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Ellen Katrine Nyhus

Ellen Katrine Nyhus

Professor

Professor

Department of Management >

 

+47 38 14 15 12

+47 977 50 766

Office:
9I254 ( Universitetsveien 19, Kristiansand )

Ellen K. Nyhus is a professor in Marketing at the University of Agder (UiA) School of Business and Law in Norway. She is Dr. Oecon from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH). She also completed the four year programme in economics and business administration consisting of three years at bachelor/undergraduate level and one year at master/graduate level (siviløkonom) as well as the Graduate Programme in Economics and Business Administration (Høyere avdeling) at NHH.

Nyhus’ research is interdisciplinary and her work has appeared in international journals such as the Journal of Economic Psychology,  Journal of Consumer Affairs, Journal of Consumer Policy, The British Journal of Psychology, the European Journal of Psychology, Economics of Education Review, and Applied Economics. She has also contributed with chapters in international handbooks in behavioural economics and economic psychology. In addition to the academic work, Nyhus has long experience as a board or committee member both in the private and public sector. Currently she serves is a board member of Søgne og Greipstad savings bank and of the Finance Industry Authorisation schemes. She is also an alternate member of the board of the pension fund of Kristiansand municipality. In the period 2014-2016 she served as president for the International Association for Research in Economic Psychology (IAREP), and she is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Economic Psychology. In 2022 she organised the annual IAREP-conference in Kristiansand.

Nyhus has actively popularized her research and she is frequently a speaker at conferences in the financial industry both in Norway and abroad. She is a popular media commentator on topics related to consumer behaviour and has written several popularized articles in regional and national newspaper. She is responsible for the personal finance section of the Great Norwegian encyclopedia (SNL).

Courses and teaching

Judgment and Decision Making (Master's course)

Consumer behaviour (Bachelor course)

Supervision of master- and PhD-students within the field of consumer behaviour.

Academic interests

Research interests

Economic Psychology, behavioural economics, consumer behaviour.

Ellen Nyhus focuses on the economic decisions individuals have to make across the courses of their lives.

Projects

Research group: Financial and economic behaviour

Projects:

Financial literacy and self-efficacy in the Norwegian population

Scientific publications

  • McNair, Simon; Nyhus, Ellen K.; Ranyard, Rob (2024). Propensity to spend and borrow at a time of high pressure: the role of the meaning of Christmas and other psychological factors. Frontiers in Behavioral Economics. 3doi:10.3389/frbhe.2024.1385609.
  • Nyhus, Ellen K.; Frank, Darius Aurel; Krol, Michal; Otterbring, Tobias (2023). Crypto cravings: Gender differences in crypto investment intentions and the mediating roles of financial overconfidence and personality. Psychology & Marketing. ISSN: 0742-6046. doi:10.1002/mar.21921.
  • Meskó, Norbert; Kowal, Marta; Láng, András; Kocsor, Ferenc; Bandi, Szabolcs A.; Putz, Adam; Sorokowski, Piotr; Frederick, David A.; García, Felipe E.; Aguilar, Leonardo A.; Studzinska, Anna; Tan, Chee-Seng; Gjoneska, Biljana; Milfont, Taciano L.; Topcu Bulut, Merve; Grigoryev, Dmitry; Aavik, Toivo; Boussena, Mahmoud; Mattiassi, Alan D. A.; Afhami, Reza; Amin, Rizwana; Baiocco, Roberto; Brahim, Hamdaoui; Can, Ali R.; Carneiro, Joao; Çetinkaya, Hakan; Chubinidze, Dimitri; Deschrijver, Eliane; Don, Yahya; Dubrov, Dmitrii; Duyar, Izzet; Jovic, Marija; Kamburidis, Julia A.; Khan, Farah; Khun-Inkeeree, Hareesol; Koso-Drljevic, Maida; Lacko, David; Massar, Karlijn; Morelli, Mara; Natividade, Jean C.; Nyhus, Ellen K.; Park, Ju Hee; Pazhoohi, Farid; Pirtskhalava, Ekaterine; Ponnet, Koen; Prokop, Pavol; Šakan, Dušana; Tulyakul, Singha; Wang, Austin H.; Aquino, Sibele D.; Atamtürk, Derya D.; Burduli, Nana; Chirumbolo, Antonio; Dural, Seda; Etchezahar, Edgardo; Ghahraman Moharrampour, Nasim; Aczel, Balazs; Kozma, Luca; Lins, Samuel; Manunta, Efisio; Marot, Tiago; Mebarak, Moises; Miroshnik, Kirill G.; Misetic, Katarina; Papadatou-Pastou, Marietta; Bakos, Bence; Sahli, Fatima Zahra; Singh, Sangeeta; Solak, Çağlar; Volkodav, Tatiana; Wlodarczyk, Anna; Akello, Grace; Argyrides, Marios; Çoker, Ogeday; Galasinska, Katarzyna; Gómez Yepes, Talía; Kobylarek, Aleksander; Landa-Blanco, Miguel; Mayorga, Marlon; Özener, Barış; Pacquing, Ma. Criselda T.; Reyes, Marc Eric S.; Şahin, Ayşegül; Tamayo-Agudelo, William; Topanova, Gulmira; Toplu-Demirtaş, Ezgi; Türkan, Belgüzar N.; Zumárraga-Espinosa, Marcos; Grassini, Simone; Antfolk, Jan; Cornec, Clément; Pisanski, Katarzyna; Stöckli, Sabrina; Eder, Stephanie Josephine; Han, Hyemin (2023). Exploring Attitudes Toward “Sugar Relationships” Across 87 Countries: A Global Perspective on Exchanges of Resources for Sex and Companionship. Archives of Sexual Behavior. ISSN: 0004-0002. doi:10.1007/s10508-023-02724-1.
  • Andersen, Cecilie; Engeset, Marit Gundersen; Nyhus, Ellen K. (2023). Tourist involvement in vacation planning and booking: impact on word of mouth and loyalty. Tourism Review. ISSN: 1660-5373. doi:10.1108/TR-08-2022-0398.
  • Seldal, Mette Marie Næser; Nyhus, Ellen Katrine (2022). Financial Vulnerability, Financial Literacy, and the Use of Digital Payment Technologies. Journal of Consumer Policy. ISSN: 0168-7034. 45s 281 - 306. doi:10.1007/s10603-022-09512-9.
  • Furrebøe, Elise Frølich; Nyhus, Ellen K. (2022). Financial self-efficacy, financial literacy, and gender: A review. Journal of Consumer Affairs. ISSN: 0022-0078. doi:10.1111/joca.12436.
  • Furrebøe, Elise Frølich; Nyhus, Ellen K.; Musau, Andrew (2023). Gender differences in recollections of economic socialization, financial self-efficacy, and financial literacy. Journal of Consumer Affairs. ISSN: 0022-0078. 57 (1). s 69 - 91. doi:10.1111/joca.12490.
  • Kowal, Marta; Sorokowski, Piotr; Pisanski, Katarzyna; Valentova, Jaroslava Varella; Varella, Marco A. C.; Frederick, David A.; Al-Shawaf, Laith; García, Felipe E.; Giammusso, Isabella; Gjoneska, Biljana; Kozma, Luca; Otterbring, Anders Emil Tobias; Papadatou-Pastou, Marietta; Pfuhl, Gerit; Stöckli, Sabrina; Studzinska, Anna; Toplu-Demirtas, Ezgi; Touloumakos, Anna K.; Bakos, Bence E.; Batres, Carlota; Bonneterre, Solenne; Czamanski-Cohen, Johanna; Dacanay, Jovi C.; Deschrijver, Eliane; Fisher, Maryanne L.; Grano, Caterina; Grigoryev, Dmitry; Kačmár, Pavol; Kozlov, Mikhail V.; Manunta, Efisio; Massar, Karlijn; McFall, Joseph P.; Mebarak, Moises; Miccoli, Maria Rosa; Milfont, Taciano L.; Prokop, Pavol; Aavik, Toivo; Arriaga, Patricia; Baiocco, Roberto; Cenek, Jiri; Cetinkaya, Hakan; Duyar, Izzet; Guemaz, Farida; Ishii, Tatsunori; Kamburidis, Julia A.; Khun-Inkeeree, Hareesol; Lidborg, Linda H.; Manor, Hagar; Nussinson, Ravit; Omar-Fauzee, Mohd Sofian Bin; Pazhoohi, Farid; Ponnet, Koen; Santos, Anabela Caetano; Senyk, Oksana; Spasovski, Ognen; Vintila, Mona; Wang, Austin H.; Yoo, Gyesook; Zerhouni, Oulmann; Amin, Rizwana; Aquino, Sibele; Boga, Merve; Boussena, Mahmoud; Can, Ali R.; Can, Seda; Castro, Rita; Chirumbolo, Antonio; Çoker, Ogeday; Cornec, Clément; Dural, Seda; Eder, Stephanie J.; Moharrampour, Nasim Ghahraman; Grassini, Simone; Hristova, Evgeniya; Ikizer, Gözde; Nyhus, Ellen K.; Siepelmeyer, Henrik; Singh, Sangeeta (2022). Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries. Evolution and human behavior. ISSN: 1090-5138. 43 (6). s 455 - 474. doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2022.08.003.
  • Otterbring, Anders Emil Tobias; Rolschau, Kristian; Furrebøe, Elise Frølich; Nyhus, Ellen K. (2021). Crossmodal Correspondences between Typefaces and Food Preferences Drive Congruent Choices but Not among Young Consumers. Food Quality and Preference. ISSN: 0950-3293. 96 (2). doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2021.104376.
  • Nyhus, Ellen K. (2021). utlånsforskriften. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
  • Nyhus, Ellen K. (2018). Økonomiprisen til Alfred Nobels Minne. Richard H. Thaler: Pris for å berike økonomi med psykologi. Agder Vitenskapsakademi, Årbok 2017. ISBN: 978-82-02-59723-8. Portal forlag. Nobelprisen. s 244 - 253.
  • Svarstad, Christine; Nyhus, Ellen K. (2016). The usefulness of applied research. Applied social science research in a regional knowledge system. ISBN: 978-1-4724-8782-7. Routledge. 11. s 188 - 197.
  • Webley, Paul; Nyhus, Ellen K. (2013). Economic socialization, saving and assets in European young adults. Economics of Education Review. ISSN: 0272-7757. 33s 19 - 30. doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.09.001.
  • Hveem, Dag Jørgen; Nyhus, Ellen K. (2013). Frarådningsplikten: Til bankens eller forbrukerens beste?. Praktisk økonomi & finans. ISSN: 1501-0074. 29 (4). s 53 - 65.
  • Nyhus, Ellen K.; Webley, Paul (2013). The Relationship Between Parenting and the Economic Orientation and Behavior of Norwegian Adolescents. The Journal of Genetic Psychology. ISSN: 0022-1325. 174 (6). s 620 - 641. doi:10.1080/00221325.2012.754398.
  • Nyhus, Ellen K.; Pons, Empar (2012). Personality and the gender wage gap. Applied Economics. ISSN: 0003-6846. 44 (1). s 105 - 118. doi:10.1080/00036846.2010.500272.
  • Nyhus, Ellen Katrine; Webley, Paul (2008). Inter-temporal choice and self-control: saving and borrowing. The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behaviour. Cambridge University Press. s 105 - 131.
  • Nyhus, Ellen Katrine; Webley, Paul (2006). Discounting, self-control and saving. Handbook of Contemporary Behavioral Economics: Foundations and Developments. M. E. Sharpe. s 297 - 325.
  • Nyhus, Ellen Katrine; Webley, Paul (2006). Parents' influence on children's future orientation and saving. Journal of Economic Psychology. ISSN: 0167-4870. 27 (1). s 140 - 164.
  • Nyhus, Ellen Katrine (2006). Småinvestorenes psykologi hvorfor blir ikke avkastning på aksjer som forventet?. Magma forskning og viten. ISSN: 1500-0788. 9 (3). s 22 - 30.
  • Nyhus, Ellen Katrine (2005). Duet og duel in intra-household decision making? Duet eller duell i husholdningers økonomiske beslutningtaking?. Anthology for Kjell Grønhaug in celebration of his 70th birthday. Fagbokforlaget. s 69 - 99.
  • Nyhus, Ellen Katrine; Pons, Empar (2005). The effects of personality on earnings. Journal of Economic Psychology. ISSN: 0167-4870. 26 (3). s 363 - 384.
  • Nyhus, Ellen Katrine; Pons, Empar; Webley, Paul (2002). Personality and economic behaviour. Advances in Psychology Research, Volume 18 Serge P. Shohov (Ed.). Nova Science Publishers, Inc, New York. s 115 - 150.
  • Webley, Paul; Nyhus, Ellen Katrine (2001). Life-cycle and dispositional routes into problem debt. British Journal of Psychology. ISSN: 0007-1269. 92s 423 - 446.
  • Nyhus, Ellen Katrine (2001). Representations of saving and saving behaviour. Everyday Representations of the Economy. Wiener Universitäts-Verlag. s 93 - 112.
  • Nyhus, Ellen Katrine; Webley, Paul (2001). The role of personality in household saving and borrowing behaviour. European Journal of Personality. ISSN: 0890-2070. 15s - 85.
  • Hannås, Gøril; Nyhus, Ellen Katrine (2011). Marketing Management Norwegian Glossary. ISBN: 9780857764478. Pearson Custom Publishing. s 48.
  • Nyhus, Ellen K. (2024). Hvor mye vet 15-åringer om økonomi?.
  • Nyhus, Ellen K. (2024). Rentedilemmaet - om valg mellom fast og flytende rente. NRK Nyhetsmorgen.
  • Nyhus, Ellen K. (2024). Paneldeltakelse på Kåkånomics: Hvordan hadde Norge sett ut hvis økonomene fikk bestemme?.
  • Nyhus, Ellen K.; Emblem, Anne Wenche; Ausland, Eirik Høiby (2024). Workshop: Hvordan rigge seg økonomisk til pensjonsalderen?.
  • Nyhus, Ellen K. (2024). Paneldeltakelse på KåkÅnomics: Ulikhetsmaskinene #6: Pensjon.
  • Nyhus, Ellen K. (2024). Mange kjøpte da børsen stupte.
  • Nyhus, Ellen K.; Otterbring, Tobias; Musau, Andrew (2024). "I Don't Know": The role of personality and financial self-efficacy for the tendency to answer "Don't Know" to financial knowledge questions.
  • Otterbring, Tobias; Nyhus, Ellen K. (2024). Young and Yearning for Crypto: Age Differences in Consumers’ Crypto Investment Intentions and the Roles of Risk Preference and Financial Satisfaction.

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