Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Psych. Sabine Pahl, MSc PhD
T: +43-1-4277-47150
Sommersemester 2024
540018 SE DissertantInnen-Seminar - Mental and Planetary Health
Sommersemester 2023
200047 SE Bachelorarbeit
540018 SE DissertantInnen-Seminar - Proenvironmental and health behaviors, prosociality, sustainability, and climate action



Hofmann, T., Ghoshal, S., Tufenkji, N., Adamowski, J. F., Bayen, S., Chen, Q., Demokritou, P., Flury, M., Hüffer, T., Ivleva, N. P., Ji, R., Leask, R. L., Maric, M., Mitrano, D. M., Sander, M., Pahl, S., Rillig, M. C., Walker, T. R., White, J. C., & Wilkinson, K. J. (2023). Plastics can be used more sustainably in agriculture. Communications Earth and Environment, 4(1), [332]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00982-4

Doell, K. C., Berman, M. G., Bratman, G. N., Knutson, B., Kühn, S., Lamm, C., Pahl, S., Sawe, N., Van Bavel, J. J., White, M. P., & Brosch, T. (2023). Leveraging neuroscience for climate change research. Nature Climate Change, 13(12), 1288-1297. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01857-4

White, M., Hartig, T., Martin, L., Pahl, S., van den Berg, A. E., Wells, N. M., Costongs, C., Dzhambov, A. M., Elliott, L. R., Godfrey, A., Hartl, A., Konijnendijk, C., Litt, J. S., Lovell, R., Lymeus, F., O'Driscoll, C., Pichler, C., Pouso, S., Razani, N., ... van den Bosch, M. (2023). Nature-based biopsychosocial resilience: An integrative theoretical framework for research on nature and health. Environment International, 181, [108234]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108234

Swami, V., Tran, U. S., Stieger, S., Aavik, T., Ranjbar, H. A., Adebayo, S. O., Afhami, R., Ahmed, O., Aimé, A., Akel, M., Halbusi, H. A., Alexias, G., Ali, K. F., Alp-Dal, N., Alsalhani, A. B., Álvares-Solas, S., Amaral, A. C. S., Andrianto, S., Aspden, T., ... Voracek, M. (2023). Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age. Body Image, 46, 449-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.07.010




Richter, I., Gabe-Thomas, E., Queirós, A. M., R.J. Sheppard, S. R. J., & Pahl, S. (2023). Advancing the potential impact of future scenarios by integrating psychological principles. Environmental Science & Policy, 140, 68-79.

Landrigan, P., Raps, H., Cropper, M., Bald, C., Brunner, M., Canonizado, E. M., Charles, D., Chiles, T., Donohue, M. J., Enck, J., Fenichel, P., Fleming, L. E., Ferrier-Pagès, C., Fordham, R., Gozt, A., Griffin, C., Hahn, M. E., Haryanto, B., Hixson, R., ... Dunlop, S. (2023). The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health. Annals of Global Health, 89(1), 1-215. https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4056

Vitale, V., Martin, L., White, M., Elliott, L. R., Wyles, K. J., Browning, M. H. E. M., Pahl, S., Stehl, P., Bell, S., Bratman, G. N., Gascon, M., Grellier, J., Lima, M. L., Lõhmus, M., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Ojala, A., Taylor, J., Van den Bosch, M., Weinstein, N., & Fleming, L. E. (2022). Investigating the mechanisms underlying childhood exposure to blue spaces and adult subjective well-being: an 18-country analysis. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 84, [101876]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101876



Richter, I., Roberts, B. R., Sailley, S. F., Sullivan, E., Cheung, V. V., Eales, J., Fortnam, M., Jontila, J. B., Maharja, C., Nguyen, T. H., Pahl, S., Praptiwi, R. A., Sugardjito, J., Sumeldan, J. D. C., Syazwan, W. M., Then, A. Y., & Austen, M. C. (2022). Building bridges between natural and social science disciplines: a standardized methodology to combine data on ecosystem quality trends. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 377(1854), [20210487]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0487





Me over the environment? Time and effort discounting for pro-environmental vs self-benefitting behavior

Boryana Todorova (Vortragende*r), Lei Zhang (Autor*in), Jonas Nitschke (Autor*in), Kimberly Crystal Doell (Autor*in), Paul Forbes (Autor*in), Sabine Pahl (Autor*in) & Claus Lamm (Autor*in)

Juni 2023

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


Time and effort discounting in self-benefitting vs pro-environmental behavior

Boryana Todorova (Vortragende*r), Lei Zhang (Autor*in), Jonas Nitschke (Autor*in), Kimberly Crystal Doell (Autor*in), Paul Forbes (Autor*in), Sabine Pahl (Autor*in) & Claus Lamm (Autor*in)

März 2023

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


Consumer Risk Perceptions about Microplastics in Food and Water

Sabine Pahl (Invited speaker)

Dez. 2021

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


(Micro)plastics perceptions and concern.

Sabine Pahl (Autor*in)

Nov. 2021 → …

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


Micro & macroplastics perceptions and solutions.

Sabine Pahl (Invited speaker)

Sep. 2021 → …

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragAndere


Psychological perspectives on microplastic risk.

Sabine Pahl (Invited speaker)

Juni 2021 → …

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Public


Biodegradability of plastics: attitudes and behaviour change.

Sabine Pahl (Autor*in)

Mai 2021 → …

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragAndere


Connecting human behaviour and a healthy ocean.

Sabine Pahl (Invited speaker)

Mai 2021 → …

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


Human exposure to micro- and nanoplastics: what drives citizens’ concerns?

Sabine Pahl (Keynote speaker)

Mai 2021 → …

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


Perceptions of risk and harm from micro & macroplastics.

Sabine Pahl (Invited speaker)

Apr. 2021 → …

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


The human dimension in aquatic plastic pollution.

Sabine Pahl (Vortragende*r)

Feb. 2021 → …

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


The role of human behaviour in plastic pollution.

Sabine Pahl (Invited speaker)

Jan. 2021 → …

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


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