Dr. Lara Bartels
Research Focus
My research interests lie at the intersection of environmental and behavioral economics, as well as development economics. My research toolbox comprises field and online framed-field experiments, and more recently, also lab experiments. I combine these methodologies with survey data and observational geographical data to gain a comprehensive understanding of the complex dynamics influencing individual behaviors within the realm of environmental economics.
Academic Career
2024 – present: Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics, Bonn, Germany
2020 – 2025: PhD in Economics, Kassel University, Germany
2019 – 2024: Researcher, Climate and Ressource Economics, ZEW – Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH Mannheim, Germany
2015 – 2018: MSc Economics and Institutions, University of Marburg, Germany
2012 – 2015: BSc Economics, Heidelberg University, Germany
Publications
Ivo Steimanis, Thomas Falk, Lara Bartels, Vishwambhar Duche, and Björn Vollan (2025). The role of women in learning games and water management outcomes. PNAS Nexus, pgaf243.
Lara Bartels and Madeline Werthschulte (2024). ‘More Bang for the Bug’? Experimental Evidence on the Mechanisms of an Energy Efficiency Subsidy. Environmental and Resource Economics.
Lara Bartels, Martin Kesternich, and Andreas Löschel (2024). The Demand for Voluntary Carbon Dioxide Removal. Land Economics, 100 (4).
Lara Bartels, Thomas Falk, Vishwambhar Duche, and Björn Vollan (2022). Experimental Games in Transdisciplinary Research: The potential Importance of Individual Payments. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 113.