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Ellen Katrine Nyhus

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Email
ellen.k.nyhus@uia.no
Phone
+47 38 14 15 12
Mobile phone
+47 97 75 07 66
Office
9I254 (Universitetsveien 19, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway)

Areas of responsibility

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. 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 boards of the Journal of Economic Psychology and the Journal of Consumer Policy. 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).

Teaching

Judgment and Decision Making (Master's course)

Consumer behaviour (Bachelor course)

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

Research

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.

Publications

  • Peters, Kim; Jeftić, Alma; Ballard, Timothy; Zhou, Steven; Steffens, Niklas K. & Inceoglu, Ilke [Show all 380 contributors for this article] (2026). A Multi-Country Study of Women’s Political Representation and Gendered Political Leadership Stereotypes. 3069-2229. doi: 10.71240/lcyc.122835. Full text in Research Archive
  • Peters, Kim; Jeftić, Alma; Ballard, Timothy; Zhou, Steven; Steffens, Niklas K. & Inceoglu, Ilke [Show all 379 contributors for this article] (2026). Think political leader — think he or she? A multi-country test of a gender-fair language intervention to reduce gendered leadership stereotypes. Leadership Quarterly. ISSN 1048-9843. 37(6), p. 101991–101991. doi: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2026.101991. Full text in Research Archive
  • Grigoryev, Dmitry; Gallyamova, Albina; Komyaginskaya, Elizaveta; Zerhouni, Oulmann; Lalot, Fanny & Al-Shawaf, Laith [Show all 66 contributors for this article] (2026). Sociosexual orientation, life history strategy, and reproductive success: A large-scale cross-cultural analysis across 92 contemporary societies. Evolution and human behavior. ISSN 1090-5138. 47(5), p. 106938–106938. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2026.106938. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kowal, Marta; Sorokowski, Piotr; Gjoneska, Biljana; Pisanski, Katarzyna; Pfuhl, Gerit & Aguilar, Leonardo [Show all 196 contributors for this article] (2025). Cross-cultural data on romantic love and mate preferences from 117,293 participants across 175 countries. Scientific Data. 12. doi: 10.1038/s41597-025-05365-2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Andersen, Cecilie; Nyhus, Ellen K. & Engeset, Marit Gundersen (2025). How pre-vacation factors influence post-vacation word-of-mouth. Current Issues in Tourism. ISSN 1368-3500. p. 1–9. doi: 10.1080/13683500.2025.2462160. Full text in Research Archive
  • Nyhus, Ellen Katrine & Seldal, Mette Marie Næser (2025). Finansiell kunnskap og pensjonsatferd. Magma forskning og viten. ISSN 1500-0788. 28(2), p. 65–74. doi: 10.23865/magma.v28.1495. Full text in Research Archive
  • 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. 3. doi: 10.3389/frbhe.2024.1385609. Full text in Research Archive
  • 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. Full text in Research Archive
  • 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. Full text in Research Archive

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