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Sabine Pahl serves as Professor and Deputy Head in the Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology at the University of Vienna's Faculty of Psychology. She concurrently holds Deputy Head positions in the Research Platform Plastics in the Environment and Society and the Environment and Climate Research Hub. Her teaching portfolio spans cognitive psychology, environmental behavior, and planetary health courses for bachelor's, master's, and doctoral students across academic years 2024W-2025W.
Her research program centers on environmental psychology with emphasis on plastic pollution dynamics, climate behavior change, and cross-cultural well-being. Key methodologies include large-scale international surveys (65+ nations), field experiments, and risk communication frameworks. She investigates how nature connectedness influences health behaviors, how PFAS/microplastic risks are perceived globally, and effective interventions for sustainable consumption.
Recent publications reveal strong interdisciplinary trends merging psychology with environmental science and policy. Her 2025 work examines plastic waste reduction in Indonesia, PFAS risk communication, climate activism perceptions, and cross-cultural well-being metrics using multi-national datasets. This reflects a strategic focus on scalable behavioral solutions for environmental crises through psychological mechanisms.
As Deputy Head of the Research Platform Plastics in the Environment and Society, she leads cross-disciplinary teams addressing plastic pollution through social science lenses. Her work with the Environment and Climate Research Hub fosters university-wide collaborations on climate solutions, integrating cognitive, emotional, and methodological approaches to sustainability challenges.
