Dr. Kurt Alexander Ackermann

Dr. Kurt Alexander Ackermann
ZHAW
School of Management and Law
Centre of Behavioral Insights & Pricing
Theaterstrasse 17
8400 Winterthur
Personal profile
Management role
dep. Head, Center for Behavioral Insights & Pricing
Position at the ZHAW
Senior Lecturer
Program Director 'CAS Behavioral Insights for Marketing'
www.zhaw.ch/imm
Expertise and research interests
Behavioral Economics, Psychology, Decision Theory, Game Theory
Educational background
Dr. sc. ETH, Decision Theory & Behavioral Game Theory, 2014, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
MSc UZH, Psychology, 2009, University of Zurich
Professional milestones
FehrAdvice & Partners, Zurich, Consultant
ETH Zurich, Research Associate
Institute for Work Research and Organizational Consulting (iafob), Zurich, Intern
Membership of networks
Projects
- Green Patterns / Team member / Project ongoing
- The effect of fear appeals on online privacy protection behavior / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
- Virtualizing sales staff for online shopping: Transferring the offline shopping experience into the digital world / Project leader / Project ongoing
- Zielgruppenprofile in der Tabakprävention / Team member / Project completed
- Usable Privacy: Contextual privacy notices for app users / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- Employee Engagement in der Arbeitswelt der Zukunft / Team member / Project completed
- NeuroArcher – Towards the development of an AI-based application for automated customer-specific communication informed by neuromarketing and personality psychology / Project leader / Project completed
- Revision und Neuvalidierung des LimbiCODE Tests zur Optimierung des Messverfahrens / Project leader / Project completed
- User-Centric Privacy Policy: A GDPR-Compliant Policy Which Users Understand / Team member / Project completed
- "Willingness-to-share-personal-data" / Team member / Project completed
Publications
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Ebert, Nico; Ackermann, Kurt A.; Bearth, Angela,
2022.
Journal of Risk Research.
26(3), pp. 233-255.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2022.2142952
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Ackermann, Kurt Alexander; Burkhalter, Linda; Mildenberger, Thoralf; Frey, Martin; Bearth, Angela,
2021.
Journal of Consumer Behaviour.
21(2), pp. 375-386.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.2012
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Ackermann, Kurt Alexander; Murphy, Ryan O.,
2019.
Games.
10(1), pp. 15-48.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/g10010015
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Fleiß, Jürgen; Ackermann, Kurt Alexander; Fleiß, Eva; Murphy, Ryan O.; Posch, Alfred,
2019.
Central European Journal of Operations Research.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10100-019-00619-y
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Greiff, Matthias; Ackermann, Kurt; Murphy, Ryan,
2018.
Games.
9(4), pp. 80-104.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/g9040080
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Nax, Heinrich H.; Murphy, Ryan O.; Ackermann, Kurt Alexander,
2015.
Economics Letters.
135, pp. 133-136.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.08.008
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Murphy, Ryan O.; Ackermann, Kurt Alexander,
2015.
Social preferences, positive expectations, and trust based cooperation.
Journal of Mathematical Psychology.
67, pp. 45-50.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmp.2015.06.001
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Ackermann, Kurt Alexander; Fleiss, Jürgen; Murphy, Ryan,
2014.
Reciprocity as an individual difference.
Journal of Conflict Resolution.
60(2), pp. 340-367.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002714541854
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Ackermann, Kurt Alexander,
2014.
Zürich:
ETH Zürich.
Diss. ETH ; 22135.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-010273775
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Klaas, Michael; Ackermann, Kurt Alexander; Fleiss, Jürgen,
2019.
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In:
Bergner, Sabine; Fleiss, Jürgen; Gutschelhofer, Alfred, eds.,
Wandel gestalten : Beiträge der Managementforschung zu Herausforderungen der Unternehmensführung.
Graz:
Leykam.
pp. 211-227.
Styrian Spirit of Management ; 2.
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Ackermann, Kurt Alexander; Fleiss, Jürgen,
2019.
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In:
Bergner, Sabine; Fleiss, Jürgen; Gutschelhofer, Alfred, eds.,
Wandel gestalten : Beiträge der Managementforschung zu Herausforderungen der Unternehmensführung.
Graz:
Leykam.
pp. 265-277.
Styrian Spirit of Management ; 2.
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Ackermann, Kurt Alexander; Furchheim, Pia,
2018.
Emotionen und deren Bedeutung für das Marketing : eine Einführung
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In:
Rüeger, Brian; Hannich, Frank; Fuchs, Rainer; Müller, Steffen; Klaas, Michael; Suvada, Adrienne, eds.,
Emotionalisierung im digitalen Marketing : erfolgreiche Methoden für die Marketingpraxis.
Stuttgart:
Schäffer-Poeschel.
pp. 11-26.
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Ebert, Nico; Scheppler, Björn; Ackermann, Kurt Alexander; Geppert, Tim,
2023.
In:
CHI '23 : Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Hamburg, Germany, 23-28 April 2023.
Association for Computing Machinery.
pp. 161.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580780
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Werle, Rita; Tieben, Rolf; Klingel, Petar; Rothen, Andreas; Fleischli, Lea; Pyatova, Victoria; West, Shaun; Ackermann, Kurt; Phillips, Richard,
2021.
A decision-making tool incorporating multiple benefits of motor systems’ retrofits [paper].
In:
Bertoldi, Paolo, ed.,
Energy Efficiency in Motor Systems : Proceedings of the 11th international Conference EEMODS’19.
11th international conference on Energy Efficiency in Motor Driven Systems EEMODS'19, Tokyo, 17-19 September 2019.
Springer.
pp. 215-229.
Springer Proceedings in Energy.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69799-0_17
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Ebert, Nico; Ackermann, Kurt Alexander; Scheppler, Björn,
2021.
Bolder is better : raising user awareness through salient and concise privacy notices [paper].
In:
CHI '21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Yokohama, Japan, 8-13 May 2021.
New York:
Association for Computing Machinery.
pp. 67.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445516
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Ebert, Nico; Ackermann, Kurt Alexander; Heinrich, Peter,
2020.
Does context in privacy communication really matter? : a survey on consumer concerns and preferences [paper].
In:
CHI '20: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Honolulu, USA, 25-30 April 2020.
New York:
Association for Computing Machinery.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376575
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Ackermann, Kurt Alexander; Heim, Nina; Collenberg, Anja; Lenggenhager, Vera Nina; Müller, Steffen; Furchheim, Pia,
2020.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20571
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Rüeger, Brian; Gehring, Bettina; Ackermann, Kurt Alexander; Miesler, Linda,
2018.
Willing to share? When it comes to data, who will share what and why?.
Research Features.
125, pp. 98-101.
Available from: https://cdn2.researchfeatures.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Willing-to-share.-When-it-comes-to-data-who-will-share-what-and-why.pdf
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Murphy, Ryan O.; Ackermann, Kurt Alexander,
2013.
Social value orientation : theoretical and measurement issues in the study of social preferences.
Personality and Social Psychology Review.
18(1), pp. 13-41.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1088868313501745
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
Ackermann, K.A. (2014). Social Value Orientation: An analysis of measurement, form, predictive power, and malleability of social preferences. Doctoral Dissertation, ETH Zurich.
Ackermann, K.A., Fleiß, J. & Murphy, R.O. (2016). Reciprocity as an individual difference. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 60(2), 340-367.
Nax, H.H., Murphy, R.O. &, Ackermann, K.A. (2015). Interactive preferences. Economic Letters, 135, 133-136.
Murphy, R.O. & Ackermann, K.A. (2015). Social preferences, positive expectations, and trust based cooperation. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 67, 45-50.
Murphy, R.O. & Ackermann, K.A. (2014). Social value orientation: Theoretical and measurement issues in the study of social preferences. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 18(1), 13-41.
Murphy, R.O., Ackermann, K.A. & Handgraaf, M.J.J. (2011). Measuring social value orientation. Judgment and Decision Making, 6(8), 771-781.