Junior Professor for Sustainability Science and Psychology, Leuphana University Lüneburg
Vita
Prof. Dr. Astrid Kause completed her PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin and the University of Konstanz at the end of 2016, focusing on uncertainty and behavior in the context of climate. From 2017, she was a Research Fellow at the University of Leeds at the Center for Decision Sciences and the Sustainability Research Institute. Since September 2021, Astrid Kause has been a Junior Professor for Sustainability Sciences and Psychology at Leuphana University Lüneburg. Recently, she published the study "Communications about uncertainty in scientific climate-related findings: a qualitative systematic review" in the international journal Environmental Research Letters, together with other scientists from Leeds and the Met Office UK.
Selected Publications
Wege, L., Bruine de Bruin, W., & Kause, A. (2024). Public understanding of climate change terminology in Germany. Climatic Change, 177(5), 81.
Kause, A., Bruine de Bruin, W., Persson, J., Thorén, H., Olsson, L., Wallin, A., ... & Vareman, N. (2022). Confidence levels and likelihood terms in IPCC reports: a survey of experts from different scientific disciplines. Climatic Change, 173(1), 2.
McDowell, M., & Kause, A. (2021). Communicating uncertainties about the effects of medical interventions using different display formats. Risk Analysis, 41(12), 2220-2239.
Bridge, G., Armstrong, B., Reynolds, C., Wang, C., Schmidt, X., Kause, A., ... & Oakden, L. (2021). Engaging citizens in sustainability research: comparing survey recruitment and responses between Facebook, Twitter and qualtrics. British Food Journal, 123(9), 3116-3132.