Year: 2023

As part of the project “DataDonations4SustainableChange”, in which Leonie Manzke and Prof. Dr. Verena Tiefenbeck are involved, the project team organized a workshop to discuss the potential of data donations with experts in the field. For this event, 26 representatives from industry and science gath...

Christoph Brabec, Verena Tiefenbeck and Ian Marius Peters have put their heads together to address current challenges in solar energy. The consortium talked about how to address some of these challenges and directions for future research in the latest issue of the FAU magazine.

Research team finds striking complementarities in digital behavioral interventions. Read more here in the Journal of Public Economics.

On November 6th, 2023, Prof. Dr. Verena Tiefenbeck gave a talk at the University of Cologne on the topic of “Behavioral economic incentives for saving energy” as part of the lecture series “Energy from the perspective of economic policy”. Many thanks to the University of Cologne for this opportunity...

On October 21, 2023, visitors to the LNDW were offered many opportunities to gain insights into the research of the departments and groups at WiSo. Our group was represented with a booth at the exhibition, where we presented a current online shopping study – Nudges for self-experience. Additionally...

In October 2023, Sven Nekula joined the Digital Transformation group as researcher/PhD student. He holds a master’s degree in Survey Statistics from the Otto-Friedrich-University in Bamberg. Sven has previously worked as a Data Scientist in the retail sector. We’re happy to have you on board!

We are proud to announce that the research paper, "Salience, transparency, and self-nudging: a digital nudge to promote healthier food product choices," has recently been published in the European Journal of Information Systems. We congratulate our Alumnus Leonard Michels to this great publication ...

Ziqian Xia from Tongji University will be researching digital interventions & analyzing observed recycling behavior from IoT-equipped stations in China. Looking forward to the collaboration!

Laax/Flims, 2023: The team met up with our sister groups of the Bits to Energy Lab Consortium, from ETH Zurich and the University of Bamberg, in Laax/Flims, Switzerland. During the three-day doctoral seminar, we became closer as a team, especially thanks to an exciting river-rafting trip! We thoroug...

Verena Tiefenbeck gave a keynote talk on “Interdisciplinary and impact-driven behavioral research: lessons learned” on July 12 at the Workshop „Experimental Economics for the Environment: Behavioral Change for a Sustainable World” in Bochum, Germany. The workshop was hosted by Prof. Dr. Andreas Lösc...