Sarah Nieß has been a research scientist at ISOE since March 2022. She researches biodiversity conservation from a behavioural science perspective. At Justus Liebig University, she is doing her PhD on sustainable behaviour of individuals, in particular on the identification of effective interventions for behaviour change. Sarah Nieß studied economics and business at Goethe University. She spent half of her master's degree at the University of Amsterdam, where she focused on sustainable business models and strategies.
Focus of research
- Environmental and conservation psychology
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Intervention studies and experimental research
- Sustainable investment and consumer behaviour
Projects
- Bio-O-Ton – Biodiversity assessment of biotope types through machine learning based on citizen science sound recordings and satellite images
- Business for Biodiversity: T-Labs for social-ecological change
- MORE STEP – Mobility at Risk: Sustaining the Mongolian Steppe Ecosystem (Phase II)
- SoCoDES – Social-ecological dynamics of ecosystem services
- SoCuLa – Socio-cultural Drivers of Biodiversity Change in Germany