ksnmsc

Department of Management, Society and Communication

  • Centre for Sustainability
Kristian Steensen
Nielsen
Assistant professor


Room: DH.Ø.2.60
Tel:
+4538153294
E-mail: ksn.msc@cbs.dk
Kristian Steensen Nielsen
Presentation

My research focuses on the role of behavior change in mitigating climate change and conserving biodiversity. I’m particularly interested in identifying effective and scalable initiatives to change behavior, understanding how individual behavior changes can contribute to limiting climate change, and in understanding how to increase the feasibility of transformative climate initiatives. My research is rooted in quantitative environmental psychology and behavioral science but with an interdisciplinary outlook. Before joining Copenhagen Business School I was a postdoc in the Department of Psychology and Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge.

Primary research areas
  • Behavior change
  • Environmental psychology
  • Climate change mitigation
  • Biodiversity conservation
  • Behavioral science
Curriculum Vitae
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Selected publications
Nielsen, K. S., Nicholas, K., Creutzig, F, Dietz, T., & Stern, P.C. (2021). The role of high socioeconomic status people in locking-in or rapidly reducing energy-driven greenhouse gas emissions. Nature Energy, 6, 1011-1016.
 
Nielsen, K. S., Brick, C., Hofmann, W., Joanes, T., Lange, F., & Gwozdz, W. (2022). The motivation-impact gap in pro-environmental clothing consumption. Nature Sustainability, 5, 665-668.
 
Nielsen, K. S., Clayton, S., Stern, P. C., Dietz, T., Capstick, S., & Whitmarsh, L. (2021). How Psychology Can Help Limit Climate Change. American Psychologist, 76, 130- 144.
 
Nielsen, K. S., Marteau, T. M., Bradbury, R., Burgess, G., Trevelyan, R., Bauer, J. M., Burgman, M., Broad, S., Byerly, H., Clayton, S., Clements, T., Espelosin, D., Ferraro, P., Fisher, B., Garnett, E., Jones, J. P. G., Otieno, M., Polasky, S., Ricketts, T., Sandbrook, C., van der Linden, S., Verissimo, D, & Balmford, A. (2021). Biodiversity conservation as a promising frontier for behavioural science. Nature Human Behaviour, 5, 550-555.
 
Nielsen, K. S., Stern, P. C., Dietz, T., Gilligan, J. M., van Vuuren, D., Figueroa, M., Folke, C., Gwozdz, W., Ivanova, D., Reisch, L., Vandenbergh, M. P., Wolske, K., Wood, R. (2020). Improving Climate Change Mitigation Analysis: A Framework for Examining Feasibility. One Earth, 3, 325-336.

 

Publications sorted by:
2025
Danielle Goldwert; Yash Patel; Kristian S. Nielsen; Matthew H Goldberg; Madalina Vlasceanu / Climate Action Literacy Interventions Increase Commitments to More Effective Mitigation Behaviors
In: PNAS Nexus, Vol. 4, No. 6, 6.2025
Journal article > peer review
Anne Günther; Lukas Engel; Matthew J. Hornsey; Kristian S. Nielsen; Joyashree Roy; Linda Steg; Kim-Pong Tam; Anne M. van Valkengoed; Kimberly S. Wolske; Gabrielle Wong-Parodi; Ulf J. J. Hahnel / Psychological and Contextual Determinants of Clean energy Technology Adoption
In: Nature Reviews Clean Technology, 6.6.2025
Review article > peer review
Wilhelm Hofmann; Kristian S. Nielsen / Self-control and Morality
In: Handbook of Ethics and Social Psychology. ed. /Simon M. Laham. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2025, p. 93–104
Book chapter
2024
Cameron Brick; Kristian S. Nielsen; Sebastian Berger; Laura Henn; Kimberly S. Wolske; Florian Lange; Daniel Hanss; Jan M. Bauer; Alaa Aldoh; Maien S.M. Sachisthal; Svein Åge Kjøs Johnsen; Viktoria Cologna / Current Research Practices on Pro-environmental Behavior : A Survey of Environmental Psychologists.
In: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Vol. 97, 8.2024
Journal article > peer review
Thomas Pienkowski; Arundhati Jagadish; Willow Battista; Gloria Christelle Blaise; Alec Philip Christie; Matt Clark; Antony Philip Emenyu; Abha Joglekar; Kristian S. Nielsen; Tom Powell; Thomas White; Morena Mills / Five Lessons for Avoiding Failure When Scaling in Conservation
In: Nature Ecology & Evolution, Vol. 8, No. 10, 10.2024, p. 1804-1814
Journal article > peer review
Esther K. Papies; Kristian S. Nielsen; Vera Araújo Soares / Health Psychology and Climate Change : Time to Address Humanity’s Most Existential Crisis.
In: Health Psychology Review, 6.2.2024
Journal article > peer review
Michael P. Vandenbergh; Kristian S. Nielsen / Information Disclosure as Climate Policy
In: Elgar Encyclopedia of Climate Policy. ed. / Daniel J. Fiorino; Todd A. Eisenstadt; Manjyot Kaur Ahluwalia. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2024, p. 333–337 (Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences)
Book chapter
Sonja Grelle; Kristian S. Nielsen; Charlotte A. Kukowski; Wilhelm Hofmann; Jan M. Bauer / Is Dietary Goal Failure Associated With Goal-supportive Policy Attitudes?
In: Behavioural Public Policy, 31.10.2024
Journal article > peer review
Kristian S. Nielsen; Michael P. Vandenbergh / Product Labels and Individual Carbon Footprints
In: Elgar Encyclopedia of Climate Policy. ed. / Daniel J. Fiorino; Todd A. Eisenstadt; Manjyot Kaur Ahluwalia. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2024, p. 352–355 (Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences)
Book chapter
Kristian S. Nielsen; Viktoria Cologna; Jan M. Bauer; Sebastian Berger; Cameron Brick; Thomas Dietz; Ulf J. J. Hahnel; Laura Henn; Florian Lange; Paul C. Stern; Kimberly S. Wolske / Realizing the Full Potential of Behavioural Science for Climate Change Mitigation
In: Nature Climate Change, Vol. 14, No. 4, 4.2024, p. 322-330
Journal article > peer review
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