Prof. Dr. Johannes Lohse
Fon +49.4131.677-2295 (Sekr.), johannes.lohse@leuphana.de
Vita
Prof. Dr. Johannes Lohse is a W1 Professor of Law and Economics at the Institute of Economics and at the Methods Center of Leuphana University. His research interests are at the intersection of behavioral economics, environmental economics, and applied microeconomics. The focus of his research is on the provision of public goods across generations as well as the effects of incentives, rules, and norms on private contributions to environmental and climate protection. Prof. Lohse employs empirical and experimental methods in his work. His research projects have been funded by the British Academy, ESRC, AHRC, UKRI, and BMBF, among others. Prof.Lohse is Co-Editor at the board of Environmental and Resource Economics.
Prior to his current position, Johannes Lohse served as an Assistant and later Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Birmingham, with which he continues to be associated as an honorary senior research fellow. He defended his doctoral thesis in economics in September 2015 at the University of Heidelberg. During his PhD, he completed a research stay at the Becker-Friedman Institute of the University of Chicago. He obtained his degree in International Economics from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and also studied abroad at the University of Melbourne.
Projects
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Leuphana AI Campus – Wirksamkeitsprüfung
Mario Mechtel (Project manager, academic) , Johannes Lohse (Project manager, academic) , Siegfried Hammer (Project staff)
→Project: Teaching
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Experiments for the environment – Evidenzbasierte Hebel für die Nachhaltigkeitstransformation
Johannes Lohse (Project manager, academic)
→Project: Scientific event
Publications
Journal contributions
- Attention costs drive differences between active and passive risk-taking
Johannes Lohse (Author) , Christian König-Kersting (Author) , Anna Louisa Merkel (Author) , 13.05.2026 , in: Scientific Reports, 16, 1 , 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Novel assessment of risk tolerance in acute healthcare settings: A questionnaire-based study investigating risk tolerance of service users and staff in ambulatory care and front-door services
Ciara Harris (Author) , Johannes Lohse (Author) , Michalis Drouvelis (Author) , Daniel S. Lasserson (Author) , 12.11.2025 , in: BMJ Open, 15, 11 , 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Improving compliance with COVID-19 guidance: A workplace field experiment
Danae Arroyos-Calvera (Author) , Michalis Drouvelis (Author) , Johannes Lohse (Author) , Rebecca McDonald (Author) , 01.10.2025 , in: Behavioural Public Policy, 9, 4 , p. 803-825 , 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- The role of facial cues in signalling cooperativeness is limited and nuanced
Johannes Lohse (Author) , Santiago Sanches Pages (Author) , Enrique Turiegano (Author) , 01.12.2024 , in: Scientific Reports, 14, 1 , 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Beyond social influence: Examining the efficacy of non-social recommendations
Danae Arroyos-Calvera (Author) , Johannes Lohse (Author) , Rebecca McDonald (Author) , 01.09.2024 , in: European Economic Review, 168 , 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
- Behaviourally informed climate change policies
Johannes Lohse (Author) , 09.09.2021 Birmingham , p. 98-99 , 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to research communication reports › Transfer
- INTER-CHARITY COMPETITION AND EFFICIENCY: Considerations beyond fundraising and tax incentives for giving
Johannes Lohse (Author) , Kimberley Scharf (Author) , 01.01.2021 London , p. 325-343 , 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review
Activities
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WIE KOOPERATIV SIND WIR EIGENTLICH?
Johannes Lohse (presenter)
Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
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Why Institutions Matter - Vorstellung der Preisträger des Alfred-Nobel-Gedächtnispreis für Wirtschaftswissenschaften 2024
Johannes Lohse (presenter)
Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Press / Media
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Auf die Künstliche Intelligenz allein kommt es nicht an
1 Media contributionPress/Media: Press/Media
Courses
Part I ("Navigating the Worlds of Science," Sessions 1–5) lays conceptual foundations: what distinguishes science from other knowledge production, key epistemological debates (positivism vs. subjectivism, qualitative vs. quantitative approaches), and different research goals (normative/positive, descriptive/explanatory/predictive). Students learn to identify and sharpen research questions, engage with theory through deduction, induction, and abduction, and move from abstract concepts to measurable operationalizations.
Part II ("Quantitative Research: From Data to Causal Claims," Sessions 6–9) focuses on causal inference. Students learn the potential outcomes framework, causal diagrams, and threats to causal claims (confounding, selection, reverse causality). Sessions progress from observational and quasi-experimental designs (difference-in-differences, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity) through a hands-on research design workshop to experiments and the distinctions among internal, external, construct, and statistical validity.
Part III ("Qualitative Research: Making Sense of Social Worlds," Sessions 10–13) shifts to interpretive methodologies. Students explore how different epistemological frameworks construct "data" and "the field" differently (ethnography, interviews, discourse analysis), practice hands-on data collection methods (participant observation, interviews, sensory/walking methods), learn multiple coding and interpretive strategies (thematic analysis, discourse analysis, Grounded Theory), and engage with the challenges of writing, representation, and ethics in qualitative research (thick description, reflexivity, positionality).
Throughout, the pedagogy is highly interactive: students analyze published papers, critique causal claims, conduct field exercises on campus, code their own collected material, and produce analytical texts for peer review—building practical skills alongside theoretical understanding.
Introduction to basic mathematical methods, mathematical analysis and elements of financial mathematics. Business-related questions act as a reference point to illustrate the pertinence of mathematical competences for business studies and economics.
Structure:
1. Introduction
2. Differential calculus
3. Optimization
4. Integration
5. Approximation
6. Fundamentals of financial mathematics
Die Referenten sollten möglichst min. eine Woche vor dem Vortrag ihr Papier an Boris Hirsch schicken, der es dann für alle Teilnehmer zugänglich in MyStudy hochladen wird. Hierdurch sollen tiefergehende Diskussionen der Papiere ermöglicht werden.
* im Seminarplan: Externe Gäste, mit denen wir vermutlich am Dienstagabend Essen gehen werden, wozu alle Interessierten gerne mitkommen können (Info bei Boris Hirsch).