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Dr. Sara Elisa Kettner

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Dr. Sara Elisa Kettner
Project Manager

Tel: +49 (0)30 2359116-13
Fax: +49 (0)30 2359116-99

s.e.kettner@conpolicy.de

Sara Elisa Kettner leads consulting projects and studies in the areas of consumer policy and behavioral insights with a focus on responsible digitalization and sustainability.

She has implemented projects for the European Commission, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety 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 publications

  • Münsch, M., Kettner, S.E. & Thorun, C. (2024). Einstellungen und Engagement von Verbraucher*innen in der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation. Vertiefungsstudie zur Umweltbewusstseinsstudie 2022. In: Texte | 97/2024. Umweltbundesamt, Dessau-Roßlau.
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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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Selected lectures and presentations

  • AI-Lighthouse Networking Meeting 2023: What sustainability information do consumers want? (Berlin, 23. March 2023)
  • BDIU-Strategy Forum22: Consumer needs in communication - behavioral science perspective (Berlin, April 8, 2022)
  • OECD CCP-Roundtable: Consumer access and use of their own data (Virtual, April 4, 2022)
  • MULNV-Consumer Forum: Digital Consumer Protection: Innovative Privacy Consent Mangement (Virtual, November 23, 2020)
  • Experimental Economics for the Environment: "Behavioral Insights for Public Policy – A Practitioner's View" (Heidelberg, February 19, 2020)

Selected moderations

  • CDR Initiative: CDR-Impulses: Corporate Digital Responsibility in Practice (Virtual, various dates in 2023 and 2024)
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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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  • CDR Initiative: Humans at the heart of digitalization: relevance, areas of tension and solutions. Deep Dive Session – Data and AI for sustainability: How can data benefits and data protection be achieved simultaneously? (Berlin, November 09, 2023)
  • 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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