Michael Zorker's scientific contributions

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Many charities rely on donations to support their work addressing some of the world’s most pressing problems. We conducted a meta-review to determine what interventions work to increase charitable donations. We found 21 systematic reviews incorporating 1339 primary studies and over 2,139,938 participants. Our meta-meta-analysis estimated the averag...
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Transitioning toward plant-based diets can alleviate health and sustainability challenges. However, research on interventions that influence animal-product consumption remains fragmented and inaccessible to researchers and practitioners. We conducted an overview of systematic reviews, also known as a meta-review. We searched five databases for revi...

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... It should be noted that in contrast to the studies mentioned here, which found an effect of deliberation on charitable giving (except Small et al., 2007), this is not always the case. For example, in a review of reviews on interventions in charitable giving, relying on either intuition or deliberation did not make a difference (Saeri et al., 2022). However, the interventions investigated in that paper were much more varied than considered here. ...
... In order to lessen the burden of meat production from an ethical, environmental, and dietary perspective, switching to PBM could be a possible alternative [78]. Although there is still debate over PBM acceptance, it is crucial to understand customer demands to improve the quality of PBM and deliver similar textures and flavors that are comparable to those of animal meat products [24,79]. Country and region are relevant to consumers' perceptions and motivations, due to the differences in cultures, attitudes, traditions, environments, and behaviors across the world [66,67]. ...