Sandra J. Geiger

Sandra J. Geiger

PhD student in Environmental Psychology

University of Vienna

About me

I am a PhD researcher in the Environmental Psychology Research Group at the University of Vienna with Dr. Mathew White and Prof. Dr. Sabine Pahl.

My current line of research focuses on (mis)perceptions of social norms and how these (mis)perceptions can be leveraged to influence pro-environmental and conservation behavior. My research has been featured in several media outlets (ORF, Der Standard, and Austrian Press Agency) as well as on blogs and Wikipedia. I am also interested in Bayesian statistics and Big Team Science as well as hope to contribute to making (psychological) research more transparent, reproducible, and sustainable.

I am additionally affiliated with the Junior Researcher Programme where I organized a summer school on Sustainability: How Psychology can Contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals. I also oversee the research groups and help develop the scientific aspects of the program including implementing open science and organizing trainings for students.

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Interests
  • Environmental psychology including social norms, second-order beliefs, behavior change, and spillover effects
  • (Bayesian) statistics
  • Open science
Education
  • M.Sc. Psychology (Research, cum laude), 2020

    University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • B.Sc. Psychology, 2018

    Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany

  • Exchange semester, 2017

    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Teaching

Bachelor’s thesis supervision
Supervision of 13 bachelor’s theses (2021 – 2024) | University of Vienna

Bachelor’s courses (> 1.100h)

  • Scientific Readings & Bachelor’s Thesis (2022 – 2024) | University of Vienna
  • Decision Making II & Solidarity (2021) | University of Amsterdam
  • Teaching assistant for Cognitive Psychology I & II (2015 – 2017) | University of Freiburg

Master’s courses (80h)
Teaching assistant for Structural Equation Modeling I & II (2020) | University of Amsterdam

Workshops
I also give workshops on Open science and preregistration.