Dr. Niels Haase

Dr. Niels Haase

Assistant Professor

Office: C23 - Mitarbeitergebäude 1 / 317

Phone: +49 361 737-2212
E-mail: niels.haase@uni-erfurt.de

Office hours: Tuesdays, 13:00-13:45
Registration is not required.

NOTE: Office hours in week 12 will not take place on Tuesday, 18 March 2025, but on Wednesday, 19 March 2025 at the usual time.

During the lecture period the office hours take place in my office.
During the lecture-free period they take place in my Webex room: uni-erfurt.webex.com/meet/niels.haase

Positions & Memberships

Links

CV (English)

CV (German)

Research focus

  • Optimism biases
  • Measurement of probability and risk perceptions
  • Risk perception & risk communication

Publications

Haase, N., Schmid, P., & Betsch, C. (2020). Impact of disease risk on the narrative bias in vaccination risk perceptions. Psychology & Health, 35(3), 346–365. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2019.1630561

Betsch, C., Böhm, R., Airhihenbuwa, C. O., Butler, R., Chapman, G. B., Haase, N., … Uskul, A. K. (2016). Improving medical decision making and health promotion through culture-sensitive health communication: An agenda for science and practice. Medical Decision Making, 36(7), 811–833. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272989X15600434

Haase, N., Betsch, C., & Renkewitz, F. (2015). Source credibility and the biasing effect of narrative information on the perception of vaccination risks. Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives, 20(8), 920–929. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2015.1018605

Betsch, C.*, Haase, N.*, Renkewitz, F., & Schmid, P. (2015). The narrative bias revisited: What drives the biasing influence of narrative information on risk perceptions? Judgment and Decision Making, 10(3), 241–264. (*shared first authorship) http://journal.sjdm.org/14/141206a/jdm141206a.pdf

Haase, N., Renkewitz, F., & Betsch, C. (2013). The measurement of subjective probability: Evaluating the sensitivity and accuracy of various scales. Risk Analysis, 33(10), 1812–1828. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.12025

Betsch, C., Renkewitz, F., & Haase, N. (2013). Effect of narrative reports about vaccine adverse events and bias-awareness disclaimers on vaccine decisions: A simulation of an online patient social network. Medical Decision Making, 33(1), 14–25. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989x12452342

Haase, N., & Betsch, C. (2012). Parents trust other parents: Lay vaccination narratives on the web may create doubt about vaccination safety. Medical Decision Making, 32(4), 645. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989x12445286

Betsch, C., Brewer, N. T., Brocard, P., Davies, P., Gaissmaier, W., Haase, N., … Stryk, M. (2012). Opportunities and challenges of Web 2.0 for vaccination decisions. Vaccine, 30(25), 3727–3733. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.02.025

Dahle, K.-P., & Haase, N. (2008). Psychopathie [Psychopathy]. In R. Volbert & M. Steller (Eds.), Handbuch der Rechtspsychologie [Handbook of forensic psychology] (pp. 68–77). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.