Dr. Robert Tobias

Robert Tobias, Dr. phil. et Dipl.-Ing.

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Raumbezeichnung: BIN 3.D.06

robert.tobias@uzh.ch

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Zusammenfassung des akademischen Werdegangs

2015–heute Oberassistent an der Universität Zürich (Sozialpsychologie)
2009–2015 Gruppenleiter an der Eawag, dem Wasserforschungsinstitut des ETH-Bereichs (Modellierung psychologischer Prozesse)
2008–2009 Post-Doc an der Arizona State University (USA) (Human Evolution & Social Change)
2006 Doktorat der Psychologie an der Universität Zürich
2000–2008 Assistent an der Universität Zürich (Sozialpsychologie) und an der Eawag, dem Wasserforschungsinstitut des ETH-Bereichs (Systemanalyse, Integrated Assessment und Modellierung)
2000 Lizenziat der Psychologie an der Universität Zürich
1993–1996 Angestellt als Bauingenieur im Bereich Grund- und Tunnelbau bei Heierli AG (Zürich)
1989 Diplom als Bauingenieur an der ETH Zürich

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Forschungsfelder

Verhaltensänderung und Gewohnheitsentwicklung: Quantifizieren von Interventions-Effekten auf Verhalten und mediierende psychologische und strukturelle Faktoren; optimale Auswahl von Verhaltensänderungstechniken
Kommunikation und Kooperation: Problemlösen und Kooperation in Gruppen mit Kommunikation; virtuelle vs. persönliche Kommunikation; kollektive Aktionen; unmoralische Kooperation
Risikowahrnehmung und heuristische Entscheidungen: Effekte von Vertrauen und affektiven Evaluationen auf Entscheidungen – und von verschiedenen Kommunikationsformen und Inhalten auf Vertrauen und affektive Evaluationen
Methoden der Untersuchung individueller Veränderungen: Fragebogenbasierte Datenerhebung; Erhebung von Zeitreihendaten psychologischer Faktoren; Mediationsanalyse; Zeitreihenanalyse
Agentenbasierte Computersimulation: Entwicklung von agentenbasierten Modellen; datenbasierte Systemanalysen und Tests dieser Modelle

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Anwendungsfelder

Umweltpsychologie
Gesundheitspsychologie
Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Verhaltensänderungskampagnen
Co-Design von Innovationen (Usability, Akzeptanz, Nutzungsmotivation)
Risikokommunikation
Trinkwasser, sanitäre Einrichtungen und Hygiene (WaSH) in Entwicklungsländern
Klimawandel
Korruption / Bestechung

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Brügger, Adrian; Tobias, Robert; Monge-Rodríguez, Fredy S (2021). Public Perceptions of Climate Change in the Peruvian Andes. Sustainability, 13(5):2677.
Bierbauer, Walter; Inauen, Jennifer; Schaefer, Sabine; Kleemeyer, Maike Margarethe; Lüscher, Janina; König, Claudia; Tobias, Robert; Kliegel, Matthias; Ihle, Andreas; Zimmerli, Lukas; Holzer, Barbara M; Siebenhuener, Klarissa; Battegay, Edouard; Schmied, Christian; Scholz, Urte (2017). Health behavior change in older adults: testing the health action process approach at the inter- and intraindividual level. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 9(3):324-348.
De Ventura, Lukas; Weissert, Nora; Tobias, Robert; Kopp, Kristin; Jokela, Jukka (2017). Identifying target factors for interventions to increase boat cleaning in order to prevent spread of invasive species. Management of Biological Invasions, 8(1):71-84.
Inauen, Jennifer; Bierbauer, Walter; Lüscher, Janina; König, Claudia; Tobias, Robert; Ihle, Andreas; Zimmerli, Lukas; Holzer, Barbara M; Battegay, Edouard; Siebenhüner, Klarissa; Kliegel, Matthias; Scholz, Urte (2017). Assessing adherence to multiple medications and in daily life among patients with multimorbidity. Psychology & Health, 32(10):1233-1248.
Ihle, Andreas; Inauen, Jennifer; Scholz, Urte; König, Claudia; Holzer, Barbara; Zimmerli, Lukas; Battegay, Edouard; Tobias, Robert; Kliegel, Matthias (2017). Prospective and retrospective memory are differentially related to self-rated omission and commission errors in medication adherence in multimorbidity. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 24(6):505-511.
Tobias, Robert; Mosler, Hans-Joachim (2017). Optimizing Campaigns for Changing Routine Behaviors by Using an Empirically Calibrated Microsimulation Model. Social Science Computer Review, 35(2):184-202.
Tobias, Robert; O'Keefe, Mark; Künzle, Rahel; Gebauer, Heiko; Gründl, Harald; Morgenroth, Eberhard; Pronk, Wouter; Larsen, Tove A (2016). Early testing of new sanitation technology for urban slums: The case of the Blue Diversion Toilet. Science of the Total Environment, 576:264-272.
De Ventura, Lukas; Weissert, Nora; Tobias, Robert; Kopp, Kirstin; Jokela, Jukka (2016). Overland transport of recreational boats as a spreading vector of zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha. Biological Invasions, 18(5):1451-1466.
von Lindern, Eike; Schirmer, Mario; Lichtensteiger, Thomas; Bryner, Andri; Tobias, Robert (2016). Erfolgskontrolle einer Bachrevitalisierung im urbanen Raum – das Beispiel Chriesbach. Wasser Energie Luft, 108:63-69.
Tobias, Robert (2016). Communication About Micropollutants in Drinking Water: Effects of the Presentation and Psychological Processes. Risk Analysis, 36(10):2011-2026.
O'Keefe, Mark; Messmer, Ulrike; Lüthi, Christoph; Tobias, Robert (2015). Slum inhabitants' perceptions and decision-making processes related to an innovative sanitation service: evaluating the Blue Diversion Toilet in Kampala (Uganda). International journal of environmental health research, 25(6):670-684.
O'Keefe, Mark; Lüthi, Christoph; Tumwebaze, Innocent Kamara; Tobias, Robert (2015). Opportunities and limits to market-driven sanitation services: evidence from urban informal settlements in East Africa. Environment and Urbanization, 27(2):421-440.
Mosler, H J; Huber, A C; Inauen, Jennifer; Tobias, Robert (2015). A guide to behaviour change. Dübendorf, Schweiz: Swiss Federal Institut of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag).
Inauen, Jennifer; Tobias, Robert; Mosler, Hans-Joachim (2014). The role of commitment strength in enhancing safe water consumption: Mediation analysis of a cluster-randomized trial. British Journal of Health Psychology, 19(4):701-719.
Huber, Alexandra C; Tobias, Robert; Mosler, Hans-Joachim (2014). Evidence-based tailoring of behavior-change campaigns: increasing fluoride-free water consumption in rural Ethiopia with persuasion. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 6(1):96-118.
Tobias, Robert; Huber, Alexandra Claudia; Tamas, Andrea (2013). A methodology for quantifying effects and psychological functioning of behavior-change techniques. SAGE Open, 3(4):online.
Inauen, Jennifer; Tobias, Robert; Mosler, Hans-Joachim (2013). Predicting water consumption habits for seven arsenic-safe water options in Bangladesh. BMC Public Health, 13:417.
Tobias, Robert (2012). Modeling the impact of promotion activities on the diffusion of innovation process based on real-world data. In: Koch, A. Proceedings of the 8th European Social Simulation Association Conference ESSA 2012. Salzburg: Selbstverl. des Fachbereiches Geographie und Geologie der Univ. Salzburg, 99-103.
Anderies, John M; Janssen, Marco A; Bousquet, François; Cardenas, Juan-Camilo; Castillo, Daniel; Lopez, Maria-Claudio; Tobias, Robert; Vollan, Björn; Wutich, Amber (2011). The challenge of understanding decisions in experimental studies of common pool resource governance. Ecological Economics, 70(9):1571-1579.
Tobias, Robert; Berg, Michael (2011). Sustainable use of arsenic-removing sand filters in Vietnam: psychological and social factors. Environmental Science & Technology, 45(8):3260-3267.
Tobias, Robert; Buchsbaum, T (2010). Effects of basic decisions in the design and analysis of the model of prospective memory and habit development. In: Ernst, A; Kuhn, S. Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on Social Simulation WCSS 2010. Kassel: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, CD-ROM.
Tobias, Robert; Mosler, H J (2010). Sozialfokussierte Interventionen und kollektive Aktionen. In: Linneweber, Volker. Spezifische Umwelten und umweltbezogenes Handeln. Göttingen: Hogrefe, 669-696.
Tobias, Robert; Inauen, Jennifer (2010). Gathering time-series data for evaluating behavior-change campaigns in developing countries: reactivity of diaries and interviews. Evaluation Review, 34(5):367-390.
Tamas, A; Tobias, Robert; Mosler, Hans-Joachim (2009). Promotion of solar water disinfection: Comparing the effectiveness of different strategies in a longitudinal field study in Bolivia. Health Communication, 24(8):711-722.
Tobias, Robert; Brügger, Adrian; Mosler, Hans-Joachim (2009). Developing Strategies for Waste Reduction by Means of Tailored Interventions in Santiago de Cuba. Environment & Behavior, 41(6):836-865.
Tobias, Robert (2009). Changing behavior by memory aids: a social psychological model of prospective memory and habit development tested with dynamic field data. Psychological Review, 116(2):408-438.
Tobias, Robert; Buchsbaum, T (2009). The effectiveness of reminders: Testing the adequacy of a prospective-memory model based on dynamic field data. In: Edmonds, Bruce. Conference proceedings : the 6th Conference of the European Social Simulation Association; 14th-18th September, 2009; University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom. Guildford, CD-ROM.
Altherr, A M; Mosler, Hans-Joachim; Tobias, Robert; Butera, F (2008). Attitudinal and relational factors predicting the use of solar water disinfection: A field study in Nicaragua. Health Education & Behavior, 35(2):207-220.
Tobias, Robert; Mosler, Hans-Joachim (2008). Exploring the effects of campaigning strategies for the organization of collective action using empirical data. In: Edmonds, B; Hernández, C; Troitzsch, K. Social simulation : technologies, advances, and new discoveries. Hershey, Pa., US: Information Science Reference, 239-251.
Mosler, Hans-Joachim; Tobias, Robert (2008). Simulation und Modellierung. In: Lantermann, E D; Linneweber, V. Grundlagen, Paradigmen und Methoden der Umweltpsychologie. Göttingen, DE: Hogrefe, 899-928.
Mosler, Hans-Joachim; Tamas, A; Tobias, Robert; Caballero Rodríguez, T; Guzmán Miranda, O (2008). Deriving interventions on the basis of factors influencing behavioral intentions for waste recycling, composting, and reuse in Cuba. Environment and Behavior, 40(4):522-544.
Tobias, Robert; Würzebesser, Ch; Mosler, Hans-Joachim (2007). A model of prospective memory and habit phenomena calibrated with dynamic field data. In: Sklenar, Jaroslav. Modelling and simulation 2007. The European Simulation and Modelling Conference, 2007, ESM 2007; October 22 - 24, 2007, St. Julian's, Malta. Ghent: EUROSIS-ETI, 373-380.
Mosler, Hans-Joachim; Tobias, Robert (2007). How do commitments work? An agent-based simulation using data from a recycling campaign in Santiago de Cuba. In: Arabnia, H R. Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ICAI 2007, Volume I, June 25-28, 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Las Vegas: CSREA Press, 56-61.
Tobias, Robert; Mosler, Hans-Joachim (2007). Einsatz der Computersimulation in der Umweltpsychologie. Umweltpsychologie, 11(2):22-37.
Mosler, Hans-Joachim; Tobias, Robert (2007). Umweltpsychologische Interventionsformen neu gedacht. Umweltpsychologie, 11(1):35-54.
Wittmann, J; Tobias, Robert (2006). A framework designed for social scientists to model human agent behaviour in social networks. In: Troch, I; Breitenecker, F. 5th MATHMOD : proceedings. Vienna: Argesim, 1-1-1-8.
Tamas, A; Mosler, Hans-Joachim; Tobias, Robert (2005). Factors determining the intension to reuse, separate and compost household waste in the city of Santiago de Cuba. In: Caballero Rodríguez, T; Guzmán Miranda, O. Waste: The Social Context (2005). Edmonton: Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence, 736-744.
Mosler, Hans-Joachim; Tamas, A; Tobias, Robert (2005). Produced household waste and the recycling and disposal strategies of the population of Santiago de Cuba. In: Caballero Rodríguez, T; Guzmán Miranda, O. Waste: The Social Context (2005). Edmonton: Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence, 497-508.
Tobias, Robert; Hofmann, Carole (2004). Evaluation of free Java-libraries for social-scientific agent based simulation. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 7(1):online.
Mosler, Hans-Joachim; Tobias, Robert (2004). Simulation of collective action based on empirical data. In: Hernández, Cesáreo. 2nd Conference of the European Social Simulation Association. Valladolid, Spain: European Social Simulation Association, CD-ROM.
Mosler, Hans-Joachim; Tobias, Robert (2001). Who participates in a collective action? A psychologically based simulation with 10,000 agents. In: 2nd Workshop on Agent-Based Simulation, Passau, 2 April 2001 - 4 April 2001, 77-82.
Mosler, Hans-Joachim; Tobias, Robert (2000). Die Organisation kollektiver Aktionen durch Beeinflussung der individuellen Teilnahmeentscheidung. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 52(2):264-290.

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