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Patrik Michaelsen

Postdoctor

Department of Political AvĐÔ°®
Mail
patrik.michaelsen@gu.se
Visiting address
Sprängkullsgatan 19
41123 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 711
40530 Göteborg

About Patrik Michaelsen

Background

Ph.D. from Department of Psychology, University AvĐÔ°®. Postdoc researcher at the Department of Political AvĐÔ°® 2023-

Research interest

My main interests revolve around behavioural public policy, environmental politics, and behaviour change. I am curious about how individuals make decisions, and in particular what individuals think about attempts at influencing them. Examples of focus areas in my research are public acceptance of environmental policy interventions, individuals’ experiences of policy interventions (related to ethics, legitimacy, and welfare), and how increased transparency about policy interventions such as nudges affect effectiveness and people’s evaluations of them. I primarily use experiments and survey methods, and am a strong advocate for the "open science"-movement.

Selected works

Michaelsen, P., Sundström, A., & Jagers, S. C. (2024). Mass support for conserving 30% of the Earth by 2030: Experimental evidence from five continents. QoG working paper series.

Michaelsen, P. & Sunstein, C. R. (2023). Default nudges: From people’s experiences to policymaking implications. Palgrave Macmillan.

Michaelsen, P. (2024). Transparency and nudging: An overview and methodological critique of empirical investigations. Behavioural Public Policy, 1–11.