Daniel Hanss (Dipl. Business Psychology, University of Lueneburg, Germany, 2005) is a research fellow and doctoral candidate at the DICE-Lab.

 

Daniel studies consumer decisions that help promote sustainable development. An example is the purchasing of ecological and fair trade groceries.

 

His main research questions are:

How do consumers understand the sustainability concept in general and sustainable consumption in particular?

What psychological variables, such as values, time perspective, and self-efficacy beliefs, explain sustainable consumption?

How can sustainable consumption be promoted?

 

Before joining the DICE-Lab in 2008 he worked as a research consultant for GfK, an international market research institute, headquartered in Nuremberg (Germany).  

 

 

Publications

 

Bostrom, A., O'Connor, R. E., Böhm, G., Hanss, D., Bodi, O., Ekström, F., Halder, P., Jeschke, S., Mack, B., Qu, M., Rosentrater, L., Sandve, A., & Sælensminde, I. (in press). Causal thinking and support for climate change policies: International survey findings. Global Environmental Change: Human and Policy Dimensions. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.09.012  [abstract]

 

Hanss, D., & Böhm, G. (2011). Sustainability seen from the perspective of consumers. International Journal of Consumer Studies. doi: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2011.01045.x  [abstract]

 

Hanss, D., & Böhm, G. (2010). Can I make a difference? The role of general and domain-specific self-efficacy in sustainable consumption decisions. Umweltpsychologie, 14, 46-74. [pdf]

 

 

Invited talks and conference presentations (selected)

 

Hanss, D. & Böhm, G. (2011). The role of sustainable development self-efficacy beliefs in sustainable consumption. Poster presented at the Sustainable Consumption Conference 2011, Hamburg, D. [pdf]   

 

Hanss, D. & Böhm, G. (2011). A social dilemma perspective on sustainable consumption: The role of value orientation, time perspective, and self-efficacy beliefs with regard to encouraging others. Paper presented at the 9. Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, Eindhoven, Netherlands.

 

Böhm, G., Bostrom, A., O'Connor, R., Hanss, D. (2011). The role of causal beliefs in climate change perceptions and preferences for policy actions. Poster presented at the 23rd SPUDM Conference, London, UK. [pdf] 

 

Hanss, D. (2011). Predictors of sustainable consumption. Invited talk at the LüneLab, University of Lüneburg.

 

Hanss, D., Böhm, G., Bostrom, A., & O'Connor, R. (2010). Public perception of climate change: A cross-national comparison. Paper presented at the 21. IAPS Conference, Leipzig, Germany.

 

Hanss, D. (2010). Extending the social dilemma perspective on sustainable consumption. Paper presented at the ISP Forskningskonferansen 2010, Bergen, Norway. 

 

Böhm, G., Hanss, D., & Pfister, H-R. (2009). Affective color qualities shape color preferences. Poster presented at the 21st Annual APS Convention, San Francisco, USA. [pdf]

 

Hanss, D. (2009). What drives sustainable individual consumption? The role of efficacy beliefs in consumer preferences for sustainable groceries. Paper presented at the 8. Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, Zürich, Switzerland.

 

Hanss, D. (2009). General and domain specific self-efficacy beliefs and sustainable consumption. Poster presented at the 15. Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands.

 

 

Media coverage

Interview with Gisela Böhm and Daniel Hanss in Katarsis No. 2, 2011 (Norwegian) [pdf]