Affiliations

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Education

2021-2025: Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Strategy and Management, Ph. D. in psychology
Thesis title: Mental time travelers: Identifying and addressing shortcomings in how we plan, predict, and act with the future in mind

2018-2021: University of Bergen, Faculty of Psychology, Master of Philosophy in Psychology
Thesis title: Discrete emotions caused by episodic future thinking: A systematic review with narrative synthesis

2015-2018: University of Bergen, Faculty of Psychology, Bachelor of science in General Psychology
Thesis title: Working for the best or bracing for the worst? Approach and avoidance motivation in planning

Published works

Zickfeld, J. H., Ścigała, K. A., Elbæk, C. T., Michael, J., Tønnesen, M. H., Levy, G., ... & Mitkidis, P. (2025). Effectiveness of ex ante honesty oaths in reducing dishonesty depends on content. Nature Human Behaviour, 9(1), 169-187. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02009-0

Vlasceanu, M., Doell, K. C., Bak Coleman, J. B., Todorova, B., Berkebile-Weinberg, M. M., Grayson, S. J., ... Van Bavel, J. J. (2024). The International Climate Psychology Collaboration: Climate change-related data collected from 63 countries. Scientific Data, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03865-1

Bø, S., & Sjåstad, H. (2024). Revisiting the moral forecasting error – A preregistered replication and extension of “Are we more moral than we think?” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 115, 104662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2024.104662

Vlasceanu, M., Doell, K. C., Bak Coleman, J. B., Todorova, B., Berkebile-Weinberg, M. M., Grayson, S. J., ... Van Bavel, J. J. (2024). Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries. Science Advances, 10(6), eadj5778. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj5778

Sjåstad, H., & Bø, S. (2023). Mental simulation of future possibilities: Preparing for action or protecting the self? Possibility Studies, 1(4), 502-513. https://doi.org/10.1177/27538699231187617

Doran, R., Bø, S., & Hanss, D. (2022). Comparing the motivational underpinnings of sustainable consumption across contexts using a scenario-based approach. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 854093. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.854093

Bø, S., Norman, E., & Wolff, K. (2022). Discrete emotions caused by episodic future thinking: A systematic review with narrative synthesis. Collabra: Psychology, 8(1), 35232. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.35232

Doran, R., Bø, S., & Hanss, D. (2022). Efficacy beliefs regarding environmentally friendly purchasing on holiday. Tourism Recreation Research, 49(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2022.2067952

Bø, S., Sjåstad, H., & Norman, E. (2021). Working for the best or bracing for the worst? Approach and avoidance motivation in planning. Collabra: Psychology, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.21173

Bø, S., & Wolff, K. (2020). I can see clearly now: Episodic future thinking and imaginability in percepions of climate-related risk events. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 218. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00218

Bø, S., & Wolff, K. (2019). A terrible future: Episodic future thinking and the perceived risk of terrorism. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2333. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02333