Robert Tobias
Dr. Robert Tobias
Senior Research Assistant
Psychologisches Institut - SozialpsychologieUniversität ZürichBinzmühlestrasse 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.chURL 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 Category | Specific Expertise |
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Expert Type | Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering |
| Research Interface / Management |
Topic Economy/ResourceUse | Tourism |
| Transport / Mobility |
| Energy |
Topic Technology | Recycling |
Topic Politics/Law | Mitigation / Prevention / Emission Reductions |
| Adaptation |
Topic Society | Perception / Behaviour / Attitudes |
| Education / Communication / Participation |
Topic Health | Pollution Effects / Water Quality |
Spatial Zones | Urban |
Spatial Scale | Local / Community |
Time Frame | Recent / Today |
Time Scale | Seasonal / Annual |
Methods | Data 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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