Johannes Lohse

Johannes Lohse serves as a W1 Professor of Law and Economics at Leuphana University, holding joint appointments at the Institute of Economics and the Methods Center. His academic career includes previous positions as Assistant and later Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Birmingham, where he maintains an affiliation as an Honorary Senior Research Fellow.

His educational background features a doctorate from the University of Heidelberg (2015), complemented by a research stay at the Becker-Friedman Institute of the University of Chicago. He completed his undergraduate studies in International Economics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and additional studies at the University of Melbourne.

Lohse's research program centers on the intersection of behavioral economics, environmental economics, and applied microeconomics, with particular emphasis on intergenerational public goods provision and the mechanisms influencing private contributions to environmental protection. His methodological approach combines experimental and empirical techniques to investigate how incentives, rules, and social norms shape cooperative behavior in environmental contexts.

His scholarly output demonstrates consistent focus on experimental investigations of social preferences, transparency effects in decision-making, and the psychological foundations of cooperative behavior across generations. Recent work increasingly examines policy-relevant applications in climate change mitigation and environmental protection.

As Co-Editor of Environmental and Resource Economics, Lohse contributes significantly to his field's scholarly discourse. His research has attracted funding from major institutions including the British Academy, ESRC, AHRC, UKRI, and BMBF, supporting his experimental investigations of environmental decision-making.

Current research directions show expansion into policy experimentation frameworks, information processing in collective environmental decision-making, and the behavioral mechanisms underlying intergenerational cooperation for sustainability challenges.