Tobias Brosch

Affiliations: Faculty of Psychology and Science of Education, Psychology Section

Group name: Consumer Decision and Sustainable Behavior

Domains: Affective and Social Neurosciences

Keywords: behavioral economics, decision making

Research activities

The climatic changes that have been increasingly observed in recent years are to a large extent driven by human activities linked to energy overconsumption and overreliance on fossil energy sources. Developing a more sustainable energy use is one of the most pressing tasks facing our planet and its inhabitants. Using an interdisciplinary approach that combines psychology, affective sciences, behavioral economics, and neuroscience, our research group aims at contributing to this “energy turn” by trying to understand the factors and mechanisms that drive decisions related to energy consumption.

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Latest publications

The effectiveness of nudging: A meta-analysis of choice architecture interventions across behavioral domains.

Mertens S , Herberz M , Hahnel UJJ , Brosch T

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 01 2022

Interindividual differences in environmentally relevant positive trait affect impacts sustainable behavior in everyday life.

Doell KC , Conte B , Brosch T

Scientific reports - 10 2021

The rise of affectivism.

Dukes D , Abrams K , Adolphs R , Ahmed ME , Beatty A , Berridge KC , Broomhall S , Brosch T , Campos JJ , Clay Z , Clément F , Cunningham WA , Damasio A , Damasio H , D'Arms J , Davidson JW , de Gelder B , Deonna J , de Sousa R , Ekman P , Ellsworth PC , Fehr E , Fischer A , Foolen A , Frevert U , Grandjean D , Gratch J , Greenberg L , Greenspan P , Gross JJ , Halperin E , Kappas A , Keltner D , Knutson B , Konstan D , Kret ME , LeDoux JE , Lerner JS , Levenson RW , Loewenstein G , Manstead ASR , Maroney TA , Moors A , Niedenthal P , Parkinson B , Pavlidis I , Pelachaud C , Pollak SD , Pourtois G , Roettger-Roessler B , Russell JA , Sauter D , Scarantino A , Scherer KR , Stearns P , Stets JE , Tappolet C , Teroni F , Tsai J , Turner J , Reekum CV , Vuilleumier P , Wharton T , Sander D

Nature human behaviour - 07 2021

Goal-relevant situations facilitate memory of neutral faces.

Montagrin A , Sterpenich V , Brosch T , Grandjean D , Armony J , Ceravolo L , Sander D

Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience - 12 2018

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Videos

Une étude s'intéresse aux freins psychologiques qui empêchent d'agir pour l'écologie

Égoïste ou altruiste: comment se projette-t-on dans l'avenir?

Environnement, jouer sur la corde sensible

Contact

Faculté de psychologie et sciences de l’éducation
Université de Genève
Email: Tobias.Brosch@unige.ch