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Research
Christian T. Elbæk's research focuses on how resource scarcity and economic inequality influences various forms of judgment and decision-making with a specific focus on (1) financial decisions and (2) moral judgment and decision-making.
Christian leads the AUFF NOVA project Understanding (mis)perceptions of economic inequality as way to reduce it, which investigates how specific cognitive biases might hinder people’s understanding of economic inequality and resistance to wealth redistribution.
Teaching
Christian T. Elbæk teaches various courses related to his field of expertise. These include, but are not limited to: Behavioral Economics (BSc-level), Moral Psychology & Business Ethics (BSc-level), Judgment & Decision-Making (MSc-level), and Hands-on training in Open Science (PhD-level).
Christian supervises Bachelor's and Master's theses on topics such as Behavioural Economics, Moral Psychology, Nudging and Leadership Psychology.
Keywords
- Social psychology
- Moral Psychology
- Experimental economics
- Psychology of cognition
- Organisational ethics
- Consumer behaviour
Areas of expertise
- Judgment & Decision-Making
- Behavioral Economics
- Moral Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Organisational Ethics
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Projects
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AUFF NOVA: Understanding (mis)perceptions of economic inequality as a way to reduce it
Elbæk, C. T. (PI), Mitkidis, P. (Collaborator) & Mazar, N. (Collaborator)
01/01/2024 → 30/06/2027
Project: Research
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The Moral Balancing Project
Sabherwal, A. (Project manager), Elbæk, C. T. (CoPI), Scatolon, A. (CoPI), Cervone, C. (CoPI), Ayal, S. (CoPI) & Conway, P. (CoPI)
24/07/2022 → …
Project: Research
Research output
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Subjective socioeconomic status and income inequality are associated with self-reported morality across 67 countries
Elbæk, C. T., Mitkidis, P., Aarøe, L. & Otterbring, T., Sept 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 14 p., 5453.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Why scarcity can both increase and decrease prosocial behaviour: A review and theoretical framework for the complex relationship between scarcity and prosociality.
Civai, C., Elbaek, C. T. & Capraro, V., 22 Oct 2024, In: Current Opinion in Psychology. 60, p. 101931Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Honestly Hungry: Acute Hunger Does Not Increase Unethical Economic Behaviour
Elbæk, C. T., Mitkidis, P., Aarøe, L. & Otterbring, T., Jul 2022, In: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 101, 11 p., 104312.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Experiment aversion does not appear to generalize
Mazar, N., Elbæk, C. T. & Mitkidis, P., Apr 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 120, 16, e2217551120.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Effectiveness of ex ante honesty oaths in reducing dishonesty depends on content
Zickfeld, J. H., Ścigała, K. A., Elbæk, C. T., Michael, J., Tønnesen, M. H., Levy, G., Ayal, S., Thielmann, I., Nockur, L., Peer, E., Capraro, V., Barkan, R., Bø, S., Bahník, Š., Nosenzo, D., Hertwig, R., Mazar, N., Weiss, A., Koessler, A.-K. & Montal-Rosenberg, R. & 22 others, , 21 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Human Behaviour.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Activities
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Annual Meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, 2023
Elbæk, C. T. (Participant)
17 Nov 2023 → 20 Nov 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
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The 29th Biennial Subjective Probability Utility and Decision Making conference (SPUDM)
Elbæk, C. T. (Speaker)
20 Aug 2023 → 24 Aug 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
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19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology
Elbæk, C. T. (Speaker)
30 Jun 2023 → 4 Jul 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
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IAREP-SABE International Conference
Elbæk, C. T. (Speaker)
7 Jun 2023 → 10 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
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Annual Meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2022
Elbæk, C. T. (Speaker)
10 Nov 2022 → 13 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
Prizes
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Jane Beattie Memorial Scholarship 2022
Elbæk, C. T. (Recipient), 2022
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PhD Research Award of the year 2021-22
Elbæk, C. T. (Recipient), 17 Jun 2022
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International Association for Research in Economic Psychology Scholarship - Best Paper Proposal
Elbæk, C. T. (Recipient), 28 Jul 2020
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Press/Media
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Researchers dismantle research bomb
Mazar, N., Elbæk, C. T. & Mitkidis, P.
30/08/2023
1 Media contribution
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Can hunger make you cheat?
Elbæk, C. T., Mitkidis, P., Aarøe, L. & Otterbring, T.
04/07/2022
1 Media contribution
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Scarcity influences morality, but not the way you might think [Danish]
18/05/2024
1 item of Media coverage
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