Rate My Professor Wändi Bruine de Bruin

Bruine de Bruine's research focuses on the psychology of risk perception and communication, health behavior and patient decision making, public perceptions of climate change and sustainability, economic expectations and financial decision making, behavior change interventions, science communication, and age differences in decision making and well-being. She has published more than 170 peer-reviewed articles, including "Everything in its own time: Planning Horizons vary across financial domains" (Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 2025), "Disaster preparedness and perceptions of people who experienced water insecurity: Insights from the Lloyd’s Register Foundation’s World Risk Poll" (Environmental Science & Technology, 2025), and "Evaluating adherence to patient registration paperwork guidelines: a mystery shopper study in English primary care" (BMJ Open, 2025). She is a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences, Psychonomic Society, Society for Risk Analysis, and NETSPAR. Bruine de Bruin serves on editorial boards for Perspectives on Psychological Science, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Decision, Medical Decision Making, Journal of Risk Research, and Psychology and Aging. She contributed to National Academy of Sciences committees on communicating science effectively and respiratory protection, and the Council of the Canadian Academies committee on health product risk communication. Her projects inform policies on climate terminology, Medicare Part D plan comparisons, and global risk perceptions.