Daniela Flörchinger
danielafloerch.bsky.social
Daniela Flörchinger
@danielafloerch.bsky.social
Postdoc at RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research.
Behavioral economics, environmental economics.
📊 New field experiment: Can newsletters cut meat consumption?
Overall, no big effects. But people already inclined to eat less meat—low baseline intake, health-focused, especially women—did reduce consumption sustainably.
Behavioral nudges help the motivated; broader change needs stronger policy.
December 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Very proud that the first chapter of my PhD thesis has been published in Scientific Reports.

We find that people follow expert advice, opting for more effective climate actions, even if it contradicts prior convictions. Detailed advice further improves outcomes.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
General public takes up counterintuitive expert advice on effective climate action - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - General public takes up counterintuitive expert advice on effective climate action
www.nature.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Reposted by Daniela Flörchinger
The Ruhr Graduate School organizes the 17th RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics on site on 27-28.02.2024 in Essen. #callforpapers for submissions by early-career researchers in all areas of economics. Deadline: 17.12.2023 @ruhrunibochum @RWI_Leibniz
www.rgs-econ.org/research/rgs...
October 23, 2023 at 5:22 PM