Paul M. Lohmann

Hi! Welcome to my personal site. My work lies at the intersection of behavioral science, applied economics, and public policy, with a particular focus on environmental sustainability. My research agenda currently focuses on the design and evaluation of environmental policies and quantifying the causal impact of environmental stressors on preferences, behaviour and well-being. You can find my latest research below. More about me

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Selected Projects

Policy Evaluation: Online Takeaways

Making takeaway food choices more sustainable: The impact of behaviourally informed interventions on sustainable food choices

Policy Evaluation: Subsidies and Labels

Carbon footprint labelling and sustainble food subsidies: A large scale field experiment with 13 university cafeterias

Policy Evaluation: Carbon Footprint Information

Carbon footprint information provision and labelling in restaurants: Two field experiments with a UK-based Italian restaurant brand

Evidence Synthesis

Shifting consumers towards sustainable food consumption and avoiding food waste: A machine-learning assisted systematic review and meta-analysis of demand-side interventions

Recent Publications

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Paul Lohmann, Alice Pizzo, Jan M. Bauer, Tarun M. Khanna, Sarah L. Flecke, Max Callaghan, Jan C. Minx, Lucia A. Reisch (2026). A meta-analysis assessing the effectiveness of demand-side interventions for sustainable food consumption and food waste reduction. Nature Food.

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Eva Weingärtner, Paul Lohmann, Astrid Dannenberg (2025). Politikinstrumente für einen umweltfreundlicheren Lebensmittelkonsum. Policy Ultra-Briefs aus der Psychologie und angrenzenden Verhaltenswissenschaften, Reihe 1 – Klimaschutz.

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Micha Kaiser, Paul Lohmann, Peter Ochieng, Billy Shi, Cass R. Sunstein, Lucia A. Reisch (2025). Leveraging LLMs for predictive insights in food policy and behavioral interventions. Discover Food.

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Paul Lohmann, Elisabeth Gsottbauer, Christina Gravert, Lucia A. Reisch (2025). Nudging, Fast and Slow: Experimental Evidence from Food Choices under Time Pressure. Environmental and Resource Economics.

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Paul Lohmann, Elisabeth Gsottbauer, James Farrington, Steve Human, Lucia A. Reisch (2024). Choice architecture promotes sustainable choices in online food-delivery apps. PNAS Nexus.

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