Florian G. Kaiser
Dr.
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O. Box 513 5600 MB
Eindhoven The Netherlands
Phone: +31 40 247 4751
Fax: +31 40 244 9875
Email: f.g.kaiser@tm.tue.nl
Website: fp.tm.tue.nl/medewerk/kaiser/
Biographical Statement:
Florian G. Kaiser is associate professor of social and environmental psychology at Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Bern, Switzerland. In addition to social and environmental psychology, he teaches conservation psychology and social science methods. His research interests include the attitude-behavior relationship, behavior measurement and its modification, environmental knowledge & identity, restorative environments, privacy issues in various environments, and policy support particularly with respect to nature preservation.
He has published more than 40 articles in refereed journals, such as Journal of Environmental Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Applied Psychology: An International Review, and Personality and Individual Differences. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Environmental Psychology and serves as a board member of the International Association for People-Environment Studies (IAPS). Division 34 (Population and Environmental Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (APA) awarded him fellow status in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the science of psychology.
Publications related to Conservation Psychology:
Kaiser, F. G., Midden, C. J. H., & Cervinka, R. (in press). Evidence for an evidence-based environmental policy: Psychology and beyond [Lead article]. Applied Psychology: An International Review.
Kaiser, F. G., Schultz, P. W., & Scheuthle, H. (in press). The theory of planned behavior without compatibility? Beyond method bias and past trivial associations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
Kaiser, F. G. (2006). A moral extension of the theory of planned behavior: Norms and anticipated feelings of regret in conservationism. Personality and Individual Differences, 41, 71-81.
Kaiser, F. G., Hübner, G., & Bogner, F. X. (2005). Contrasting the theory of planned behavior with the value-belief-norm model in explaining conservation behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35, 2150-2170.
Scheuthle, H., Carabias-Hütter, V., & Kaiser, F. G. (2005). The motivational and instantaneous behavior effects of contexts: Steps towards a theory of goal-directed behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35, 2076-2093.
Frick, J., Kaiser, F. G., & Wilson, M. (2004). Environmental knowledge and conservation behavior: Exploring prevalence and structure in a representative sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 37, 1597-1613.
Kaiser, F. G., & Wilson, M. (2004). Goal-directed conservation behavior: The specific composition of a general performance. Personality and Individual Differences, 36, 1531-1544.
Tanner, C., Kaiser, F. G., & Wölfing Kast, S. (2004). Contextual conditions of ecological consumerism: A food-purchasing survey. Environment & Behavior, 36, 94-111.
Kaiser, F. G., Doka, G., Hofstetter, P., & Ranney, M. A. (2003). Ecological behavior and its environmental consequences: A life cycle assessment of a self-report measure. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 23, 11-20.
Kaiser, F. G., & Fuhrer, U. (2003). Ecological behavior’s dependency on different forms of knowledge. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 52, 598-613.
Kaiser, F. G., & Gutscher, H. (2003). The proposition of a general version of the theory of planned behavior: Predicting ecological behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 586-603.
Kaiser, F. G., & Scheuthle, H. (2003). Two challenges to a moral extension of the theory of planned behavior: Moral norms and just world beliefs in conservationism. Personality and Individual Differences, 35, 1033-1048.
Kaiser, F. G., & Keller, C. (2001). Disclosing situational constraints to ecological behavior: A confirmatory application of the mixed Rasch model. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 17, 212-221.
Kaiser, F. G., & Biel, A. (2000). Assessing general ecological behavior: A cross-cultural comparison between Switzerland and Sweden. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 16, 44-52.
Kaiser, F. G., & Wilson, M. (2000). Assessing people’s general ecological behavior: A cross-cultural measure. Journal of
Applied Social Psychology, 30, 952-978.
Bowler, P. A., Kaiser, F. G., & Hartig, T. (1999). A role for ecological restoration work in university environmental education. Journal of Environmental Education, 30(4), 19-26.
Kaiser, F. G., Ranney, M., Hartig, T., & Bowler, P. A. (1999). Ecological behavior, environmental attitude, and feelings of responsibility for the environment. European Psychologist, 4, 59-74.
Kaiser, F. G., & Shimoda, T. A. (1999). Responsibility as a predictor of ecological behaviour. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 19, 243-253.
Kaiser, F. G., Wölfing, S., & Fuhrer, U. (1999). Environmental attitude and ecological behaviour. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 19, 1-19.
Kaiser, F. G. (1998). A general measure of ecological behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 28, 395-422.
Kaiser, F. G. (2004). Conservation behavior. In Ch. Spielberger (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology, 1, 473-477. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Kaiser, F. G., Fuhrer, U., Weber, O., Ofner, Th., & Bühler-Ilieva, E. (2001). Responsibility and ecological behaviour: A meta-analysis of the strength and the extent of a causal link. In A. E. Auhagen & H. W. Bierhoff (Eds.). Responsibility: The many faces of a social phenomenon (pp. 109-126). London: Routledge.
Research Interests:
Theory and measurement of conservation behavior
Environmental knowledge structure and measurement
The environmental attitude-behavior relationship
Theory of planned behavior
Social norms
Responsibility
Professional Affiliations:
American Psychological Association (APA)
European Association of Methodology (EAM)
German Psychological Association (DGPs)
International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP)
International Association for People Environment Studies (IAPS)
Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
