Robert Tobias

Dr. Robert Tobias
Senior Research Assistant
Psychologisches Institut - Sozialpsychologie
Universität Zürich
Binzmühlestrasse 14 / Box 15
CH-8032 Zürich
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0) 44 635 72 72
Fax: +41 (0) 44 634 49 31
E-mail: robert.tobias(at)uzh.ch
URL Institution: www.psychologie.uzh.ch/de/fachrichtungen/sozpsy/Team1/rtobias.html


Key Publications of Robert Tobias (up to ten) :
Tobias, R. (2009). Changing behavior by memory aids: a social-psychological model of prospective memory and habit development tested with dynamic field data. Psychological Review, 116, 408–438.

Tobias, R., Huber, A. C., & Tamas, A. (2013). A methodology to quantifying effects and psychological functioning of behaviour-change techniques using longitudinal bounded-linear regression models. SAGE Open, 3 (4). DOI: 10.1177/2158244013517245

Tobias, R. & Mosler, H.-J. (2008). Exploring the effects of campaigning strategies for the organization of collective action using empirical data. In: B. Edmonds, C. Hernándes, & K. Troitzsch (eds.), Social simulation technologies: Advances and new discoveries. Representing the best of the ESSA conferences: Gronigen (2003); Valodollid (2004); and Koblenz (2005) (pp. 239-251). Hershey (USA): Idea Group Publishing.

Tobias, R., Bruegger, A. & Mosler, H.-J. (2009). Developing strategies for waste reduction by means of tailored interventions in Santiago de Cuba. Environment & Behavior, 41, 836–865.

Huber, A. C., Tobias, R., & Mosler, H.-J. (2014). Evidence-based tailoring of behavior change campaigns: increasing fluoride-free water consumption in rural Ethiopia with persuasion. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 6(1), 96–118. DOI: 10.1111/aphw.12018


Expertise of Robert Tobias:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
Research Interface / Management
Topic Economy/ResourceUseTourism
Transport / Mobility
Energy
Topic TechnologyRecycling
Topic Politics/LawMitigation / Prevention / Emission Reductions
Adaptation
Topic SocietyPerception / Behaviour / Attitudes
Education / Communication / Participation
Topic HealthPollution Effects / Water Quality
Spatial ZonesUrban
Spatial ScaleLocal / Community
Time FrameRecent / Today
Time ScaleSeasonal / Annual
MethodsData Collection - Measurement
Data Collection - Interviews, Questionnaires
Data Analysis
Literature Study
Modeling
Applied Research / Technology
Program Coordination / Management

Specialties of Robert Tobias:
Modelling human behaviour on the micro level (individuals or households) based on social scientific findings and simulating effects of behaviour change campaigns on communities of some thousand households for planning such campaigns. Further empirical and analytical work for testing and analysing these models. Perception and communication of water-related risks.

Last update: 11/29/23
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