Christina Annette Gravert’s research while affiliated with IT University of Copenhagen and other places

... For example, a study covering 3% of the Danish working-age population finds a significant gap between individuals intending to switch electricity providers and those actually doing so. The observed intention-action gap can be explained by presentbiased individuals who procrastinate and quickly forget to switch (Gravert, 2024). In fact, there's plenty of evidence that seemingly minor details that increase the difficulty or effort required for a task (referred to as "friction costs" or "hassle factors") can determine whether someone completes the task or postpones it, potentially indefinitely (Behavioural Insights Team, 2014; p. 9). ...

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Green transition for vulnerable households? Insights from behavioral science on what works (and what doesn't)

... • Reminders, including social norm information, may be particularly effective when the behaviour is to be carried out later or throughout the experience. These reminders can shift attention towards engagement and influence beliefs about the importance and social desirability of the behaviour (Gravert, 2021). This is relevant in open-access contexts, such as naturebased activities, where tourists engage in long, individual activities. ...

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Pro-Sustainable Consumer Behaviour in Tourism and Hospitality: Drivers, Barriers, and Effective Behavioural Intervention Design

... We show that participants can recall mostly SMS content that they were already aware of and that called them to action. This is in line with other studies that showed SMS don't always increase knowledge but can still work as a reminder or nudge despite not clearly transmitting new information (e.g., Banerjee et al., 2020;Bettinger et al., 2021) and is supported by the existence of a strong demand for reminders in medical adherence due to memory costs (Barron et al., 2022). Moreover, our intervention allows us to gain insights into the facility choice that individuals make. ...

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The effect of SMS reminders on health screening uptake: A randomized experiment in Indonesia

... For reminders that focus on less frequent or even one-off events such as college enrollment or parking tickets, interindividual differences in the effectiveness of reminders have been found, with low-responders being more likely to come from disadvantaged groups 21,29 . In recent years, efforts have also focused on how the positive effects of reminders can be enhanced, through the timing and frequency with which they are sent 30 but also through the amount of information included 31 . ...

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Smartphone-based study reminders can be a double-edged sword

... Only the free travel card was observed to have a significant effect. A similar outcome was recently achieved by Gravert and Collentine (2020). They conducted a large-scale field experiment with over 32,500 individuals, finding that only the provision of an economic incentive succeeded in increasing bus usage, while a soft measure in the form of a social norm message resulted ineffective. ...

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Does the joint implementation of hard and soft transportation policies lead to travel behavior change? An experimental analysis

... With specialisation in identical nudges, e.g. high-priority task specialisation, individuals might learn that the stimulus is neither rewarding nor relevant (Toates, 1997;Sugden, 2009;Gravert and Olsson Collentine, 2021). ...

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The digital grapevine: Team dynamics, task prioritisation and social interaction in intra-organisational digital platforms

... Employment confidence, a pivotal metric affecting career decisions and labor market entry, reflects individuals' self-assessment of employability skills, job market knowledge, and their ability to meet employer expectations (Barron & Gravert, 2022;Qenani et al., 2014). High employment confidence correlates with better job prospects and psychological well-being during career transitions, spurring proactive career preparation and readiness for job opportunities, which, in turn, enhances the likelihood of career success (Creed et al., 2003;R. ...

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Can ChatGPT Boost Students’ Employment Confidence? A Pioneering Booster for Career Readiness

... In the discussion above, we noted that many economic models incorporate the following In the context of studying the gender-wage gap, Niederle and Vesterlund (2007) argue that a taste for competition is an important motive, with the components of the standard model, namely beliefs, monetary rewards and risk preferences proving insufficient to explain behavior. In a similar tournament experiment, Alnamlah and Gravert (2020) show that when failure in the tournament is attributed to bad luck, it does not have significant effect on a woman's confidence (belief) while still generating a significant positive effect on their propensity to re-enter into competition (action). ...

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Confidence and Career Choices: An Experiment

... More recent studies have shown that various approaches using nudge theory can be a practical pathway for achieving carbon neutrality goals in G20 countries, as Xu et al. [11] discovered. While green nudges can impact human behavior, their effects are contextdependent and should be considered as a simple tool amongst many in crafting environmental policies, as Carlsson et al. [12] explained in their research. A systematic review of choice architecture interventions revealed that most studies focus on exploring effectiveness in a specific context, with limited assessment of underlying processes, according to Szaszi et al. [13]. ...

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Navigating Sustainability: A Bibliometric Exploration of Environmental Decision-Making and Behavioral Shifts

... For instance, Buechel et al. (2018) conducted an experiment revealing the positive impact of peers who discuss their successes with motivation on persistence. The work environment can have a similar effect, al-lowing employees to observe each other's work performance (Gerhards and Gravert, 2020). ...

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Psychological traits and wages in the Czech Republic