Dr. Robert Weijers
Assistant Professor
Publications
2025
Scholarly publications
Weijers, R. J., Gillebaart, M., & de Ridder, D. T. D. (2025). “Waiter, the checkmark please”: Restaurant managers' and customers' evaluations of nudges towards sustainable food choices. Food Quality and Preference, 130, Article 105530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2025.105530
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/262169687/1-s2.0-S0950329325001053-main.pdf
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/262169687/1-s2.0-S0950329325001053-main.pdf
Weijers, R. J., Gillebaart, M., Claessens, I. W. H., van Rixel, Q. I., & de Ridder, D. T. D. (2025). Together towards sustainable dining - cocreating behavioral change interventions with restaurants. Appetite, 211, Article 108009. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2025.108009
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/262147638/1-s2.0-S019566632500162X-main.pdf
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/262147638/1-s2.0-S019566632500162X-main.pdf
2024
Scholarly publications
Weijers, RJ., Wachner, J., & de Koning, BB. (2024). The Effect of a Default Nudge on Experienced and Expected Autonomy: A Field Study on Food Donation. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 37(4), Article e2404. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.2404
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/235620392/Behavioral_Decision_Making_-_2024_-_Weijers_-_The_Effect_of_a_Default_Nudge_on_Experienced_and_Expected_Autonomy_A_Field.pdf
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/235620392/Behavioral_Decision_Making_-_2024_-_Weijers_-_The_Effect_of_a_Default_Nudge_on_Experienced_and_Expected_Autonomy_A_Field.pdf
Weijers, R. J., Claessens, I. W. H., Gillebaart, M., & de Ridder, D. T. D. (2024). Nudging towards sustainable dining: Exploring menu nudges to promote vegetarian meal choices in restaurants. Appetite, 198, Article 107376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107376
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/452242/1-s2.0-S0195666324001776-main.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/452242/1-s2.0-S0195666324001776-main.pdf?sequence=1
Weijers, R. J., de Koning, B. B., Klatter, E., & Paas, F. (2024). How do teachers in vocational and higher education nudge their students? A qualitative study. European Journal of Higher Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/21568235.2024.2319087
Weijers, R. J., de Koning, B. B., Scholten, E., Wong, L. Y. J., & Paas, F. (2024). “Feel free to ask”: Nudging to promote asking questions in the online classroom. Internet and Higher Education, 60, Article 100931. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2023.100931
2023
Scholarly publications
Weijers, R. J., de Koning, B., Vermetten, Y., & Paas, F. (2023). Nudging Autonomous Learning Behavior: Three Field Experiments. Education Sciences, 13(1), Article 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13010049
2022
Scholarly publications
Weijers, R. J., de Koning, B. B., Ouwehand, K., & Ganushchak, L. (2022). “I’ll Be There”: Improving Online Class Attendance with a Commitment Nudge during COVID-19. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2021.2023534
2021
Scholarly publications
Weijers, R. J., & de Koning, B. B. (2021). Nudging to increase hand hygiene during the COVID-19 pandemic: A field experiment. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science. https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000245
Weijers, R. J., de Koning, B. B., & Paas, F. (2021). Nudging in education: from theory towards guidelines for successful implementation. European Journal of Psychology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-020-00495-0