Alice Seffen
Alice Seffen
M.Sc. Psychology
Venusberg-Campus 1 | Institut für Hausarztmedizin | Gebäude 05 | Universitätsklinikum Bonn
D-53127 Bonn
About Alice
Alice Seffen is a psychologist and doctoral student at the Health and Risk Communication Lab at the University Hospital Bonn. Her research focuses on promoting a healthy and sustainable diet – she is especially interested in a reduction in meat consumption. In this context, she investigates motivation and self-regulation. She uses innovative research methods, such as Ecological Momentary Assessment, to study eating behavior outside the laboratory - in people's everyday lives. She is also interested in science communication and supports the social media team of the In-Mind Magazine. Alice Seffen holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in psychology from the University of Cologne.
Research Interests
- Behavior Change
- Self-regulation and Motivation
- Eating Behavior
- Ecological Momentary Assessment
Publications
Meis-Harris, J., Rramani-Dervishi, Q., Seffen, A. E., & Dohle, S. (2024). Food for future: The impact of menu design on vegetarian food choice and menu satisfaction in a hypothetical hospital setting. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 97, Article 102348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102348
Seffen, A. E., & Dohle, S. (2023). What motivates German consumers to reduce their meat consumption? Identifying relevant beliefs. Appetite, 187, Article 106593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.106593
Richter, J., Seffen, A., Benedict, T., & Gast, A. (2021). No evidence of consolidation of evaluative conditioning during waking rest and sleep. Cognition and Emotion, 35(5), 844-858. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2021.1896992
Scientific Lectures
Seffen, A. E., Blase, R., & Dohle, S. (2024, September 3-6). Consumers' perceptions of the effectiveness and feasibility of self-control strategies for reducing meat consumption [Conference Talk]. European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) 2024, Cascais, Portugal.
Seffen, A. E., & Dohle, S. (2023, September 4-8). Revealing the beliefs behind meat reduction intentions [Conference Talk]. European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) 2023, Bremen, Germany.
Seffen, A. E., & Dohle, S. (2023, June 22-24). A Smartphone-Based Self-Control Intervention to Reduce Meat Intake [Poster presentation]. Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) 2023, Padova, Italy.
Seffen, A. E., & Dohle, S. (2023, March). Why we do (not) reduce our meat consumption: Identifying relevant beliefs [Conference Talk]. 60th Scientific Congress of the German Nutrition Society "Plant-based nutrition in focus - versatile and sustainable", Bonn, Germany.