Lucia A. Reisch

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Lucia A. Reisch
Born1964 (age 59–60)
Stuttgart, West Germany
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Hohenheim (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineEconomist
Sub-disciplineBehavioural economics
Institutions

Lucia A. Reisch is a German behavioural economist and social scientist by training and the El-Erian Professor of Behavioural Economics and Policy at the University of Cambridge since September 2021.[1] Since April 2022 the Professorship is located at the Cambridge Judge Business School. Before joining Cambridge, she was a professor at Copenhagen Business School.[1] She also holds an honorary Leibniz Professorship from Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research in Bremen as well as a Guest Professorship from Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen.  

Early life and education[edit]

After having studied economics and social science at the University of Hohenheim (with semesters at UCLA), Reisch graduated in 1988. In 1994 she received her doctorate in economics also from the University of Hohenheim.[citation needed]

Career[edit]

Reisch has served as a lecturer at the University of Hohenheim, Technical University of Munich and gave guest lectures at the University of St Gallen (CH) and University of Aarhus / Aarhus School of Business.[2][3] From September 2021 Reisch held the El-Erian Professor of Behavioural Economics and Policy at the University of Cambridge.[1] In this role she is responsible for building and leading the new El-Erian Institute, situated within the Cambridge Judge Business School as of April 2022. Previously she held a full professorship at the Copenhagen Business School, Department of Management, Society and Communication, CBS Sustainability.[4] At CBS she founded the Consumer and Behavioral Insights Group (CBIG).[5]

Her research focus is consumer science, sustainable consumption, behavioural economics, and consumer policy. She is the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Consumer Policy.[6] Based on her scientific reputation she was elected to become one of the 400 lifelong members of Germany's Academy of Science and Engineering (Acatech).[7] In addition to her professorship at the University of Cambridge she also holds a permanent Guest Professorship at the Zeppelin University of Friedrichshafen as well as a Leibniz Professorship at the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS (Germany).[8][9]

Other activities[edit]

In 2011, Reisch was appointed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to join the Ethics Commission for Safe Energy Supply that assessed, after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the potentials of a nuclear phase-out (by 2022) and therewith help prepare Germany's energy transition.[10] She has been member and Chairwoman of the Scientific Advisory Board for Consumer, Food, and Nutrition Policies to the German Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (2002‐2011). She was a long-standing member of the German Council for Sustainable Development (2010-2019) and the German Bioeconomy Council, both consulting the German government.[7][11] Between 2014 and 2018, she chaired the Scientific Advisory Board for Consumer Affairs (Sachverständigenrat für Verbraucherfragen) at the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection.[12] Since 2016 she is member and spokesperson of the Sustainability Board of Dr. Ing. h.c. Porsche AG, which advises the executive board on orienting the sports car company's strategy towards sustainability.[13]

Today, Reisch is a member of the boards of Stiftung Warentest in Berlin[14] and a number of other foundations.

Research areas[edit]

  • Consumer research
  • Consumer policy
  • Behavioural economics
  • Sustainable consumption
  • Public health and consumers

Selected articles[edit]

  • Kaiser, Micha; Bernauer, Manuela; Sunstein, Cass R.; Reisch, Lucia A. (2020). "The power of green defaults: The impact of regional variation of opt-out tariffs on green energy demand in Germany". Ecological Economics. 174: 106685. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106685.
  • Sunstein, Cass R.; Reisch, Lucia A.; Kaiser, Micha (2019). "Trusting nudges? Lessons from an international survey". Journal of European Public Policy. 26 (10): 1417–1443. doi:10.1080/13501763.2018.1531912.
  • Sunstein, Cass R.; Reisch, Lucia A. (2019). Trusting nudges: Toward a bill of rights for nudging (1 ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-367-46055-6.
  • Reisch, Lucia A.; Zhao, Min (2017). "Behavioural economics, consumer behaviour, and consumer policy: State of the art". Behavioural Public Policy. 1 (2): 190–206. doi:10.1017/bpp.2017.1.
  • Reisch, Lucia A.; Sunstein, Cass R. (2016). "Do Europeans like nudges?". Judgment and Decision Making. 11 (4): 310–325.
  • Sunstein, Cass R.; Reisch, Lucia A. (Eds.) (2016). The economics of nudge (1 ed.). Routledge Major Works Collection. Critical Concepts in Economics. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-93853-3.
  • Sunstein, Cass R.; Reisch, Lucia A. (2014). "Automatically green: Behavioral economics and environmental protection". Harvard Environmental Law Review. 38: 127–158.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Reisch, Lucia. "Lucia Reisch appointed El-Erian Professor of Behavioural Economics and Policy". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  2. ^ Reisch, Lucia. "Lecturer in Critical Thinking - Prof. Lucia Reisch". University of St.Gallen. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  3. ^ Reisch, Lucia. "STEEP Summer School - Lucia Reisch". Department of Business Administration - University of Aarhus. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  4. ^ Reisch, Lucia (2019-11-28). "CBS Sustainability Staff". CBS - Copenhagen Business School. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  5. ^ "Consumer & Behavioural Insights Group". CBS - Copenhagen Business School. 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  6. ^ "Journal of Consumer Policy: Editors". Springer. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Acatech Members - Prof. Dr. oec. Lucia Reisch". Acatech. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  8. ^ Reisch, Lucia. "The Team - Center for Consumer, Markets and Politics".
  9. ^ "BIPS zeichnet Lucia Reisch mit Leibniz-Chair aus". BIPS. 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  10. ^ Ethik-Kommission Sichere Energieversorgung (30 May 2011). Deutschlands Energiewende – Ein Gemeinschaftswerk für die Zukunft (PDF). Berlin. Retrieved 8 July 2020.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  11. ^ "Bioeconomy Council Members - Prof. Dr. Lucia A. Reisch". Biooekonomierat. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  12. ^ "Ehemalige Mitglieder". www.svr-verbraucherfragen.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  13. ^ "Sustainability: Porsche appoints renowned experts".
  14. ^ Warentest, Stiftung. "Verwaltungsrat - Die Gremienmitglieder - Stiftung Warentest". www.test.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-16.

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