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Michael Siegrist

Michael Siegrist

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Psychology
Switzerland
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
105
Citations
41172
World Ranking
492
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Michael Siegrist is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research spans various interdisciplinary fields linked to sociology, political science, food science, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as:

  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Risk Perception and Management
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Organic Food and Agriculture

Frequent co-authors of Michael Siegrist include:

  • Christina Hartmann
  • Angela Bearth
  • Anne Berthold
  • Larissa Luchsinger
  • Fabienne Michel

Their research is often published in specific academic venues, with repeated contributions in:

  • Food Quality and Preference
  • Risk Analysis
  • Appetite
  • Journal of Risk Research
  • Journal of Environmental Psychology

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Michael Siegrist include:

  • Consumer acceptance of novel food technologies, 2020, Nature Food
  • Risk Perception: Reflections on 40 Years of Research, 2020, Risk Analysis
  • Perceived naturalness, disgust, trust and food neophobia as predictors of cultured meat acceptance in ten countries, 2020, Appetite

Co-authors have also led works related to consumer perceptions and sustainability issues, broadening the scope of research through collaborative studies.

Siegrist's work intersects with several domains such as environmental policy, sustainable agriculture, and consumer behavior, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to contemporary challenges in food systems and risk management.

Best Publications

  • Perception of hazards: the role of social trust and knowledge

    Michael Siegrist;George Cvetkovich

  • The influence of trust and perceptions of risks and benefits on the acceptance of gene technology.

    Michael Siegrist

  • Salient value similarity, social trust, and risk/benefit perception

    Michael Siegrist;George Cvetkovich;Claudia Roth

  • Consumer perception and behaviour regarding sustainable protein consumption: A systematic review

    Christina Hartmann;Michael Siegrist

  • Sorting out food waste behaviour: A survey on the motivators and barriers of self-reported amounts of food waste in households

    Vivianne H.M. Visschers;Nadine Wickli;Michael Siegrist

  • Eating green. Consumers' willingness to adopt ecological food consumption behaviors.

    Christina Tobler;Vivianne H.M. Visschers;Michael Siegrist

  • Perception of risk: the influence of general trust, and general confidence

    Michael Siegrist;Heinz Gutscher;Timothy C. Earle

  • The importance of food naturalness for consumers: Results of a systematic review

    Sergio Román;Luis Manuel Sánchez-Siles;Michael Siegrist

  • The role of the affect and availability heuristics in risk communication.

    Carmen Keller;Michael Siegrist;Heinz Gutscher

  • Public acceptance of nanotechnology foods and food packaging: The influence of affect and trust

    Michael Siegrist;Marie Eve Cousin;Hans Kastenholz;Arnim Wiek

  • Factors influencing public acceptance of innovative food technologies and products

    Michael Siegrist

  • The psychology of eating insects: A cross-cultural comparison between Germany and China

    Christina Hartmann;Jing Shi;Alice Giusto;Michael Siegrist

  • Importance of cooking skills for balanced food choices

    Christina Hartmann;Simone Dohle;Michael Siegrist

  • Flooding risks: a comparison of lay people's perceptions and expert's assessments in Switzerland.

    Michael Siegrist;Heinz Gutscher

  • Consumers’ associations, perceptions and acceptance of meat and plant-based meat alternatives

    Fabienne Michel;Christina Hartmann;Michael Siegrist

  • Natural hazards and motivation for mitigation behavior: people cannot predict the affect evoked by a severe flood.

    Michael Siegrist;Heinz Gutscher

  • Trust and Risk Perception: A Critical Review of the Literature

    Michael Siegrist

  • Convenience food products. Drivers for consumption.

    Thomas A. Brunner;Klazine van der Horst;Michael Siegrist

  • Opportunities and challenges of Web 2.0 for vaccination decisions.

    Cornelia Betsch;Noel T. Brewer;Pauline Brocard;Patrick Davies

  • Test of a trust and confidence model in the applied context of electromagnetic field (EMF) risks.

    Michael Siegrist;Timothy C. Earle;Heinz Gutscher

  • Laypeople's and Experts' Perception of Nanotechnology Hazards

    Michael Siegrist;Carmen Keller;Hans Kastenholz;Silvia Frey

  • A new look at the psychometric paradigm of perception of hazards.

    Michael Siegrist;Carmen Keller;Henk A.L. Kiers

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe Herwig
Uwe Herwig University of Zurich
Jeroen Dewulf
Jeroen Dewulf Ghent University
Ulf Emanuelson
Ulf Emanuelson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Rainer Schulin
Rainer Schulin ETH Zurich
Per Kudsk
Per Kudsk Aarhus University
Achim Walter
Achim Walter ETH Zurich
Bruno Studer
Bruno Studer ETH Zurich
Britta Renner
Britta Renner University of Konstanz

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