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Fabian Dvorak

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Dr. Fabian Dvorak

Scientist, Group: EnvEco

Department Environmental Social Sciences

About Me

Scientist
Department of Environmental Social Sciences
Environmental Economics cluster (EnvEco)

I’m a scientist at the Department of Environmental Social Sciences at Eawag, the Swiss Center of Excellence on Net Zero Emissions (SCENE), and the Chair of Applied Research in Economics of the University of Konstanz. I’m also affiliated to the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour and the Thurgau Institute of Economics.

My research is in behavioral and experimental economics with an applied focus on environmental problems and human-algorithm interaction. I combine data from laboratory, online, and survey experiments with computational modeling and advanced statistical methods to understand human decision-making.

You can find more information about my work on my personal website.

Projects

The main aim of the project is to investigate the private provision of global public goods - carbon-neutral products and services - in the context of combating climate change
The project investigates the public risk perception of micro- and nanoplastic pollution in Swiss water bodies based on a survey and a discrete-choice experiment.
Preferences of Swiss households for renewable energy supply systems and demand-side flexibility options

Publications

Dvorak, F., Stumpf, R., Fehrler, S., and Fischacher, U. (forthcoming). Adverse Reactions to the Use of Large Language Models in Social Interactions. PNAS Nexus.

Dvorak, F., Fischbacher, U., and Schmelz, K. (2025). Strategic conformity or anticonformity to avoid punishment and attract reward. The Economic Journal, 135(666), 556–583.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueae085

Dvorak, F., Fehrler, S. (2024). Negotiating cooperation under uncertainty: communication in noisy, indefinitely repeated interactions. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 16(3), 232–258.
https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.20210117


Dvorak, F. (2023). stratEst: a software package for strategy frequency estimation. Journal of the Economic Science Association, 9, 337–349.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40881-023-00141-7

Chen, F. S., Kumsta, R., Dvorak, F., Domes, G., Yim, O.-S., Ebstein, R. P. & Heinrichs, M. (2015). Genetic modulation of oxytocin sensitivity: a pharmacogenetic approach. Translational Psychiatry, 5, e664.
https://doi.org/10.1038/tp.2015.163

Working Papers

Cognitive Models of Bayesian Anchoring in Discrete Choice Experiments
with Klaus Glenk, Ivana Logar and Jürgen Meyerhoff

Similarity and Consistency in Algorithm-Guided Exploration
with Yongpin Bao, Ludwig Danwitz, Sebastian Fehrler, Lars Hornuf, Hsuan Yu Lin and Bettina von Helversen

Social Learning with Intrinsic Preferences
with Urs Fischbacher

Curriculum Vitae

2022- Postdoc, Department of Environmental Social Sciences, Eawag, Switzerland
2022- Postdoc, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Germany
2018 Postdoc, Chair of Applied Research in Economics, University of Konstanz, Germany
2018 PhD in Economics, University of Konstanz, Germany
2013 BSc in Economics, University of Freiburg, Germany
2012 MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Freiburg, Germany
2010 BSc in Psychology, University of Freiburg, Germany

Address

E-Mail: fabian.dvorak@eawag.ch
Phone: +41 58 765 5512
Fax: +41 58 765 5802
Address: Eawag
Überlandstrasse 133
8600 Dübendorf
Office: FC E30

Research Group

Environmental Economics