Postdoctoral Researcher

Nienke Buters, M.Sc.

Academic career

02/2022 – present: PhD Candidate, TUM School of Management
03/2025 – 07/2025: Visiting Researcher, Behavioral Science for Policy Lab, Princeton University (Prof. Dr. Elke Weber)
03/2022 – 11/2024: Project Partner at MCube — Smart Advisor for Sustainable Integrated Mobility (SASIM)
09/2020 – 07/2021: Student Research Assistant, University of Groningen (Prof. Jenny van Doorn)
09/2020 – 07/2021: M.Sc. Marketing Management, University of Groningen (Prof. Koert van Ittersum)
09/2016 – 07/2019: B.Sc. Psychology, University of Groningen

Research areas

Geopolitics and morality: how geopolitical conflicts change consumer behavior, especially the moral motives driving that change
Optimism bias in project forecasting: individual differences and process-tracing methods such as Query Theory
Full costs of mobility: improving literacy of internal and external costs to facilitate sustainable transport choices

Key publications

Buters, N., Ungemach, C., & Weber, E. (2026). Asymmetry in consumer response and moral sentiment in times of geopolitical conflict. Working paper.
Buters, N., Weber, E., & Greig, C. (2026). Optimism bias in project planning forecasts: Insights from an expert sample. Working paper.
Buters, N., Kinigadner, J., & Schröder, D. (in press). Mobi-Score®: A concept for a labeling scheme to foster sustainable mobility choices.
Buters, N., Prochazka, J., Schefbänker, K., Strobl, A., & Teichmann, K. (2024). A Comment on "Detecting Mother-Father Differences in Spending on Children". I4R Discussion Paper Series, No. 137.