Bouman, Dr Thijs
Thijs Bouman is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences. He works at the Department of Environmental Psychology and primarily studies behaviour in relation to sustainability. Bouman investigates which values motivate or demotivate climate behaviour. In this regard, he looks at how people’s individual values, and the values of others around them, influence their climate behaviour. An interesting find is that sustainable behaviour is seen as ‘doing the right thing’, which results in a sense of happiness.
He is also one of the UG academics collaborating on the TeSoPs project. TeSoPs stands for Technologically and Socially feasible transition Pathways for local energy system integration, and is a research project in which researchers from the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Science and Engineering work together to optimize energy systems and the energy transition. In this research to better optimize energy systems, Bouman highlights and integrates the often omitted
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Publications
2024
Judge,
M., Bouman, T., Steg, L.,
& Bolderdijk, J. W. (2024). Accelerating social
tipping points in sustainable behaviors: Insights from a dynamic
model of moralized social change. One
Earth, 7(5), 759-770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.04.004
Bouman,
T., & van der Werff, E. (Accepted/In
press). De bijdrage van psychologie aan de oplossing van
klimaatproblemen. In J. van der Stel, S. Helmink, & S.
Wortelboer (Eds.), Klimaatpsychologie: Hoe psychologie
bijdraagt aan een duurzaam leven (pp. 67-82). Boom.
Mashhoodi,
B., & Bouman, T. (2024). Exploring energy
geography: Data insights on household consumption.
Data in brief, 53, Article 110191.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110191
Reintgen
Kamphuisen, F., Bouman, T., van der
Werff, E., & Wijermans, F. (2024). The
Adoption of Pro-Environmental Behaviour: Can Dynamic Norms Explain
How Small Scale Change Leads to Large Scale Change?.
Abstract from Social Simulation Conference 2024, Cracow,
Poland.
Bouman,
T., Steg, L., & Dietz, T. (Accepted/In
press). The public demands more climate action, not less:
Rising political climate opposition does not reflect public
opinion. Climatic Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-024-03832-0
van
der Werff, E., & Bouman, T. (Accepted/In
press). Wetenschappelijk onderzoek: Psychologische kennis
toepassen om klimaatverandering tegen te gaan. In J. van der
Stel, S. Helmink, & S. Wortelboer (Eds.),
Klimaatpsychologie: Hoe psychologie bijdraagt aan een duurzaam
leven (pp. 281-292). Boom.
2023
Feng,
S., Cucuzzella, M., Bouman, T.,
Steg, L., & Scherpen, J. M. A. (2023).
An integrated human-cyber-physical framework for control of
microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Smart
Grid, 14(5), 3388-3400. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2023.3247918
Eppe,
P., Bouman, T., & Albers, C.
(2023). Developing an empirically based agent-based model
to support local transitions. 55. Abstract from BEHAVE
2023, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Bouman,
T., Bolderdijk, J. W., Renes, R. J., van der
Wal, A., Paradies, G., Roeser, S., Van der Grift, L., van Uffelen,
N., de Vries, G., Onwezen, M. C., Wals, A. E. J., & Aarts, M.
N. C. (2023). Een verbod op fossiele reclame: essentieel,
maar niet voldoende. Rijksoverheid.
Bouman,
T., Bolderdijk, J. W., Renes, R. J., van der
Wal, A. J., Paradies, G., Roeser, S., van de Grift, L., van
Uffelen, N., de Vries, G., Onwezen, M., Wals, A. E. J., &
Aarts, N. (2023). Een verbod op fossile reclame:
essentieel, maar niet voldoende.
Kelly,
T., Bouman, T., Kemp, S., Wijngaarden, F., &
Grace, R. (2023). Exploration of Children's Value Patterns in
Relation to Environmental Education Programmes.
Frontiers in Psychology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1264487
Mashhoodi,
B., & Bouman, T. (2023). Gendered geography
of energy consumption in the Netherlands. Applied
Geography, 154, Article 102936. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.102936
Reintgen
Kamphuisen, F., Bouman, T., & Steg,
L. (2023). Understanding the Dynamics in the
Relationship between Descriptive Norms and Pro-Environmental
Behaviour. Abstract from International Conference of
Environmental Psychology (ICEP) 2023, Aarhus, Denmark.
Reintgen
Kamphuisen, F., Bouman, T., & van der
Werff, E. (2023). Understanding the Dynamics in
the Relationships between Electric Vehicle Adoption, Dynamic and
Descriptive Norms. Abstract from BEHAVE 2023,
Maastricht, Netherlands.
2022
Bouman,
T., & Steg, L. (2022). A spiral of
(in)action: Empowering people to translate their values in climate
action. One Earth, 5(9),
975-978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.08.009
Jans,
L., & Bouman, T. (2022). De rol van
menselijk gedrag is cruciaal voor een soepele
landbouwtransitie. In G. De Jong, I. Kleine, B. Talens,
& I. Bis (Eds.), Natuurinclusieve Landbouw in het Noorden:
Inspiratie, innovatie en daadkracht (pp. 12-12.e1).
Universiteit van het Noorden.
Corker,
E., Mitev, K., Lewis, A. N., Tamis, M., Bouman, T.,
Holmlid, S., Lambe, F., Michie, S., Osborne, M., Renes, R.
J., Steg, L., & Whitmash, L. (2022). The
impact of COVID-19 related regulations and restrictions on mobility
and potential for sustained climate mitigation across the
Netherlands, Sweden and the UK: A data-based commentary.
UCL Open Environment, 4(3), Article
03. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444/ucloe.000032
Liu,
L., Vrieling, L., Perlaviciute,
G., Bouman, T., & Steg, L.
(2022). The role of trust in public acceptability of energy
projects: Integrity versus competence.
Environmental Research Communications,
4(3), Article 035003. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ac5718
Gomes,
G. M., Moreira, N., Bouman, T., Ometto, A. R.,
& van der Werff, E. (2022). Towards Circular
Economy for More Sustainable Apparel Consumption: Testing the
Value-Belief-Norm theory in Brazil and in The Netherlands.
Sustainability, 14(2), Article 618.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su14020618
Perlaviciute,
G., & Bouman, T. (2022).
Valeurs. In D. Marchand, E. Pol, & K. Weiss
(Eds.), Psychologie environmentale: 100 notions clés
(pp. 255-256). Dunod.
Lemmen,
N., Steg, L., & Bouman, T.
(2022). When you choose but not lose: Decreasing
people’s desire for options on technological
appliances. Frontiers in Psychology,
13, Article 749772. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.749772
2021
Bouman,
T., & Steg, L. (2023). Worrying about
the consequences of COVID-19 for distant others relates to
mitigative actions. Health
Communication, 35(5), 902-912. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1981564
Cucuzzella,
M., Bouman, T., Kosaraju, K. C.,
Schuitema, G., Lemmen, N., Johnson-Zawadzki, S.
J. Z., Fischione, C., Steg, L., &
Scherpen, J. M. A. (2022). Distributed control of DC
grids: Integrating prosumers’ motives. IEEE
Transactions on Power Systems, 37(4),
3299-3310. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2021.3109024
Bolderdijk,
J. W., Bouman, T., & van der Bles, A.
M. (2021). Al is de leugen nog zo snel, de waarheid
achterhaalt haar wel. In J. W. Bolderdijk, S. Peels-Matthey,
& A. Popkema (Eds.), Achterhaalde waarheid? : Zin en onzin
van spreekwoorden (pp. 126-131). In Boekvorm Uitgevers.
Bouman,
T., van der Werff, E., Perlaviciute,
G., & Steg, L. (2021). Environmental
values and identities at the personal and group level.
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences,
42, 47-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.022
Bouman,
T., Steg, L., & Perlaviciute,
G. (2021). From values to climate action.
Current Opinion in Psychology, 42,
102-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.04.010
Taufik,
D., Bouman, T., & Bolderdijk, J. W.
(2021). Het gras bij de buren is altijd groener. In J.
W. Bolderdijk, S. Peels-Matthey, & A. Popkema (Eds.),
Achterhaalde waarheid?: Zin en onzin van spreekwoorden
(pp. 66-71). In Boekvorm Uitgevers.
Bouman,
T. (2021). How individuals are influenced by the
values they perceive their national and political groups to
endorse. 96. Abstract from 2021 International Society
of Political Psychology Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
Wang,
X., van der Werff, E., Bouman,
T., Steg, L., & Harder, M. K. (2021).
I Am vs. We Are: How Biospheric Values and Environmental
Identity of Individuals and Groups Can Influence Pro-environmental
Behaviour. Frontiers in Psychology,
12, Article 618956. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.618956
Bouman,
T., Steg, L., & Zawadzki, S.
J. (2021). Meta-analytic evidence for a robust and
positive association between individual’s pro-environmental
behaviors and their subjective wellbeing. 96. Abstract
from 2021 International Society of Political Psychology Annual
Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
Liu,
L., Bouman, T., Perlaviciute,
G., & Steg, L. (2021). The more
public influence, the better? The effects of full versus shared
influence on public acceptability of energy projects in the
Netherlands and China. Energy Research &
Social Science, 81, Article 102286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102286
2020
Bouman,
T., & Steg, L. (2022). Engaging city
residents in climate action: Addressing the personal and group
value-base behind residents' climate actions.
Urbanisation, 7(1 suppl.), S26 -
S41. https://doi.org/10.1177/2455747120965197
Bouman,
T., Steg, L., & Dietz, T. (2021).
Insights from early COVID-19 responses about promoting
sustainable action. Nature
sustainability, 4, 194–200. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00626-x
Lemmen,
N., Keizer, K., Bouman, T.,
& Steg, L. (2020). Convince Yourself to Do the
Right Thing: The Effects of Provided Versus Self-Generated
Arguments on Rule Compliance and Perceived Importance of Socially
Desirable Behavior. Frontiers in
Psychology, 11, Article 613418. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.613418
Langley,
M. G., Bouman, T., & Steg, L.
(2020). De waarden achter klimaatgedrag: Hoe persoonlijke
waarden en waargenomen groepswaarden klimaatgedrag motiveren en
versterken. Mens en Maatschappij,
95(3), 175-196. https://doi.org/10.5117/MEM2020.3.002.GERD
Liu,
L., Bouman, T., Perlaviciute,
G., & Steg, L. (2020). Effects of
competence- and integrity-based trust on public acceptability of
renewable energy projects in China and the Netherlands.
Journal of Environmental Psychology,
67, Article 101390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101390
Johnson-Zawadzki,
S., Steg, L., & Bouman, T.
(2020). Meta-analytic evidence for a robust and positive
association between individuals' pro-environmental behaviors and
their subjective wellbeing. Environmental Research
Letters, 15(12), Article 123007. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abc4ae
Bouman,
T., & Steg, L. (2020). Motivating
Climate Action. IAAP Bulletin,
2(3), 13-16.
Liu,
L., Bouman, T., Perlaviciute,
G., & Steg, L. (2020). Public
participation in decision making, perceived procedural fairness and
public acceptability of renewable energy projects.
Energy and Climate Change, 1,
Article 100013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egycc.2020.100013
Bouman,
T., Steg, L., & Johnson-Zawadzki,
S. (2020). The value of what others value: When
perceived biospheric group values influenceindividuals’
pro-environmental engagement. Journal of
Environmental Psychology, 71, Article 101470.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101470
Zawadzki,
S. J., Bouman, T., Steg, L.,
Bojarskich, V., & Druen, P. B. (2020). Translating
climate beliefs into action in a changing political
landscape. Climatic Change,
161(1), 21-42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02739-w
Bouman,
T., Verschoor, M., Albers, C.,
Böhm, G., Fisher, S. D., Poortinga, W., Whitmarsh, L.,
& Steg, L. (2020). When worry about climate change
leads to climate action: How values, worry and personal
responsibility relate to various climate actions.
Global Environmental Change, 62,
Article 102061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102061
2019
Cucuzzella,
M., Kosaraju, K. C., Bouman, T.,
Schuitema, G., Johnson-Zawadzki, S., Fischione,
C., Steg, L., & Scherpen, J. M. A.
(2019). Distributed control of DC grids: integrating
prosumers motives. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1912.07341
Liu,
L., Bouman, T., Perlaviciute,
G., & Steg, L. (2019). Effects of
trust and public participation on acceptability of renewable energy
projects in the Netherlands and China. Energy
Research and Social Science, 53, 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2019.03.006
Bouman,
T., & Steg, L. (2019). Motivating
Society-wide Pro-environmental Change. One
Earth, 1(1), 27-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2019.08.002
Longo,
A., Giaccaria, S., Bouman, T., & Efthimiadis, T.
(2019). Societal appreciation of energy security: Volume
1: Value of lost load – households (EE, NL and
PT). Publications Office of the European Union . https://doi.org/10.2760/139585
Giaccaria,
S., Bouman, T., Longo, A., & Efthimiadis, T.
(2019). Societal appreciation of energy security: Volume
2: Long-term security (EE, NL and PT). Publications
Office of the European Union . https://doi.org/10.2760/05174
Giaccaria,
S., Efthimiadis, T., Longo, A., & Bouman, T.
(2019). Societal appreciation of energy security: Volume
3: Non-household actors (EE, NL and PT) . Publications
Office of the European Union . https://doi.org/10.2760/672568
Giaccaria,
S., Longo, A., Efthimiadis, T., & Bouman, T.
(2019). Societal Appreciation of energy security: Volume
4: Value of Lost Load – Greece. Publications
Office of the European Union . https://doi.org/10.2760/823702
2018
Jans,
L., Bouman, T., & Fielding, K. (2018).
A part of the energy "In crowd": Changing people's energy
behavior via group-based approaches. IEEE Power
and Energy Magazine, 16(1), 35-41. https://doi.org/10.1109/MPE.2017.2759883
Efthimiadis,
T., Giaccaria, S., Longo, A., & Bouman, T. (2018).
Assessing energy supply security: Willingness-to-pay to
avoid power outages, and to accept compensations for unplanned
outages. 30-31. Abstract from The Ioannina meeting on
applied economics & finance, Corfu, Greece.
Johnson
Zawadzki, S., Steg, L., & Bouman,
T. (2018). Disentangling pro-environmental
behavior and wellbeing. Paper presented at
International Congress of Applied Psychology, Montréal,
Quebec, Canada.
Johnson
Zawadzki, S., Steg, L., & Bouman,
T. (2018). Does going green make us happy?
Disentangling when pro-environmental behavior enhances
wellbeing. Poster session presented at Kurt Lewin
Institute Conference, Zeist, Netherlands.
Bouman,
T., & Steg, L. (2018). European
perceptions of climate change: Linking values, concern,
responsibility and action. 280. Abstract from
International Congress of Applied Psychology, Montréal,
Quebec, Canada.
Johnson
Zawadzki, S., Steg, L., & Bouman,
T. (2018). Fostering engagement in the sustainable
energy transition. Kurt Lewin Institute Conference,
Zeist, Netherlands.
Bouman,
T., Jans, L., Fielding, K., Louis, W. R., &
Gillis, A. (2018). Group-based approaches to understand
and promote individuals' environmental behaviors.
Abstract from International Congress of Applied Psychology,
Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Bouman,
T., Steg, L., & Kiers, H. A.
L. (2018). Measuring Values in Environmental Research:
A Test of an Environmental Portrait Value Questionnaire.
Frontiers in Psychology, 9, Article
564. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00564
Bouman,
T. (2018). Strengthening and accelerating
effective climate action in cities. Abstract from IPCC
Cities & Climate Change, Edmonton, Canada.
Bouman,
T., Steg, L., & Johnson-Zawadzki,
S. (2018). The value of group values.
183. Abstract from International Congress of Applied Psychology,
Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Johnson
Zawadzki, S., Bouman, T., Steg,
L., Bojarskich, V., & Druen, P. (2018).
Translating climate beliefs into action in a changing
political landscape. Paper presented at International
Congress of Applied Psychology, Montréal, Quebec,
Canada.
2017
Zawadzki,
S., Souto de Carvalho, L., Lemmen, N.,
Steg, E., Bouman, T., & Scherpen, J.
M. A. (2017). Energy systems integration and
psychology: Where do we start?. Abstract from
International Conference on Environmental Psychology, A
Coruña, Spain.
Johnson
Zawadzki, S., Bouman, T., Steg,
L., & Druen, P. B. (2017). How climate change
skeptical leaders may “Trump” supporters’
pro-environmental engagement. Poster session presented
at EASP Meeting: Understanding the Winds of Change, Appingedam,
Netherlands.
Zawadzki,
S., Souto de Carvalho, L., Bouman, T.,
Steg, E., Lemmen, N., & Scherpen, J.
M. A. (2017). Identifying Key Behavioral Issues in
ESI. Poster session presented at International
Conference on Energy Systems Integration, Golden, Colorado, United
States. http://iiesi.org/assets/pdfs/icesi-poster-zawadzki-behavior-in-esi.pdf
Bouman,
T., Steg, E., & Johnson, S.
(2017). The value of what others value: How personal and
group values relate to pro-environmental attitudes and
behaviours.. Abstract from International Conference on
Environmental Psychology, A Coruña, Spain.
2016
Bouman,
T. (2016). Exploitatie zonnepark door burgers.
In J. Bom (Ed.), Groene Breinbrekers: Wetenschappers rukken
uit (pp. 24-25). Atticus.
Bouman,
T. (2016, Jan 13). Foreign news, nearby consequences:
How media portrayals of distant situations affect local group
relations. mindwise-groningen.nl. https://mindwise-groningen.nl/foreign-news-nearby-consequences-how-media-portrayals-of-distant-situations-affect-local-group-relations/
Georgievski,
I., & Bouman, T. (2016). On the
relationship between automation and occupants in smart
buildings. 240-241. http://www.atlantis-press.com/php/download_paper.php?id=25860395
Bouman,
T. (2016). Threat by association: how distant
events can affect local intergroup relations. [Thesis
fully internal (DIV), University of Groningen]. University of
Groningen.
2014
Bouman,
T., van Zomeren, M., & Otten,
S. (2015). When threats foreign turn domestic: Two
ways for distant realistic intergroup threats to carry over into
local intolerance. British Journal of Social
Psychology, 54(3), 581-600. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12098
Bouman,
T. (2014). Threat by Association: From distant
threats to local intolerance. Poster session presented
at EASP General Meeting 2014, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2013
Bouman,
T., van Zomeren, M., & Otten,
S. (2014). Threat by association: Do distant
intergroup threats carry-over into local intolerance?
British Journal of Social Psychology,
53(3), 405-421. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12046
Bouman,
T., van der Meulen, M., Goossens, F. A., Olthof, T.,
Vermande, M. M., & Aleva, E. A. (2013). Corrigendum to
Peer and self-reports of victimization and bullying: Their
differential association with internalizing problems and social
adjustment (vol 50, pg 759, 2012). Journal of
School Psychology, 51(3), 435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2013.04.001
Bouman,
T., van Zomeren, M., & Otten,
S. (2013). Threat by association: From distant
threats to local intolerance. Poster session presented
at SPSP annual meeting, New Orleans, United States.
2012
Bouman,
T., van der Meulen, M., Goossens, F. A., Olthof, T.,
Vermande, M. M., & Aleva, E. A. (2012). Peer and
self-reports of victimization and bullying: Their differential
association with internalizing problems and social
adjustment. Journal of School
Psychology, 50(6), 759-774. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2012.08.004
Bouman,
T., Leite, A., Martinez, R., Prati, F., Tsantila, K., &
Williams, A. (2012). The impact of identity threat and
relative group status on intergroup relations: The case of the
PIIGS. Paper presented at Summer School meeting of the
European Association of Social Psychology, Ireland.
2011
Bouman,
T., van Zomeren, M., & Otten,
S. (2011). De Overdraagbaarheid van Verre
Groepsdreigingen. Paper presented at Annual conference
meeting of ASPO , Tilburg, Netherlands.
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