Stephanie Rizio

Stephanie Rizio is an Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Economics and Business, specializing in Marketing within the Marketing — Management department. She holds a position in the Netherlands and is affiliated with the university's strategic themes of Future Prosperity and Sustainability, Healthy Society, and Leadership and Governance.

Her research focuses on understanding how lay beliefs drive social change, particularly in environmental and economic decision-making. Key areas include eco-friendly consumption, health behavior, conspiracy theories (e.g., QAnon), and vaccine uptake. She also examines the psychological underpinnings of economic concepts and their societal impacts.

Her recent work analyzes green government policies' spillover effects, patience's role in vaccination attitudes, and historical economic impacts of dictators. These studies bridge psychology, economics, and public policy.

Rizio teaches courses like Research Methodology for International Business and Sustainable Markets, coordinating both BSc and MSc thesis supervisions. She actively contributes to academic discourse through peer-reviewed publications and open-access research.