Research Assistant
El-Erian Institute of Behavioural Economics and Policy
MSc (London School of Economics and Political Science)
My current research examines long-term trends in compulsive buying behaviour in Germany (1991-2024) and the influence of digitalisation and emerging financial tools, such as Buy Now, Pay Later schemes, on consumer behaviour. I previously worked on improving food sustainability practices in higher education settings.
I am also interested in applying behavioural science to health and social media, as well as optimising the implementation of interventions in these areas.
Publications
Selected publications
- Galizzi, M.M., Luptakova, V., Macis, M. and Thode, S. (2024) “What have we learned from behavioural economics for the COVID-19 response?” In: Costa-Font, J. and Galizzi, M.M. (eds.) Behavioural economics and policy for pandemics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.11-41 (DOI: 10.1017/9781009438438.004)
- Thode, S., Perry, K., Cyr, S., Ducharme, A., Puissant, D. and Brouillette, J. (2023) “Psychosocial assessment tools for use before transplantation are predictive of post-operative psychosocial and health behavior outcomes: a narrative review of the literature.” Frontiers in Transplantation, 2: 1250184 (DOI: 10.3389/frtra.2023.1250184)
- Zuroff, D.C., Clegg, K.-A., Levine, S.L., Haward, B. and Thode, S. (2021) “Contributions of trait, domain, and signature components of self-criticism to stress generation.” Personality and Individual Differences, 173: 110603 (DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110603)
- Zuroff, D.C., Clegg, K.-A., Levine, S.L., Hermanto, N., Armstrong III, B.F., Haward, B. and Thode, S. (2021) “Beyond trait models of self-criticism and self-compassion: variability over domains and the search for signatures.” Personality and Individual Differences, 170: 110429 (DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110429)