Kristian Steensen Nielsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1736294 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristian Steensen Nielsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristian Steensen |
| FAMILY NAME | Nielsen |
| SIGNATURE | NIELSEN K S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Copenhagen Business School |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8395-4007 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A megastudy of behavioral interventions to catalyze public, political, and financial climate advocacy
Addressing climate change depends on large-scale system changes, which require public advocacy. Here, we identified and tested 17 expert-crowdsourced theory-informed behavioral interventions designed to promote public, political, and financial advocacy in a large quota-matched sample of US residents (n = 31,324). The most consistently effective intervention emphasized both the collective efficacy and emotional benefits of climate action, increasi…
Understanding the role of pluralistic ignorance in biodiversity conservation
Collective misperceptions of social norms—pluralistic ignorance—are widespread. • There are few applications of pluralistic ignorance research to biodiversity topics. • Pluralistic ignorance may hinder individual and system changes for biodiversity conservation. • This Perspective offers a framework to develop impactful pluralistic ignorance research in the biodiversity domain. • We suggest investigating pluralistic ignorance, its consequences an…
Perceived plasticity of climate-relevant behaviors and policy support among high- and lower-income individuals
Surveys in four countries reveal diverse patterns in perceived behavioral plasticity. • Results highlight the context-dependence of climate behavior feasibility. • Links individual behavior change potential to support for climate policy. • High-income individuals show stronger links between plasticity and policy support. Widespread behavior change is essential for mitigating climate change. This study explores how country and income differences a…
Underestimation of personal carbon footprint inequality in four diverse countries
Extensive research highlights global and within-country inequality in personal carbon footprints. However, the extent to which people are aware of these inequalities remains unclear. Here we use an online survey distributed across four diverse countries: Denmark, India, Nigeria and the USA, to show widespread underestimation of carbon footprint inequality, irrespective of participants’ country and income segment. Of the 4,003 participants, within…
Realizing the full potential of behavioural science for climate change mitigation
Is dietary goal failure associated with goal-supportive policy attitudes
To improve public health and promote environmental sustainability, widespread dietary changes are necessary in high-income countries. However, adopting and maintaining dietary goals is challenging and requires repeated self-regulation. Effective public policies can facilitate healthy food choices and reduce the likelihood of goal failure. This study examines the relationship between individuals’ dietary goal failures and their acceptance of publi…
Opportunities for Emotion Research on Biodiversity
We see unique opportunities to advance emotional research by studying an overlooked environmental problem. The biodiversity crisis is caused by land use, in particular by reducing and damaging habitats, such as deforestation for cattle grazing. Biodiversity processes are proximate and personally moving, like when a person is causing or experiencing changes to livelihood-providing ecosystems, and we suggest this affect-rich context is useful for s…
Stakeholder preferences for pangolin conservation interventions in south‐east Nigeria
The overexploitation of biological resources severely threatens many species, requiring urgent and effective conservation interventions. Such interventions sometimes require governance structures that incorporate pluralist perspectives and collaborative decision‐making, especially in complex, multi‐faceted and multi‐scale issues like the illegal trade in pangolins. We used Q‐methodology to provide evidence to inform interventions for pangolin con…
The perceived feasibility of behavior change is positively associated with support for domain-matched climate policies
Too much praise for reappraisal? Examining reappraisal's impact on threat mitigation depending on its implementation
The motivation–impact gap in pro-environmental clothing consumption
Healthy eating in the wild
Across many parts of the world, people increasingly eat out-of-home. Simultaneously, many people strive to eat a healthier diet, but it remains unclear to what extent and how eating out helps or hinders people in achieving their dietary goals. The present study investigated how characteristics of the physical micro-environment in out-of-home food outlets (e.g., cafeterias, supermarkets, and restaurants) influence the healthiness of food choices a…
The role of high-socioeconomic-status people in locking in or rapidly reducing energy-driven greenhouse gas emissions
Biodiversity conservation as a promising frontier for behavioural science
Improving Climate Change Mitigation Analysis
Examining the relationship between trait self-control and stress
How psychology can help limit climate change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has encouraged psychologists to become part of the integrated scientific effort to support the achievement of climate change targets such as keeping within 1.5C or 2C of global warming.To date, the typical psychological approach has been to demonstrate that specific concepts and theories can predict behaviors that contribute to or mitigate climate change.Psychologists need to go further, and in…
The Merits of Goal Support as a Self-Control Strategy
In the present study, we investigated the influence of the presence of others and goal support on the performance of goal-directed behavior across different levels of self-control. Our analysis included survey data from 3,972 respondents across four countries. The results of the analysis revealed four important findings. First, high goal support increased the performance of goal-directed behavior when in the presence of others during decision-mak…
How psychology can help limit climate change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has encouraged psychologists to become part of the integrated scientific effort to support the achievement of climate change targets such as keeping within 1.5C or 2C of global warming.To date, the typical psychological approach has been to demonstrate that specific concepts and theories can predict behaviors that contribute to or mitigate climate change.Psychologists need to go further, and in…
Biodiversity conservation as a promising frontier for behavioural science
Healthy eating in the wild
Across many parts of the world, people increasingly eat out-of-home. Simultaneously, many people strive to eat a healthier diet, but it remains unclear to what extent and how eating out helps or hinders people in achieving their dietary goals. The present study investigated how characteristics of the physical micro-environment in out-of-home food outlets (e.g., cafeterias, supermarkets, and restaurants) influence the healthiness of food choices a…
Is dietary goal failure associated with goal-supportive policy attitudes
To improve public health and promote environmental sustainability, widespread dietary changes are necessary in high-income countries. However, adopting and maintaining dietary goals is challenging and requires repeated self-regulation. Effective public policies can facilitate healthy food choices and reduce the likelihood of goal failure. This study examines the relationship between individuals’ dietary goal failures and their acceptance of publi…
Too much praise for reappraisal? Examining reappraisal's impact on threat mitigation depending on its implementation
The motivation–impact gap in pro-environmental clothing consumption
The Merits of Goal Support as a Self-Control Strategy
In the present study, we investigated the influence of the presence of others and goal support on the performance of goal-directed behavior across different levels of self-control. Our analysis included survey data from 3,972 respondents across four countries. The results of the analysis revealed four important findings. First, high goal support increased the performance of goal-directed behavior when in the presence of others during decision-mak…
Improving Climate Change Mitigation Analysis
Examining the relationship between trait self-control and stress
How psychology can help limit climate change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has encouraged psychologists to become part of the integrated scientific effort to support the achievement of climate change targets such as keeping within 1.5C or 2C of global warming.To date, the typical psychological approach has been to demonstrate that specific concepts and theories can predict behaviors that contribute to or mitigate climate change.Psychologists need to go further, and in…
The role of high-socioeconomic-status people in locking in or rapidly reducing energy-driven greenhouse gas emissions
Biodiversity conservation as a promising frontier for behavioural science
The motivation–impact gap in pro-environmental clothing consumption
Healthy eating in the wild
Across many parts of the world, people increasingly eat out-of-home. Simultaneously, many people strive to eat a healthier diet, but it remains unclear to what extent and how eating out helps or hinders people in achieving their dietary goals. The present study investigated how characteristics of the physical micro-environment in out-of-home food outlets (e.g., cafeterias, supermarkets, and restaurants) influence the healthiness of food choices a…
Opportunities for Emotion Research on Biodiversity
We see unique opportunities to advance emotional research by studying an overlooked environmental problem. The biodiversity crisis is caused by land use, in particular by reducing and damaging habitats, such as deforestation for cattle grazing. Biodiversity processes are proximate and personally moving, like when a person is causing or experiencing changes to livelihood-providing ecosystems, and we suggest this affect-rich context is useful for s…
Stakeholder preferences for pangolin conservation interventions in south‐east Nigeria
The overexploitation of biological resources severely threatens many species, requiring urgent and effective conservation interventions. Such interventions sometimes require governance structures that incorporate pluralist perspectives and collaborative decision‐making, especially in complex, multi‐faceted and multi‐scale issues like the illegal trade in pangolins. We used Q‐methodology to provide evidence to inform interventions for pangolin con…
The perceived feasibility of behavior change is positively associated with support for domain-matched climate policies
Too much praise for reappraisal? Examining reappraisal's impact on threat mitigation depending on its implementation
Underestimation of personal carbon footprint inequality in four diverse countries
Extensive research highlights global and within-country inequality in personal carbon footprints. However, the extent to which people are aware of these inequalities remains unclear. Here we use an online survey distributed across four diverse countries: Denmark, India, Nigeria and the USA, to show widespread underestimation of carbon footprint inequality, irrespective of participants’ country and income segment. Of the 4,003 participants, within…
Realizing the full potential of behavioural science for climate change mitigation
Is dietary goal failure associated with goal-supportive policy attitudes
To improve public health and promote environmental sustainability, widespread dietary changes are necessary in high-income countries. However, adopting and maintaining dietary goals is challenging and requires repeated self-regulation. Effective public policies can facilitate healthy food choices and reduce the likelihood of goal failure. This study examines the relationship between individuals’ dietary goal failures and their acceptance of publi…
Understanding the role of pluralistic ignorance in biodiversity conservation
Collective misperceptions of social norms—pluralistic ignorance—are widespread. • There are few applications of pluralistic ignorance research to biodiversity topics. • Pluralistic ignorance may hinder individual and system changes for biodiversity conservation. • This Perspective offers a framework to develop impactful pluralistic ignorance research in the biodiversity domain. • We suggest investigating pluralistic ignorance, its consequences an…
Perceived plasticity of climate-relevant behaviors and policy support among high- and lower-income individuals
Surveys in four countries reveal diverse patterns in perceived behavioral plasticity. • Results highlight the context-dependence of climate behavior feasibility. • Links individual behavior change potential to support for climate policy. • High-income individuals show stronger links between plasticity and policy support. Widespread behavior change is essential for mitigating climate change. This study explores how country and income differences a…
A megastudy of behavioral interventions to catalyze public, political, and financial climate advocacy
Addressing climate change depends on large-scale system changes, which require public advocacy. Here, we identified and tested 17 expert-crowdsourced theory-informed behavioral interventions designed to promote public, political, and financial advocacy in a large quota-matched sample of US residents (n = 31,324). The most consistently effective intervention emphasized both the collective efficacy and emotional benefits of climate action, increasi…
Behavioral Health and Interventions (12 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (11 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Climate change (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Business (5 works) · Ecology (5 works)