Research Cluster: Emotions & Norms for Sustainable Development
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This cluster investigates the influence of emotions and social norms on sustainable development. The issues considered include sustainable consumption, service management, energy price development, and climate policy.
- Acceptance of wind energy
- Attachment and emotional regulation in the context of sustainable consumption
- The influence of (moral) considerations and emotions on the acceptance of and protest against political measures
- Emotions and environmental protests
- Sentiments and energy prices
- The gap between attitude and behavior
- The phasing out of coal and compensation payments
- Supply chains with the participation of the Global South
- Beckmann, J.; Brunne, J.; Heinrich, T. (2026): Inflation expectations and cognitive uncertainty, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, in print.
- Eichner, Th.; Pethig, R. (2026): How Important are IEAs formitigation if countries are of the homo moraliis type?, Environmental and Resource Economics, in print.
- Barbett, L. et al. (2026): Nature Connectedness and Well-Being: Evidence from a Multi-National Investigation Across 75 Countries , Journal of Environmental Psychology, in print.
- Kreße, B.; Harrer, T. K. (2025): Von Lebenshöfen, "Seuchenbekämpfung" und Tierethik, Natur und Recht, 450-461.
- Kreße, B.; Hellwig, V.; Hellmanzik, C. (2025): Transformation im nordrhein-westfälischen Wirtschaftsdelta, in: Reicher/Celik u. a., Transformation zwischen Maas und Rhein: Eine Region im Wandel, Berlin,198-200.
- Eckerle, F.; Landmann, H. (2025): Zukunft erleben, Wandel gestalten: Die Kraft konkreter Utopien, in W. Hofmann et al.(Hrsg.): Policy Ultra-Briefs aus der Psychologie und angrenzenden Verhaltenswissenschaften, Reihe 1 - Klimaschutz.
- Eckerle, F.; Clarke, E. J.; Landmann, H. (2025): When the Means are no Dead End: Effects of Witnessing Direct Collective Action for Traffic Transformation, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 102851.
- Hübner, G.; Gaschler, R.; Hildebrand, J.; Landmann, H.; Leschinger, V.; Müller, F.; Steinhorst, J. (2025): Psychologische Faktoren der Akzeptanz von Windenergieprojekten, in W. Hofmann et al. (Hrsg.): Policy Ultra-Briefs aus der Psychologie und angrenzenden Verhaltenswissenschaften, Reihe 1 - Klimaschutz.
- Eichner, T.; Runkel, M. (2025): Animal welfare, moral consumers and the optimal regulation of animal food production, Ecological Economics, 228, 108434.
- Eichner, T.; Schopf, M. (2025): Self-Enforcing Environmental Agreements with the Optimal Intensity of Cooperation, Environmental Resource Economics, 88, pp. 249-278.
- Barbett, L.; Rohmann, A.; Hollenback, C.; Landmann, H. (2025): Can feedback on CO2 emissions motivate pro-environmental behavior? An online intervention, Society & Natural Resources, published online.
- Eichner, T.; Pethig, R. (2024): International environmental agreements when countries behave morally, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 125, 102955.
- Eichner, T.; Schopf, M. (2024): On breadth and depth of climate agreements with pledge-and-review bargaining, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 125, 102952.
- Kreße, B. (2024): Sustainability Issues in the Supply and Value Chain under German Law, in: Milo/Oderkerk/Baaij (Hrsg.), The Energy Transition from a Comparative Perspective, Zutphen, pp. 35-50.
- Gaschler, R; Landmann, H. (2024): Motivationspsychologie für Umweltschutz und Nachhaltigkeit in der Sekundarstufe, in M. Krämer, & M. Imhof (Hrsg.) Psychologiedidaktik und Evaluation XV, S. 123-127, Shaker Verlag.
- Peter, N.; Landmann, H.; Bhar, S.; Rohmann, A. (2024): Die Psychologie der Klima(un)gerechtigkeit. Kritische Umweltpsychologie, S. 257-272, Psychosozial-Verlag.
- Landmann, H.; Naumann, J. (2024): Being positively moved by climate protest predicts peaceful collective action, Global Environmental Psychology, 2, Article e11113.
- Rogmann, J.; Beckmann, J.; Gaschler, R.; Landmann H. (2024): Media Sentiment Emotions and Consumer Energy Prices, Energy Economics, 130, 107278.
- Brunne, J. (2024): The role of information provision for sustainable investing, published online.
- Brunne, Jennifer; Schreiber, Sven (2024): Carbon credit sentiments and green energy stocks, Applied Economics (online)
- Symanski, U.; Schuster, H. (2024): Eine Million Unterschriften – Radentscheide schreiben Demokratiegeschichte [ One million petition signatures - referendums make democratic history, in H. K. Heußner, A. Pautsch, F. Rehmet, & L. Kiepe (Eds.), Mehr direkte Demokratie wagen: Volksentscheid und Bürgerentscheid – Geschichte, Praxis, Vorschläge (Daring more direct democracy: referendums and plebiscites - history, practice, proposals), pp. 275 - 284, Lau-Verlag.
- Kreße, B. (2023): L'inconstitutionnalité du transfert de fonds destinés à la gestion de la pandémie Corona vers un fonds pour l'énergie et le climat (Tribunal constitutionnel fédéral allemand, arrêt du 15 novembre 2023, numéro 2 BvF 1/22), Questions Constitutionnelles - Revue de droit constitutionnel, online.
- Landmann, H.; Kachel, S.; Kommerscheidt, L.; Lange, F.; Richter, I. (2023): Assessing Diversity Dimensions in Environmental Psychology: Challenges and Recommendations, Umweltpsychologie, pp. 8-33.
- Landmann, H. & Naumann, J. (2024): Being positively moved by climate protest predicts peaceful collective action, Global Environmental Psychology.
- Hofmann, W.; Landmann, H. (2023): Editorial zur Themenausgabe: "Mind the Gap: Psychologie der Klimakrise", The Inquisitive Mind, 4.
- Eichner, T.; Kollenbach, G. (2023): Participation and Duration of Environmental Agreements: Investment Lags Matter, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 10(1), pp. 33-53.
- Eichner, T.; Kollenbach, G.; Schopf, M. (2023): Demand- versus Supply-Side Climate Policies with a Carbon Dioxide Ceiling, Economic Journal, 133(652), pp. 1371-1406.
- Katsarava, M.; Gaschler, R. (2023): Fluctuations in the wind energy supply do not impair acceptance of wind farms, Sustainable Energy Research,10(1).
- Schuster, H.; van der Noll, J.; Rohmann, A. (2023): Orientation towards the common good in cities: The role of individual urban mobility behavior, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 91, 102125.
- Eichner, T.; Pethig, R. (2022): Kantians defy the economists’ mantra of uniform Pigouvian emissions taxes, Ecological Economics 200, 107514.
- Eichner, T.; Pethig, R. (2021): Climate policy and moral consumers, Scandinavian Journal of Economics 123(4), pp. 1190-1226.
- Katsavara, M.; Landmann, H.; Gaschler, R. (2021): No matter how you mark the points on the fever curve – Threatening shapes do not add to threat of climate change, Current Psychology, 42, pp. 12190-12201.
- Seger, B.; Wullenkord, M.; Hamann, K.; Chokrai, P.; Landmann, H. (2021): Psychologie des sozial-ökologischen Wandels: eine offene virtuelle Vorlesung. In L. Dohm, F. Peter, & K. van Bronswijk (Hrsg.), „Climate Action“ – Handlungshemmnisse und Handlungsmöglichkeiten in der Klimakrise. Psychosozial Verlag.
- Landmann, H.; Rohmann, A. (2020): Wir sind hier, wir sind laut, weil ihr uns die Zukunft klaut!“ – Warum engagieren sich Menschen gemeinsam für den Umweltschutz? The Inquisitive Mind, 2.
- Landmann, H.; Rohmann, A. (2020): Being moved by protest: Group-efficacy beliefs and injustice appraisals affect community-oriented and punishment-oriented collective action for forest protection via positive and negative emotions. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 71, 101491.
- Landmann, H. (2020): Emotions in the context of environmental protection: Theoretical considerations concerning emotion types, eliciting processes, and affect generalization, Umweltpsychologie, 24(2), pp. 61-73.
- Barbett, L.; Stupple, E. J. N.; Sweet, M.; Schofield, M. B.;, Richardson, M. (2020): Measuring Actions for Nature—Development and Validation of a Pro-Nature Conservation Behaviour Scale, Sustainability, 12(12), 4885.
- Jaeger-Erben, M.; Landmann, H. (2020): Ist das noch gut oder kann das weg? Die Umweltpsychologie erklärt den Wegwerftrend, The Inquisitive Mind, 2.
- Richardson, M.; Passmore, H.; Barbett, L.; Lumber, R.; Thomas, R.; Hunt, A. (2020): The green care code: How nature connectedness and simple activities help explain pro-nature coservation behaviours, People and Nature, 2(3), pp. 821-839.
- Richardson, M., Hunt, A., Hinds, J., Bragg, R., Fido, D., Petronzi, D., … White, M. (2019). A Measure of Nature Connectedness for Children and Adults: Validation, Performance, and Insights. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11123250
- Theoretical Foundations of Environmental Policy among Moral Consumers (DFG, 2021-2024)
- Visualising of a ton CO2 and the effects on the willingness to pay for it (FernUni, 2022; Dr. Helen Landmann & Prof. Dr. Robert Schmidt)
- Dr. Lea Barbett (Community Psychology)
- Prof. Dr. Joscha Beckmann (Economics, esp. Macroeconomics)
- Jennifer Brunne (Economcis, esp. Macroconomics)
- Eileen Czaja (Civil Law, German and European Business Law, Energy Law and Comparative Law)
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Eichner (Economics, esp. Finance)
- Prof. Dr. Robert Gaschler (General Psychology: Learning, Motivation, Emotion)
- Tuvana Gülcan (Civil Law, German and European Business Law, Energy Law and Comparative Law)
- Anna Hähnel (Civil Law, German and European Business Law, Energy Law and Comparative Law)
- Teresa Harrer (Civil Law, German and European Business Law, Energy Law and Comparative Law)
- Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kreße (Civil Law, German and European Business Law, Energy Law and Comparative Law)
- Dr. Helen Landmann (Community Psychology)
- Prof. Dr. Kathrin Loer (Political Science)
- Dr. Julia Lena Reinermann (Communication Science)
- Harald Schuster (Community Psychology)
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Dr. Jennifer Brunne
Cluster Spokesperson
Email: jennifer.brunne
Phone: +49 2331 987-2641
E/E/S Research Center
| 20.07.2026
