This project investigates how reducing feelings of entitlement to eat meat (i.e., disentitlement) shapes plant-based choices by uncovering the underlying psychological mechanism. The findings offer actionable insights for brands, NGOs, and policymakers seeking to promote plant-based eating.

Historical conflicts may persist through the narratives we tell about them. These narratives shape political identities and influence present-day behavior, yet we know little about when and how this occurs. We study this theoretically and empirically. Understanding these dynamics is essential amid rising political polarisation.

This project explores how people form beliefs about the prevalence of behaviors among others or the general population and how these beliefs influence their own actions. Through experiments manipulating perceived group diversity, we examine “norm" formation processes and assess how perceived commonness of behaviors (such as environmental donating) drives intentions. 

Brands are increasingly implementing strategies, such as plant-based defaults, to promote sustainable consumer choices. This research examines consumer responses to plant-based defaults by exploring psychological mechanisms behind negative reactions and testing interventions to improve these reactions. The findings will guide brands in implementing sustainable choices more effectively without alienating consumers.

To be announced.

This research examines how the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) shapes sustainability practices in Ethiopia’s apparel industry, highlighting both challenges and opportunities for Global South producers in response to rising labor, environmental, and social sustainability demands in global value chains.

This project brings together European partners and stakeholders to explore how digital and green innovations can drive fairer food and mobility systems. By engaging communities and policymakers, it aims to develop practical tools and strategies that ensure technological transitions reduce inequality and empower people across diverse regions.

We show that inefficient bank runs are reduced by contingent redemption fees. Fee revenues may be retained or used to pay out more withdrawals. When reassigned back to the queue, they reduce strategic uncertainty and improve liquidity allocation, so a high fee is optimal. A `fee to the unpaid' allocation reduces liquidity provision but reduces run incentives further, allowing lower fees. When liquidity needs are high, the 'fee to the queue' is preferred, whereas when the costs of inefficient runs are high or to limit spillover effects, the 'fee to the unpaid' mechanism proves more effective. The ASF research grant will support a research visit to my co-author Rafael Matta, enabling us to complete our working paper.

The use of LLMs like ChatGPT is growing rapidly, offering clear benefits in efficiency and accessibility. Yet their environmental costs—such as carbon emissions and water consumption—remain largely hidden from users. This research tests whether raising awareness of these costs encourages more sustainable use, even in more demanding tasks.

We challenge the Coase Theorem, arguing that the initial allocation of property rights on nature is not neutral. We hypothesize that resources entrusted to individuals are better preserved than when commodified and auctioned, due to an enhanced sense of moral responsibility. Our lab experiment will test this conjecture.

To be announced.

What do people see as the drivers of economic inequality, and how do these explanations shape their preferences for redistribution? Drawing on different methods, this project aims to estimate the causal impact of explanations of economic inequality in terms of how they affect our policy attitudes and perceptions.
This project currently consists only of co-authors from the UvA, but in October I will start a new position at the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research, and Education. Once I have my new work-email, I will provide you with my new contact information. The funding will however, as required, be used prior to the change.