Johannes Lohse

Johannes Lohse

The Department of Economics
Associate Professor in Economics

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j.lohse@bham.ac.uk
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@JoLohse
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Department of Economics
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University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Johannes Lohse is an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Birmingham. He joined the Department of Economics in 2016. Before coming to Birmingham he was a researcher at the University of Heidelberg (from where he obtained his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Timo Goeschl in 2015)

Johannes’ research interests lie at the intersection of behavioural economics and environmental economics. He uses experiments to study voluntary cooperation, pro-environmental behaviour, and climate change mitigation. He is also interested in the cognitive processes that underlie pro-social behaviour.

Qualifications

Associate Professor in Economics, University of Birmingham

PhD in Economics 2015, University of Heidelberg

MSc in International Economics, University of Erlangen

Biography

Prior to joining the department, Johannes worked as a researcher at the University of Heidelberg where he was involved in interdisciplinary research projects on climate change and aging, the  socio-political impact of the German energy transition, and the cognitive aspects of common pool resource use.

Teaching

Environmental Economics (Undergraduate and Graduate)

Postgraduate supervision

  • Moumita Deb
  • Zeyu Qiu

Research

Dr Lohse works at the intersection of behavioural economics and environmental economics. His work spans topics such as intergenerational public good provision, charitable giving, pollution perception, and decisions about sustainability. He has received funding by UKRI to explore pollution perceptions, by the British Academy to study intergenerational conflicts and by AHRC to design behavioural interventions for more sustainable travel behaviour. 

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Jarke-Neuert, J & Lohse, J 2022, 'I’m in a hurry, I don't want to know! Strategic ignorance under time pressure', Journal of Experimental Psychology: General , vol. 151, no. 11, pp. 2833–2845. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001222

Goeschl, T, Kettner, SE, Lohse, J & Schwieren, C 2020, 'How much can we learn about voluntary climate action from behavior in public goods games?', Ecological Economics, vol. 171, 106591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106591

Lohse, J & Waichman, I 2020, 'The effects of contemporaneous peer punishment on cooperation with the future', Nature Communications, vol. 11, no. 1, 1815, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15661-7

Gallier, C, Goeschl, T, Kesternich, M, Lohse, J, Reif, C & Roemer, D 2019, 'Leveling up? An inter-neighborhood experiment on parochialism and the efficiency of multi-level public goods provision', Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol. 164, pp. 500-517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.05.028

Goeschl, T & Lohse, J 2018, 'Cooperation in public good games. Calculated or confused?', European Economic Review, vol. 107, pp. 185-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.05.007

Goeschl, T, Kettner, SE, Lohse, J & Schwieren, C 2018, 'From social information to social norms: Evidence from two experiments', Games, vol. 9, no. 4, 91. https://doi.org/10.3390/g9040091

Merkel, A & Lohse, J 2018, 'Is fairness intuitive? An experiment accounting for the role of subjective utility differences under time pressure', Experimental Economics, pp. 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-018-9566-3

Bouwmeester, S, Verkoeijen, PPJL & Lohse, J 2017, 'Registered Replication Report: Rand, Greene & Nowak (2012)', Perspectives on Psychological Science, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 527-542. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691617693624

Lohse, J, Goeschl, T & Diederich, JH 2016, 'Giving is a question of time: response times and contributions to an environmental public good', Environmental and Resource Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-016-0029-z

Lohse, J 2016, 'Smart or selfish - When smart guys finish nice', Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, vol. 64, pp. 28-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2016.04.002

Degen, C, Kettner, SE, Fischer, H, Lohse, J, Funke, J, Schwieren, C, Goeschl, T & Schröder, J 2014, 'Comprehension of climate change and environmental attitudes across the lifespan', Zeitschrift fuer Gerontologie und Geriatrie: Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Gerontologie und Geriatrie, vol. 47, no. 6, pp. 490-494. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-014-0675-0

Chapter

Lohse, J & Scharf, K 2021, Inter-charity competition and efficiency: Considerations beyond fundraising and tax incentives for giving. in H Peter & GL Huber (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Taxation and Philanthropy. 1st edn, Routledge International Handbooks, Routledge, London, pp. 325-343. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003139201-21

Commissioned report

Acton, J, Anderson, P, Andres, L, Angus, M, Amor, P, Arrowsmith, J (ed.), Asmelash, H, Bartington, S (ed.), Bengtsson, F, Bhullar, L, Bloss, W, Bonet, B, Börner, S, O Bonsu, N, Bryson, JR, Burns, V, Burrows, A, Calvert, C, Cassidy, N, Cavoski, A, Chadyiwa, M, Chapman, H, Chapman, L, Cockram, M, Degendardt, L, Dickinson, D, Ding, Y, Dobrzynski, D, Dolo, M, Dora, J, Ercolani, M, Ersoy, A, Farag, H, Ferranti, E, Fisher, R, Freer, M, Goldmann, N, Goode, CE, Greenham, S, Gulati, S, Hadfield-Hill, S, Harper, G, Hegerl, G, Hillmansen, S, Holmes, J, Huang, JJ, Huser, C, Jackson, R, Jaroszweski, D, Jefferson, I, Johnson, J, Kaewunruen, S, Kelly-Akinnuoye, F, Kettles, G, Kraftl, P, Krause, S, Leckebusch, GC, Lee, R, Lockwood, B (ed.), Lohse, J, Luna Diez, E, Lynch, I (ed.), MacKenzie, R, Maddison, D, Makepeace, J, Mann, V, Marino, R, Mavronicola, N, McDonald, M, McGowan, K (ed.), Metje, N, Ng, K, Nicol, J, O'Sullivan, C, Phalkey, N, Prestwood, E, Pyatt, N, Quinn, A, Radcliffe, J (ed.), Ravi, M, Reardon, L, Reeder, T, O’Regan, P, Remedios, L, Roberts, J, Rogers, C, Rungskunroch, P, van Schaik, W, Swan, J (ed.), Thomson, I, Toft, H (ed.), Tong, J, Botello Villagrana, F, Walton, A, Wason, C (ed.), Weir, C, Wood, R & Zhong, J 2021, Addressing the climate challenge. University of Birmingham. https://doi.org/10.25500/epapers.bham.00003451

Paper

Degen, C, Fischer, H, Funke, J, Goeschl, T, Kettner, S, Lohse, J, Schwieren, C & Schröder, J 2014, 'Comprehension of climate change and environmental attitudes across the lifespan', pp. 490-494. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-014-0675-0

Working paper

Lohse, J, Goeschl, T, Kesternich, M, Roemer, D & Gallier, C 2017 'Leveling up? An inter-neighborhood experiment on parochialism and the efficiency of multi-level public goods provision' Discussion Paper Series, no. 17-012, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW). https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2926356

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