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Katherine White

ResearcherMarketingUniversity of British Columbia

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Katherine White

Researcher

Marketing

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.

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Research

marketing appeals norms donation behavior prosocial behavior behaviour change behavioural insights decision science sustainability

Latest papers

The Commercial Determinants of Nonalcoholic Beer: Redemption, Revenue, or Men's Harm Reduction?
American journal of men's health · 2025 · senior author
Perceiving less but wasting more: The relationship between perceived resource scarcity and consumer food waste.
Appetite · 2024 · senior author
"In small places, close to home": Urban environmental impacts on child rights across four global cities.
Health & place · 2023

All 11 publications

Latest funding

Consumer Self-Views, Decreased Endowment, and Willingness to Donate Possessions
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$43,480
Collaborative Nudging: A new framework for shifting behaviour
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$54,510
Neighbourhood-Level Climate Vulnerability in Canadian Cities
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$27,344

All 12 grants and awards

11 publications.

The Commercial Determinants of Nonalcoholic Beer: Redemption, Revenue, or Men's Harm Reduction?

Oliffe JL, Gao N, Kelly MT, Goodyear T, Drummond M, Levesque C, White K

American journal of men's health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/15579883251317096 PMID: 39921265

Perceiving less but wasting more: The relationship between perceived resource scarcity and consumer food waste.

Simpson B, Mesler RM, White K

Appetite2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107642 PMID: 39179108

"In small places, close to home": Urban environmental impacts on child rights across four global cities.

Gemmell E, Adjei-Boadi D, Sarkar A, Shoari N, White K, Zdero S, Kassem H, Pujara T, Brauer M

Health & place2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103081 PMID: 37506630

Social and moral psychology of COVID-19 across 69 countries.

Azevedo F, Pavlović T, Rêgo GG, Ay FC, Gjoneska B, Etienne TW, Ross RM, Schönegger P, Riaño-Moreno JC, Cichocka A, Capraro V, Cian L, Longoni C, Chan HF, Van Bavel JJ, Sjåstad H, Nezlek JB, Alfano M, Gelfand MJ, Birtel MD, Cislak A, Lockwood PL, Abts K, Agadullina E, Aruta JJB, Besharati SN, Bor A, Choma BL, Crabtree CD, Cunningham WA, De K, Ejaz W, Elbaek CT, Findor A, Flichtentrei D, Franc R, Gruber J, Gualda E, Horiuchi Y, Huynh TLD, Ibanez A, Imran MA, Israelashvili J, Jasko K, Kantorowicz J, Kantorowicz-Reznichenko E, Krouwel A, Laakasuo M, Lamm C, Leygue C, Lin MJ, Mansoor MS, Marie A, Mayiwar L, Mazepus H, McHugh C, Minda JP, Mitkidis P, Olsson A, Otterbring T, Packer DJ, Perry A, Petersen MB, Puthillam A, Rothmund T, Santamaría-García H, Schmid PC, Stoyanov D, Tewari S, Todosijević B, Tsakiris M, Tung HH, Umbres RG, Vanags E, Vlasceanu M, Vonasch A, Yucel M, Zhang Y, Abad M, Adler E, Akrawi N, Mdarhri HA, Amara H, Amodio DM, Antazo BG, Apps M, Ba MH, Barbosa S, Bastian B, Berg A, Bernal-Zárate MP, Bernstein M, Białek M, Bilancini E, Bogatyreva N, Boncinelli L, Booth JE, Borau S, Buchel O, Cameron CD, Carvalho CF, Celadin T, Cerami C, Chalise HN, Cheng X, Cockcroft K, Conway J, Córdoba-Delgado MA, Crespi C, Crouzevialle M, Cutler J, Cypryańska M, Dabrowska J, Daniels MA, Davis VH, Dayley PN, Delouvée S, Denkovski O, Dezecache G, Dhaliwal NA, Diato AB, Di Paolo R, Drosinou M, Dulleck U, Ekmanis J, Ertan AS, Farhana HH, Farkhari F, Farmer H, Fenwick A, Fidanovski K, Flew T, Fraser S, Frempong RB, Fugelsang JA, Gale J, Garcia-Navarro EB, Garladinne P, Ghajjou O, Gkinopoulos T, Gray K, Griffin SM, Gronfeldt B, Gümren M, Gurung RL, Halperin E, Harris E, Herzon V, Hruška M, Huang G, Hudecek MFC, Isler O, Jangard S, Jorgensen FJ, Kachanoff F, Kahn J, Dangol AK, Keudel O, Koppel L, Koverola M, Kubin E, Kunnari A, Kutiyski Y, Laguna OM, Leota J, Lermer E, Levy J, Levy N, Li C, Long EU, Maglić M, McCashin D, Metcalf AL, Mikloušić I, El Mimouni S, Miura A, Molina-Paredes J, Monroy-Fonseca C, Morales-Marente E, Moreau D, Muda R, Myer A, Nash K, Nesh-Nash T, Nitschke JP, Nurse MS, Ohtsubo Y, de Mello VO, O'Madagain C, Onderco M, Palacios-Galvez MS, Palomöki J, Pan Y, Papp Z, Pärnamets P, Paruzel-Czachura M, Pavlović Z, Payán-Gómez C, Perander S, Pitman MM, Prasad R, Pyrkosz-Pacyna J, Rathje S, Raza A, Rhee K, Robertson CE, Rodríguez-Pascual I, Saikkonen T, Salvador-Ginez O, Santi GC, Santiago-Tovar N, Savage D, Scheffer JA, Schultner DT, Schutte EM, Scott A, Sharma M, Sharma P, Skali A, Stadelmann D, Stafford CA, Stanojević D, Stefaniak A, Sternisko A, Stoica A, Stoyanova KK, Strickland B, Sundvall J, Thomas JP, Tinghög G, Torgler B, Traast IJ, Tucciarelli R, Tyrala M, Ungson ND, Uysal MS, Van Lange PAM, van Prooijen JW, van Rooy D, Västfjäll D, Verkoeijen P, Vieira JB, von Sikorski C, Walker AC, Watermeyer J, Wetter E, Whillans A, White K, Habib R, Willardt R, Wohl MJA, Wójcik AD, Wu K, Yamada Y, Yilmaz O, Yogeeswaran K, Ziemer CT, Zwaan RA, Boggio PS, Sampaio WM

Scientific data2023

DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02080-8 PMID: 37169799

Identity salience moderates the effect of social dominance orientation on COVID-19 'rule bending'.

Mesler RM, Simpson B, Chernishenko J, Jain S, Dunn LH, White K

Acta psychologica2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103460 PMID: 35066337

Shifting consumer behavior to address climate change.

Habib R, White K, Hardisty DJ, Zhao J

Current opinion in psychology2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.04.007 PMID: 34102565

Aberrant Cerebellar Resting-State Functional Connectivity Related to Reading Performance in Struggling Readers.

Greeley B, Weber RC, Denyer R, Ferris JK, Rubino C, White K, Boyd LA

Developmental science2021

DOI: 10.1111/desc.13022 PMID: 32687663

Learning-Challenged Youth Show an Abnormal Relationship Between Fronto-Parietal Myelination and Mathematical Ability.

Denyer R, Morris SR, Greeley B, Ferris JK, White K, Laule C, Boyd LA, Weber RC

Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging2020

DOI: 10.1111/jon.12741 PMID: 32533740

The package as a weapon of influence: Changes to cigarette packaging design as a function of regulatory changes in Canada.

Wade WS, White K

Tobacco prevention & cessation2020Senior author

DOI: 10.18332/tpc/116744 PMID: 32548354

The THRIVE model: A framework and review of internal and external predictors of coping with chronic illness.

White K, Issac MS, Kamoun C, Leygues J, Cohn S

Health psychology open2018First author

DOI: 10.1177/2055102918793552 PMID: 30151224

Consumer Self-Views, Decreased Endowment, and Willingness to Donate Possessions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: White, Katherine J.

Keywords: consumer behaviour; consumer identity; self-construal; endowment effect ; possession donation; sustainability marketing

$43,480

Collaborative Nudging: A new framework for shifting behaviour

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hardisty, David J.

Keywords: Nudging; energy usage; time of use; field experiments; marketing; psychology; economics; public policy; sustainability.

$54,510

Neighbourhood-Level Climate Vulnerability in Canadian Cities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Stopps, Helen

Keywords: climate vulnerability; community-based adaption; urban planning; resilience

$27,344

Using Marketing Communications to Encourage Consumers to Participate in the Sharing Economy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Habib, Rishad

Keywords: prosocial behaviour; sharing economy; self-construal; independent and interdependent; consumer behaviour; circular economy

$37,216

Behavioural Insights into Business for Social Good: Purpose, People, and Planet

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Connection Grants

Principal investigators: White, Katherine J.

Keywords: business; social good; psychology; conference

$24,945

Transitioning to Good: When is Striving to be an Ethical Business as Good as Being One?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Vu, Tiffany

Keywords: Corporate social responsibility; Moral behaviour; Ethical products; Prosocial behaviour; Organic; Fair trade; Halo effect; Sustainability

$54,917

Using Marketing Communications to Encourage Prosocial Consumer Actions When Ingroup Norms are Low

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: White, Katherine J.

Keywords: marketing appeals; norms; donation behavior; prosocial behavior

$167,020

Sustainable Behavioural Insights: Developing a Framework for Nudging Long-Term Behaviour Change

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: White, Katherine J.

Keywords: behavioural insights; decision science; behaviour change; sustainability

$196,000

Strategies to achieve self-sufficiency in kidney transplantation in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Gill, John S

Keywords: Deceased Organ Donation; Kidney Transplantation; Living Organ Donation; Organ Allocation Policy

$916,387

When does positive ingroup performance enhance or decrease sustainable consumer behaviours

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: White, Katherine J.

Keywords: sustainable behaviour; social norms; group; motivation; diffusion of responsibility; licensing effects; behaviour change

$148,330

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Katherine White

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Latest papers

Latest funding

The Commercial Determinants of Nonalcoholic Beer: Redemption, Revenue, or Men's Harm Reduction?

Perceiving less but wasting more: The relationship between perceived resource scarcity and consumer food waste.

"In small places, close to home": Urban environmental impacts on child rights across four global cities.

Social and moral psychology of COVID-19 across 69 countries.

Identity salience moderates the effect of social dominance orientation on COVID-19 'rule bending'.

Shifting consumer behavior to address climate change.

Aberrant Cerebellar Resting-State Functional Connectivity Related to Reading Performance in Struggling Readers.

Learning-Challenged Youth Show an Abnormal Relationship Between Fronto-Parietal Myelination and Mathematical Ability.

The package as a weapon of influence: Changes to cigarette packaging design as a function of regulatory changes in Canada.

The THRIVE model: A framework and review of internal and external predictors of coping with chronic illness.

Consumer Self-Views, Decreased Endowment, and Willingness to Donate Possessions

Collaborative Nudging: A new framework for shifting behaviour

Neighbourhood-Level Climate Vulnerability in Canadian Cities

Using Marketing Communications to Encourage Consumers to Participate in the Sharing Economy

Behavioural Insights into Business for Social Good: Purpose, People, and Planet

Transitioning to Good: When is Striving to be an Ethical Business as Good as Being One?

Using Marketing Communications to Encourage Prosocial Consumer Actions When Ingroup Norms are Low

Sustainable Behavioural Insights: Developing a Framework for Nudging Long-Term Behaviour Change

Strategies to achieve self-sufficiency in kidney transplantation in Canada

When does positive ingroup performance enhance or decrease sustainable consumer behaviours

Frequent collaborators

Kyle Nash

Rishad Habib

Michael Brauer

Trevor Goodyear

Jiaying Zhao

Cornelia Laule