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Vivianne H.M. Visschers is affiliated with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland in Switzerland. Their research falls primarily within the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as Food Science, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Pollution, Small Animals, and Applied Psychology.

Their work covers several main topics including Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, and Food Safety and Hygiene.

Recent published papers by Vivianne H.M. Visschers include:

  • Smaller servings vs. information provision: Results of two interventions to reduce plate waste in two university canteens, 2020, Waste Management
  • Knowledge, Social Influences, Perceived Risks and Benefits, and Cultural Values Explain the Public's Decisions Related to Prudent Antibiotic Use, 2021, Risk Analysis

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Claudia Freivogel (8 publications)
  • Isabel Lechner (2 publications)
  • Vanessa Feck (2 publications)
  • Daniela Gundlach (1 publication)
  • Claudio Beretta (1 publication)

The scientist has contributed to various academic venues, with multiple publications in the Institutional Repository (IHS Vienna) and Frontiers in Veterinary Science. Other venues include Waste Management, Frontiers in Public Health, and Risk Analysis.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Probability Information in Risk Communication: A Review of the Research Literature

    Vivianne H. M. Visschers;Ree M. Meertens;Wim W. F. Passchier;Nanne N. K. De Vries

  • How a nuclear power plant accident influences acceptance of nuclear power: results of a longitudinal study before and after the Fukushima disaster.

    Vivianne H. M. Visschers;Michael Siegrist

  • Addressing climate change: Determinants of consumers' willingness to act and to support policy measures

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

  • Knowledge as a driver of public perceptions about climate change reassessed

    Jing Shi;Vivianne H. M. Visschers;Michael Siegrist;Joseph Arvai

  • Eye tracking and nutrition label use: A review of the literature and recommendations for label enhancement

    Dan J. Graham;Jacob L. Orquin;Vivianne H.M. Visschers

  • Public Perception of Climate Change: The Importance of Knowledge and Cultural Worldviews

    Jing Shi;Vivianne H. M. Visschers;Michael Siegrist

  • Climate change benefits and energy supply benefits as determinants of acceptance of nuclear power stations: Investigating an explanatory model

    Vivianne H.M. Visschers;Carmen Keller;Michael Siegrist

  • Consumers’ knowledge about climate change

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

  • Health motivation and product design determine consumers' visual attention to nutrition information on food products.

    Vivianne H M Visschers;Rebecca Hess;Michael Siegrist

  • Acceptance of nuclear power: The Fukushima effect

    Michael Siegrist;Vivianne H.M. Visschers

  • Impact of knowledge and misconceptions on benefit and risk perception of CCS.

    Lasse Wallquist;Vivianne H. M. Visschers;Michael Siegrist

  • Factors influencing changes in sustainability perception of various food behaviors: Results of a longitudinal study

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

  • Affective imagery and acceptance of replacing nuclear power plants.

    Carmen Keller;Vivianne Visschers;Michael Siegrist

  • Public acceptance of CCS system elements: A conjoint measurement

    Lasse Wallquist;Selma L’Orange Seigo;Vivianne H.M. Visschers;Michael Siegrist

  • Does environmental friendliness equal healthiness? Swiss consumers' perception of protein products.

    Gianna A. Lazzarini;Jasmin Zimmermann;Vivianne H.M. Visschers;Michael Siegrist

  • The role of health-related, motivational and sociodemographic aspects in predicting food label use: a comprehensive study.

    Rebecca Hess;Vivianne H M Visschers;Michael Siegrist

  • Fair play in energy policy decisions: Procedural fairness, outcome fairness and acceptance of the decision to rebuild nuclear power plants

    Vivianne H.M. Visschers;Michael Siegrist

  • Find the differences and the similarities: Relating perceived benefits, perceived costs and protected values to acceptance of five energy technologies

    Vivianne H.M. Visschers;Michael Siegrist

  • Perceptions of antimicrobial usage, antimicrobial resistance and policy measures to reduce antimicrobial usage in convenient samples of Belgian, French, German, Swedish and Swiss pig farmers.

    V.H.M. Visschers;A. Backhans;L. Collineau;D. Iten

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeroen Dewulf
Jeroen Dewulf Ghent University
Ulf Emanuelson
Ulf Emanuelson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Katharina D.C. Stärk
Katharina D.C. Stärk Royal Veterinary College
Nanne K. de Vries
Nanne K. de Vries Maastricht University
Robert A. C. Ruiter
Robert A. C. Ruiter Maastricht University
Danielle R.M. Timmermans
Danielle R.M. Timmermans Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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