Sarah Lynn Flecke, MSc
PhD Candidate, Economics, Psychology
Research Associate, Department of Banking & Finance, Faculty of Business & Management
Research Center Innsbruck Decision Sciences
SOWI o.4.08
Upon request
Research
Research Interests
- Pro-environmental behavior
- Health behavior
- Judgement & decision-making
Publications
- Bachler, S., Flecke, S. L., Huber, J., Kirchler, M., Schwaiger, R. (2024). Carbon Pricing, Carbon Dividends and Cooperation: Experimental Evidence. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 225 (Special Issue: Social Dilemmas), 37-50.
- Flecke, S. L., Schwaiger, R., Huber, J., Kirchler, M. (2024). Nature Experiences and Pro-Environmental Behavior: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial. (Forthcoming), Journal of Environmental Psychology.
- Hybel, A. R. and Flecke, S. L. (2014) John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and the Vietnam War in Hybel, A.R. US Foreign Policy Decision-Making from Kennedy to Obama: Responses to International Challenges (pp.17-53). Palgrave Macmillan, New York.
Working Papers
- Papakonstantinou, T., Flecke, S. L., Edmunds, C., Cross, R., Tran, A., Gold, N. (2023). The Effectiveness of Social Norms Interventions for Improving Health Behaviours: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (Revise & Resubmit), Nature Human Behaviour. (Paper available upon request)
- Flecke, S. L. and Bachler, S., (2024). Conducting Real-Time Interactive Experiments on Prolific: A Guide for Researchers. (Revise & Resubmit), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance. (Preprint Link)
- Flecke, S. L., Aparicio, E., Malthouse, E., (2024). Encouraging people to set lower personal carbon budgets: anchoring is
more effective than social reference groups. (Under Review), Environment and Behavior. (Paper available upon request)
Select Work in Progress
- The Private Solution Problem: A 34-Nation Experimental Study. Joint with the Collective
Decision-Making and Culture Lab (2024) - Determinants of Early Contributions to the Public Good: Evidence from Around the World. Joint with Ertl, A., Kiss, H., Malthouse, E., Schwaiger, R. and the Collective Decision-Making and Culture Lab (2024)
- Open World Video Games and Environmental Behavior: Experimental Evidence. Joint with Rene Schwaiger and Tobias Greitemeyer (2024)
Awards, Grants and Research Funding
- 2023 Kaiserschild Advance: EUR 10,000 research grant for young researchers in Economic and Social Sciences
- 2022- 2025 Doctoral research funding, University of Innsbruck and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- 2011 Mellon Foundation: USD 2,000 foreign language research grant
Education
2023 - present |
PhD, Psychology, University of Innsbruck |
2022 - present |
PhD, Economics, University of Innsbruck |
2019 - 2020 |
MSc, Cognitive and Decision Sciences, University College London, UK |
2009 - 2013 |
BA, Economics and International Relations, Connecticut College, USA |