Katharina Wolff

Katharina Wolff is a Professor at the Department of Psychosocial Science at the University of Bergen. Her research focuses on risk perception, tourism psychology, and behavioral decision-making. She leads the Research Group for Social Cognitive Studies in Tourism and has collaborated extensively with Svein Larsen and others. Key themes include post-terrorism risk dynamics, pandemic impacts on behavior, and climate-related risk communication.

Her work bridges social psychology and applied tourism studies, addressing topics such as tourist behavior post-crisis, environmental decision-making during vacations, and the cognitive processes behind risk judgments. Notable contributions include analyzing the 'home-is-safer' bias in tourism and the role of episodic future thinking in assessing climate and terror risks.

Wolff’s publications span journals like Frontiers in Psychology and Annals of Tourism Research, emphasizing empirical studies and systematic reviews. She has edited special issues on tourism resilience and contributed to policy discussions on sustainable tourism practices.

• Education: PhD in Social Psychology (2010), University of Bergen.
• Labs/Teams: Research Group for Social Cognitive Studies in Tourism.
• Grants: No specific grants mentioned in provided texts.