My research focuses on two main themes. First, I study how people perceive extreme weather and climate risks, and how these perceptions are shaped by extreme weather experiences, climate information, and pre-existing beliefs such as political orientation and general climate change beliefs. Second, I study how climate change adaptation actors use climate information in decision-making processes.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Ulrich, J., & Kause, A. (2026). Change in flood and climate risk perceptions after the 2021 flood in Germany: A panel study. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 114, 103129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.103129
Ulrich, J., Baulenas, E., Bojovic, D., & Kause, A. (2026). Climate information use and needs for urban heat adaptation in Hamburg and Barcelona. Environmental Science & Policy, 184, 104492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104492
Baulenas, E., Ulrich, J., Kause, A., Pickard, S., & Bojoviv, D. (2026). Evidence use and exchange in two urban heat adaptation networks in Europe. npj Urban Sustainability. (in press)
Work in Progress
Ulrich, J. & Kause, A. People inaccurately estimate changing likelihoods of extreme weather events. (submitted to Climatic Change, August 2026).
Ulrich, J. & Kause, A. People’s reaction to and perceptions of uncertainty in extreme event attribution results.
Ulrich, J. & Kause, A. What do verbal scales hide? Comparing people’s verbal-scale assessments and numeric estimates of extreme weather probabilities
Hanf, S., Döring, M., Frerichs, L., Kause, A., Linscott, K., Meier, L., Pein, J., Poschlod, B., Ratter, B., Ratzke, L., Schaffran, J., Sillman, J., Stanley, A., Ulrich, J., Wickel, M. & Zengerling, C. A novel framework for assessing the plausibility of sustainable climate change adaptation in cities.