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Wändi Bruine de Bruin is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research activity spans primarily within the social sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as sociology and political science, general health professions, economics and econometrics, health, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their research addresses multiple interconnected topics including climate change communication and perception, risk perception and management, food security and health in diverse populations, aging and gerontology research, environmental education and sustainability, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, and decision-making and behavioral economics.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Age Differences in COVID-19 Risk Perceptions and Mental Health: Evidence From a National U.S. Survey Conducted in March 2020 (2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series B)
  • Relationships Between Initial COVID-19 Risk Perceptions and Protective Health Behaviors: A National Survey (2020, American Journal of Preventive Medicine)
  • Political polarization in US residents' COVID-19 risk perceptions, policy preferences, and protective behaviors (2020, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty)

Wändi Bruine de Bruin has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Kayla de la Haye, Andrew M. Parker, John P. Wilson, JoNell Strough, and Marianna Babboni.

Their research has been published across a range of venues with multiple contributions in journals such as Climatic Change, PLoS ONE, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Environmental Psychology, and Psychology and Aging.

Best Publications

  • Individual differences in adult decision-making competence.

    Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Andrew M. Parker;Baruch Fischhoff

  • Public perceptions of energy consumption and savings

    Shahzeen Z. Attari;Michael L. DeKay;Cliff I. Davidson;Wändi Bruine de Bruin

  • Towards demand-side solutions for mitigating climate change

    Felix Creutzig;Joyashree Roy;William F. Lamb;Inês M. L. Azevedo

  • Age Differences in COVID-19 Risk Perceptions and Mental Health: Evidence From a National U.S. Survey Conducted in March 2020.

    Wändi Bruine de Bruin

  • Relationships Between Initial COVID-19 Risk Perceptions and Protective Health Behaviors: A National Survey.

    Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Daniel Bennett

  • Maximizers versus satisficers: Decision-making styles, competence, and outcomes

    Andrew M. Parker;Wändi Bruine De Bruin;Baruch Fischhoff

  • INFLATION EXPECTATIONS AND BEHAVIOR: DO SURVEY RESPONDENTS ACT ON THEIR BELIEFS?

    Olivier Armantier;Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Giorgio Topa;Wilbert van der Klaauw

  • Assessing what to address in science communication

    Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Ann Bostrom

  • Fifty–fifty = 50%?

    Baruch Fischhoff;Wändi Bruine De Bruin

  • Explaining adult age differences in decision‐making competence.

    Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Andrew M. Parker;Baruch Fischhoff

  • Parents' vaccination comprehension and decisions.

    Julie S. Downs;Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Baruch Fischhoff

  • Verbal and Numerical Expressions of Probability: "It's a Fifty-Fifty Chance"

    Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Baruch Fischhoff;Susan G. Millstein;Bonnie L. Halpern-Felsher

  • Preparing for smart grid technologies: A behavioral decision research approach to understanding consumer expectations about smart meters

    Tamar Krishnamurti;Daniel Schwartz;Alexander Davis;Baruch Fischhoff

  • Teen Expectations for Significant Life Events

    Baruch Fischhoff;Andrew M. Parker;Wandi B. Bruine De Bruin;Julie Downs

  • Interactive video behavioral intervention to reduce adolescent females’ STD risk: a randomized controlled trial

    Julie S. Downs;Pamela J. Murray;Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Joyce Penrose

  • Political polarization in US residents' COVID-19 risk perceptions, policy preferences, and protective behaviors.

    Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Htay Wah Saw;Dana P. Goldman

  • Public perception of climate risk and adaptation in the UK: A review of the literature

    Andrea L. Taylor;Suraje Dessai;Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Wändi Bruine de Bruin

  • Initial Public Perceptions of Deep Geological and Oceanic Disposal of Carbon Dioxide

    Claire R. Palmgren;M. Granger Morgan;Wändi Bruine De Bruin;David W. Keith

  • Inappropriate Confidence and Retirement Planning: Four Studies with a National Sample

    Andrew M. Parker;Wandi Bruine de Bruin;Joanne K. Yoong;Robert Willis

  • Executive functions in decision making: An individual differences approach

    Fabio Del Missier;Timo Mäntylä;Wändi Bruine de Bruin

  • Climate change beliefs and perceptions of weather-related changes in the United Kingdom.

    Andrea Taylor;Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Suraje Dessai

Frequent Co-Authors

Baruch Fischhoff
Baruch Fischhoff Carnegie Mellon University
JoNell Strough
JoNell Strough West Virginia University
Timo Mäntylä
Timo Mäntylä Stockholm University
Lars-Göran Nilsson
Lars-Göran Nilsson Stockholm University
Robyn M. Dawes
Robyn M. Dawes Carnegie Mellon University
Bonnie Halpern-Felsher
Bonnie Halpern-Felsher Stanford University
Ellen Peters
Ellen Peters University of Oregon
Michael N. Hallquist
Michael N. Hallquist Pennsylvania State University
Edward T. Cokely
Edward T. Cokely University of Oklahoma
Elke U. Weber
Elke U. Weber Princeton University

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