Anna Walter-Dockx

Anna Walter-Dockx is a Behavioral Economist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Marketing Management. She holds a PhD with honors in Economic and Social Sciences from the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) and a cum laude M.Sc. in Human Decision Science from Maastricht University. She previously worked as a consultant at Austria’s Behavioral Insights Unit and was a postdoctoral fellow of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW). She has several years of teaching experience, including as a lecturer at the Institute for Cognition and Behavior (WU Vienna) and FH des BFI Vienna, and as a regular guest lecturer.

Her research focuses on behavioral interventions and experimental methods, combining survey, laboratory, and field experiments to study sustainable decision-making, mobility behavior, and gender differences. Her dissertation examines the effectiveness of behavioral policy measures across domains such as teamwork, environmental behavior, and financial decision-making, with an emphasis on the causal identification of underlying mechanisms.

She has contributed to 25+ applied research projects at the intersection of behavioral science and policy. Most recently, she initiated and leads a research project on nudging green food choices in workplace settings, coordinating the project and conducting the empirical analysis. She is lead author on the resulting research outputs.

For recent publications, please check the personal website.