Anna Bosshard

Anna Bosshard

PhD candidate in Social Psychology

a.bosshard@uva.nl

About

I am a doctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam with Dr. Cameron Brick and Prof. Dr. Frenk van Harreveld studying the psychological dimensions of sustainable and just transitions. My core projects are about reducing clothing consumption and enhancing support for international climate finance. I also teach on social psychology and sustainability and consult on behavior change interventions. I am happy to chat about potential collaborations, so feel free to reach out via email (a.bosshard@uva.nl).

Publications

Promoting clothing repair with in-person workshops: A quasi-experimental field study

Bosshard, A., Zhou, L., Brick, C., & van Harreveld, F. · Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 36(2), e70243

2026

Repairing clothes and feeling good: Do positive emotions influence sustainable clothing behaviours?

Zhou, L., Bosshard, A., Sauter, D., & Brick, C. · Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 100264

2026

Psychological outcomes from a citizen-science study on microplastics from household clothes washing

Brick, C., Bosshard, A., Boven, B., Hijink, J., Praetorius, A., & Jacobs, L. · Environmental Science: Advances

2025

Limited overlap among behavioural tasks, pro-environmental propensity, and carbon footprint

Bosshard, A., Berger, S., Lange, F., Sosa, A., Kankaanpää, E., Fellegi, E., … & Brick, C. · Journal of Environmental Psychology, 97, 102297

2024

Climate-change engagement of scientists

Dablander, F., Sachisthal, M. S., Cologna, V., Strahm, N., Bosshard, A., Grüning, N. M., … & Haslbeck, J. M. · Nature Climate Change, 14(10), 1033–1039

2024

Climate concern and engagement: Large face-to-face and online polls by the Dutch non-profit Milieudefensie

Bosshard, A., Chatrou, A., & Brick, C. · The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 26, e6

2023

Organizations can make a real impact on sustainable development

Zwicker, M. V., Bosshard, A., & Brick, C. · One Earth, 5(7), 751–753

2022

More green than gray? Toward a sustainable overview of environmental spillover effects: A Bayesian meta-analysis

Geiger, S. J., Brick, C., Nalborczyk, L., Bosshard, A., & Jostmann, N. B. · Journal of Environmental Psychology, 78, 101694

2021

Motivation and climate change: A review

Brick, C., Bosshard, A., & Whitmarsh, L. · Current Opinion in Psychology, 42, 82–88

2021

Research Talks

  • International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP) · Florence
    2026
  • German Psychology Congress (DGPs) · Luxembourg
    2026
  • Psychology Research Institute, University of Amsterdam
    2026
  • Association for Social Psychology (ASPO) · Maastricht
    2025
  • International Conference of Environmental Psychology (ICEP) · Vilnius
    2025
  • Association for Social Psychology (ASPO) · Groningen
    2024
  • International Association for People-Environment Studies (IAPS) · Barcelona
    2024
  • Psychology Research Institute, University of Amsterdam
    2024
  • Conference of the Kurt Lewin Institute (KLI) · Utrecht
    2024
  • International Conference of Environmental Psychology (ICEP) · Aarhus
    2023
  • European Association of Social Psychology General Meeting (EASP) · Kraków
    2023
  • Conference on Environmental Psychology (CEP) · Lillehammer
    2023
  • Association for Social Psychology (ASPO) · Utrecht
    2023
  • Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Group, Wageningen University
    2023
  • Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) · online
    2023

Teaching

I supervise Bachelor's and Master's theses at the University of Amsterdam and have given lectures and workshops on psychology and sustainability at Aarhus University, Eindhoven University of Technology, and the University of Amsterdam. In August 2026, together with Saara Taavila, I am co-teaching a two-week summer school on the psychology of climate action for the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes in Leysin, Switzerland.

Funding Acquisition

  • M grant, Centre for Sustainable Development, UvA
    Co-PI with Dr. Shreya Dubey · €30,000
    2025
  • Seed-money grant, Kurt Lewin Institute
    Co-PI with Dr. Anandita Sabherwal · €3,000
    2025
  • Isaac Roet Prize, Amsterdam University Fund
    €5,000
    2022
  • PhD scholarship, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
    €95,000
    2022