Daniel Sloot KIT DFIU

Dr. Daniel Sloot

Research interests

  • Behavioral science and the sustainable energy transition
  • Motivational factors underlying technology adoption and user behavior
  • Analysis of decision making

Projects

Teaching

  • Seminar supervision
  • Supervision of bachelor and master theses

Publications


The role of framing in public support for direct air capture: A moral hazard survey experiment in the United States
Sloot, D.; Bostrom, A.
2024. Energy Research and Social Science, 116, Art.-NR.: 103694. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2024.103694
In France and Germany, politics – not nationality – dictate energy preferences
Guetlein, M.-C.; Sebi, C.; Faure, C.; Sloot, D.; Rauch, D. I.; Schleich, J.
2024, June 8
Barriers to demand response in the commercial and industrial sectors – An empirical investigation
Scharnhorst, L.; Sloot, D.; Lehmann, N.; Ardone, A.; Fichtner, W.
2024. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 190 (Part B), Art.-Nr.: 114067. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2023.114067
Energy Communities as Eneablers for innovative Technologies? The Case of Vehicle-to-Grid in Three European Countries
Baumgartner, N.; Sloot, D.; Fichtner, W.
2023. BEHAVE 2023 Conference Proceedings, 216–227, Netherlands Enterprice Agency (RVO)
Would employees accept curtailments in heating and air conditioning, and why? An empirical investigation of demand response potential in office buildings
Sloot, D.; Lehmann, N.; Ardone, A.
2023. Energy Policy, 181, Art.-Nr.: 113705. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113705
The motivational drivers behind consumer preferences for regional electricity – Results of a choice experiment in Southern Germany
Lehmann, N.; Sloot, D.; Schüle, C.; Ardone, A.; Fichtner, W.
2023. Energy Economics, 120, 106585. doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106585
Barriers to Demand Response in the Commercial and Industrial Sectors - an Empirical Investigation
Scharnhorst, L.; Sloot, D.; Lehmann, N.; Ardone, A.; Fichtner, W.
2022, November 8. 17th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES 2022), Paphos, Cyprus, November 7–10, 2022
Understanding the financial incentive conundrum: A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of financial incentive interventions in promoting energy conservation behavior
Sloot, D.; Scheibehenne, B.
2022. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 168, Art.-Nr.: 112761. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2022.112761
Consumer preferences for the design of a demand response quota scheme – Results of a choice experiment in Germany
Lehmann, N.; Sloot, D.; Ardone, A.; Fichtner, W.
2022. Energy Policy, 167, Art.-Nr.: 113023. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113023
Examining two types of household energy conservation: a meta-analysis of the effects of financial incentive interventions in reducing overall and peak electricity consumption
Sloot, D.; Scheibehenne, B.
2022, June. Energy and Climate Transformations: 3rd International Conference on Energy Research & Social Science (2022), Manchester, United Kingdom, June 20–23, 2022
Examining financial and non-financial factors that motivate participation in electricity demand-side flexibility programs
Sloot, D.; Lehmann, N.; Ardone, A.
2022, June. Energy and Climate Transformations: 3rd International Conference on Energy Research & Social Science (2022), Manchester, United Kingdom, June 20–23, 2022
Willingness to pay for regional electricity generation – A question of green values and regional product beliefs?
Lehmann, N.; Sloot, D.; Ardone, A.; Fichtner, W.
2022. Energy Economics, 110, Article no: 106003. doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106003
A meta-analysis of residential PV adoption: the important role of perceived benefits, intentions and antecedents in solar energy acceptance
Schulte, E.; Scheller, F.; Sloot, D.; Bruckner, T.
2022. Energy research & social science, 84, Art.Nr.: 102339. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2021.102339
Explaining and promoting participation in demand response programs: The role of rational and moral motivations among German energy consumers
Sloot, D.; Lehmann, N.; Ardone, A.
2022. Energy research & social science, 84, 102431. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2021.102431
A Behavioral Science Perspective on Consumers’ Engagement With Demand Response Programs
Sloot, D.; Lehmann, N.; Ardone, A.; Fichtner, W.
2022. Energy research letters, 3. doi:10.46557/001c.38831
The limited potential of regional electricity marketing – Results from two discrete choice experiments in Germany
Lehmann, N.; Sloot, D.; Ardone, A.; Fichtner, W.
2021. Energy economics, 100, Art.-Nr.: 105351. doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105351
Is an appeal enough? The limited impact of financial, environmental, and communal appeals in promoting involvement in community environmental initiatives
Sloot, D.; Jans, L.; Steg, L.
2021. Sustainability, 13 (3), Art. Nr.: 1085. doi:10.3390/su13031085
Exploring the Role of Stakeholder Dynamics in Residential Photovoltaic Adoption Decisions: A Synthesis of the Literature
Scheller, F.; Doser, I.; Sloot, D.; McKenna, R.; Bruckner, T.
2020. Energies, 13 (23), Art.-Nr.: 6283. doi:10.3390/en13236283
In it for the money, the environment, or the community? Motives for being involved in community energy initiatives
Sloot, D.; Jans, L.; Steg, L.
2019. Global environmental change, 57, Article no: 101936. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101936
Can community energy initiatives motivate sustainable energy behaviours? The role of initiative involvement and personal pro-environmental motivation
Sloot, D.; Jans, L.; Steg, L.
2018. Journal of environmental psychology, 57, 99–106. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2018.06.007

Profile

  • Post-doctoral research associate, chair of energy economics since February 2020
  • PhD in environmental psychology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
  • Master of Science in Social and Organisational Psychology, University of Exeter, UK
  • Bachelor of Science in organizational psychology, Leuphana University Lüneburg