper phytoremediation potential of wild plant species growing in the mine polluted areas of Armenia
  9. Exports, imports and profitability: First evidence for manufacturing enterprises
  10. Blood triggered corrosion of magnesium alloys
  11. § 40 Republik Island
  12. Zirkulierende Spotify-Playlisten als Visualisierung und Katalysator von attachement zwischen Usern, Milieu und Geschmack
  13. en plein air
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  15. Rose Blanche, Rosa Weiss, Rosa Bianca
  16. Die Bedeutung von Ökobilanzen in Klinik und Praxis
  17. „Rasse“ und Naturteleologie bei Kant
  18. Transnationale Regulierung von Arbeit in globalen Güterketten
  19. Migrants and City-Making: Dispossession, Displacement, and Urban Regeneration Ayşe Çağlar & Nina Glick Schiller . Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2018. 280 pp
  20. Ordnen, was nicht zu sehen ist
  21. Vorabentscheidungsverfahren, Verhältnis zur Nichtigkeitsklage
  22. Adaptation strategies for sustainable water management of lake Nasser, Egypt, to climate change
  23. Democracia absoluta: atualidade e desafios de um conceito clássico
  24. Seasonal variability of the subpolar gyres in the Southern Ocean
  25. Rechtsangleichung zwischen Gemeinschafts- und Unionsrecht – die Richtlinie über die Vorratsdatenspeicherung vor dem EuGH
  26. Self-Assessment-Instrumente
  27. Edgar Reitz' 'Heimat' als Sozialgeschichte der Neuen Medien