Sara Elisa Kettner is responsible for consulting projects and studies in the areas of consumer policy and behavioral insights, with a focus on the topics of digitalization, sustainability, and corporate digital responsibility.
She has implemented projects for the European Commission, the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and consults companies on their digital responsibility. Furthermore, she worked as a PostDoc at Quadriga University of Applied Science and conducts research on user behavior and privacy in the area of smartphone apps (PrivacyGuard project).
Sara Elisa Kettner studied economics at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. During her PhD studies she specialized on behavioral and experimental economics. Before joining ConPolicy she was a researcher at the University of Heidelberg and taught undergraduate as well as graduate courses on general economics and experimental economics. Furthermore, she regularly participated in international conferences and research workshops (e.g. Economic Science Association).
Selected projects
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Evaluation of the IT Security Label: Project for the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)
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PRiME – Privacy in the metaverse: Project for the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
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Policy study: Transparency for consumer products: Project for the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)
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Digital consumer marketplaces – Requirements, problems and barriers in everyday consumer life: Project for the DIN Consumer Council
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Consumer security knowledge and behavior in the digital space: Study for DIN Consumer council
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Selected publications
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Münsch, M., Diels, J., Gossen, M., Bergener, J., & Kettner, S. E. (2024). Unused Potentials for effective sustainability communication. zfwu Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts-und Unternehmensethik, 25(1), 113-148.
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Thorun, C., Kettner, S.E., Lell, O., Münsch, M., Diels, J. et al. (2024). Better information for more sustainability in ecommerce. Online Guide.
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Kettner, S.E. et al. (2024). Survey on the perception and evaluation of potentially unfair practices in the digital space. Fact sheet created on behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
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Grothmann, T., Frick, V., Ruppel, P., Münsch, M. Kettner, S.E. & Thorun, C. (2024). Umweltbewusstseinsstudie 2022 - Vertiefende Analysen der repräsentativen Hauptbefragung. In: Texte | 08/2024. Umweltbundesamt, Dessau-Roßlau.
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Cerulli-Harms, A., Herrmann, L., Kettner, S. E., Münsch, M. & Rauber, J. (2023) Punctual, cheap, fast - and the climate? On the requirements for commuter mobility today and in the future: Publication in "Internationales Verkehrswesen"
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Selected lectures and presentations
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AI-Lighthouse Networking Meeting 2023: What sustainability information do consumers want? (Berlin, 23. March 2023)
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BDIU-Strategy Forum22: Consumer needs in communication - behavioral science perspective (Berlin, April 8, 2022)
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OECD CCP-Roundtable: Consumer access and use of their own data (Virtual, April 4, 2022)
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MULNV-Consumer Forum: Digital Consumer Protection: Innovative Privacy Consent Mangement (Virtual, November 23, 2020)
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Experimental Economics for the Environment: "Behavioral Insights for Public Policy – A Practitioner's View" (Heidelberg, February 19, 2020)
Selected moderations
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Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection: CDR-Impulse: The digital product pass and AI-based applications for sustainable consumption (Virtual, December 7, 2022)
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Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection: CDR-Impulse: Data minimalism & environmental protection: employees tidy up during digital spring cleaning (Virtual, October 24, 2022)
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Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection: CDR-Impulse: Digitization as a precursor to resource protection or a driver of rebound effects? (Virtual, May 4, 2022)
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Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection: CDR-Impulse: Women in Tech (Virtual, December 1, 2021)
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Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection: CDR-Impulse: Sustainability Index for AI (Virtual, May 12, 2021)
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