Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
  MSc. Sascha Kuhn
Raum: F 107
Tel: +49 (0) 6221-54-7277
Fax: +49 (0) 6221-54-7745
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Current Project Grant

  • 18-month project (Exzellenzinitiative Universität Heidelberg, FoF 4 "Regulation and Self-regulation") “Defaults und soziale Normen: Zur Beständigkeit von „Nudging“ – Interventionen bei der Förderung nachhaltigen Verhaltens” (Defaults and social norms - on the generalization of nudged behavior")

Teaching

  • Consumer Psychology - Focus Nudging (weekly seminar, spring term 2017: Universität Heidelberg)
  • Grundlagen der Psychologie (Trimester Block January-March 2017: SRH Hochschule Heidelberg)
  • Konsumentenpsychologie - Schwerpunkt Nudging (weekly seminar, winter term 2016: Universität Heidelberg)
  • Konsumentenpsychologie - Schwerpunkt Nudging (weekly seminar, spring term 2016: Universität Heidelberg)
  • Einführung in R (blockseminar, Summer 2015: SRH Hochschule Heidelberg)

Conference Contributions

  • Kuhn, S., Kutzner, F., Ihmels, M. (2016). How long can you nudge me? Persistence of default interventions. Talk presented at the 18th European Social Cognition Network’s Conference (ESCON), University of Lisbon & ISPA – Instituto Universitário, Lisboa.
  • Kuhn, S., Ihmels, M., Kutzner, F. (2016). Illusory correlations emerge through positive experience sampling. Talk presented at the 58th Confrence of Experimental Psychologists (TEAP), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg.

Supervised theses

  • Estella Tambini (BA, 2016): Grenzen der Wirksamkeit und Persistenz von Defaults
  • Manuel Horowitz (MA, 2016): Risky Dieting: Do People Who Want to Lose More Weight Choose Riskier Options to Reach Their Target Weight?
  • Lisa Wolf (BA, 2016): Abbruchkriterien von Delinquenz und daraus resultierende praktische Implikationen für die Arbeit mit straffällig gewordenen Personen
  • Theresia Vordermark (BA, 2016): Influences On Effectiveness and Adherence in Pedometer-Based Physical Activity Interventions: A Systematic Review

Interests

  • Consumer Psycholoy
  • Behavior Change Interventions & Nudging (Defaults & Social Norms)
  • Rationality & framing effects in decision making
  • Promoting sustainable consumer behavior