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

Martuza, J., Bø, S., Thorbjørnsen, H., & Sjåstad, H. (2026). Does self-projection have a dominant temporal direction? In nine countries, people feel more similar to their future than past selves. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672261467790

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