Dr. Helge Giese

Research Scientist

Office: D 508
Tel.:     +49 7531 88-3487
Fax:     +49 7531 88-5288
helge.giese@uni-konstanz.de

Research interests

  • social influence & affiliation processes
  • social perception of groups
  • social networks, & norms

Professional experience

since 2016Research scientist, Social Psychology and Decision Sciences, University of Konstanz, Germany
Prof. Dr. Wofgang Gaissmaier
Projects involved: RiskDynamics (longitudinal social network and proliferation of risk information)
2012-2016Researcher, Psychological Assessment and Health Psychology, University of Konstanz, Germany
Prof. Dr. Britta Renner
Projects involved: SozNet (longitudinal social network assessment, health behavior, peer perception, social influence in networks), SmartAct (ambulatory assessment of eating, mobile interventions), TEMPEST (self regulation, eating behavior, adolescents, cross-cultural, large international survey), EatMotive (motives of normal eating, longitudinal regional studies)
2008–2012Student assistant, Psychological Assessment and Health Psychology, University of Konstanz, Germany
Prof. Dr. Britta Renner

Education

2007-2012Diploma in psychology (Dipl.-Psych.; final mark: 1.1)
University of Konstanz, Germany
Thesis title: Implicit and explicit measures of weight-bias
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Harald Schupp, Prof. Dr. Britta Renner

Awards and Achievements

09/201529th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society Poster Award

Publications

GRADWOHL, Nico, Hansjörg NETH, Helge GIESE, Wolfgang GAISSMAIER, 2024. Explicit discrimination and ingroup favoritism, but no implicit biases in hypothetical triage decisions during COVID-19. In: Scientific Reports. Springer. 2024, 14, 1213. eISSN 2045-2322. Available under: doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-50385-w

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GIESE, Helge, Hansjörg NETH, Odette WEGWARTH, Wolfgang GAISSMAIER, F. Marijn STOK, 2024. How to convince the vaccine‐hesitant? : An ease‐of‐access nudge, but not risk‐related information increased Covid vaccination‐related behaviors in the unvaccinated. In: Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. Wiley. 2024, 16(1), pp. 198-215. ISSN 1758-0846. eISSN 1758-0854. Available under: doi: 10.1111/aphw.12479

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Kotz, J., Giese, H., & König, L. M. (2023). How to debunk misinformation? An experimental online study investigating text structures and headline formats. British Journal of Health Psychology. Available under: doi: 10.1111/bjhp.12670

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GIESE, Helga, Felix GAISBAUER, Nico GRADWOHL, Ariana STRANDBURG-PESHKIN, 2023. The role of position in consensus dynamics of polarizable networks. In: Scientific Reports. Springer Nature. 2023, 13, 3972. eISSN 2045-2322. Available under: doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-30613-z

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SPINDE, Timo, Christin JEGGLE, Magdalena HAUPT, Wolfgang GAISSMAIER, Helge GIESE, 2022. How do we raise media bias awareness effectively? : Effects of visualizations to communicate bias. In: PLoS one. Public Library of Science (PLoS). 17(4), e0266204. eISSN 1932-6203. Available under: doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266204

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GIESE, Helge, Martina GAMP, F. Marijn STOK, Wolfgang GAISSMAIER, Harald T. SCHUPP, Britta RENNER, 2021. Contagious Health Risk and Precautionary Social Distancing. In: Frontiers in Psychology. Frontiers Research Foundation. 12, 685134. eISSN 1664-1078. Available under: doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.685134

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Giese, H., Neth, H., Gaissmaier, W. (2021). Determinants of information diffusion in online communication on vaccination: The benefits of visual displays. Vaccine. Elsevier. 39 (43), 6407-6413. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.09.016

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Giese, H., Stok, F. M., & Renner, B. (2020). Early social exposure and later affiliation processes within an evolving social network. Social Networks, 62, 80-84. doi: 10.1016/j.socnet.2020.02.008

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Giese, H., Neth, H., Moussaïd, M., Betsch, C., & Gaissmaier, W. (2019).  The echo in flu-vaccination echo chambers: Selective attention trumps social influence.  Vaccine.  [Available online 18 December 2019]  doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.11.03

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Gaissmaier, W., Giese, H., Galesic, M., Garcia-Retamero, R., Kasper, J., ... Heesen, C. (2018). Numeracy of multiple sclerosis patients: A comparison of patients from the PERCEPT study to a German probabilistic sample. Patient Education and Counseling, 101(1), 74–78 doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2017.07.018

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Giese, H., Stok, F.M., & Renner, B. (2018). Perceiving College Peers' Alcohol Consumption: Temporal Patterns and Individual Differences in Overestimation. Psychology & Health. Advanced online pulication. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2018.1514118

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König, L. M., Giese, H., Stok, F. M., & Renner, B. (2017). The social image of food: Associations between popularity and eating behavior. Appetite, 114, 248–258.
doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.03.039

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Giese, H., Stok, F.M., Renner, B. (2017). The role of friendship reciprocity in college freshmen’s alcohol consumption. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 9(1), 228-241.
doi:10.1111/aphw.12088

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König, L. M., Giese, H., Schupp, H., & Renner, B. (2016). The Environment Makes a Difference: The Impact of Explicit and Implicit Attitudes as Precursors in Different Food Choice Tasks. Frontiers in Psychology, 7 (1301). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01301

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Giese, H., Tăut, D., Ollila, H., Băban, A. S., Absetz, P., Schupp, H. T., & Renner, B. (2015). Children’s and adolescents’ snacking: Interplay between the individual and the school class. Frontiers in Psychology, 6 (September), 1–10

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Tăut, D., Băban, A., Giese, H., de Matos, M. G., Schupp, H., & Renner, B. (2015).  Developmental trends in eating self-regulation and dietary intake in adolescents.  Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 7 (1), 4–21.

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Giese, H., König, L. M., Tăut, D., Ollila, H., Băban, A., Absetz, P., … Renner, B. (2015). Exploring the association between television advertising of healthy and unhealthy foods, selfcontrol, and food intake in three European countries. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 7 (1), 41-62.

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Giese, H., Juhász, R., Schupp, H., & Renner, B. (2013). Kann man Popularität und Freundschaft essen? Der Zusammenhang zwischen wahrgenommener Ernährung populärer und sympathischer Kinder und dem eigenen Ernährungsverhalten von Kindern. [Can you eat popularity and friendship? The relationship between the perceived eating behavior of popular and likable children and the individual eating behavior of children] Zeitschrift Für Gesundheitspsychologie, 21 (2), 71–81

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Gutiérrez-Doña, B., Renner, B., Reuter, T., Giese, H., & Schubring, D. (2012). Health behavior education, e-research and a (H1N1) influenza (swine flu): Bridging the gap between intentions and health behavior change. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 46 (2012), 2782–2795

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