About Me
Nicole Huijts is assistant professor in the domains of risk perception, environmental psychology and human-technology interaction. The focus of her research is on the public perception and acceptance of new technologies in the domains of energy, ICT and transport. Nicole has extensive experience with multi-disciplinary research and education, particularly bringing together the fields of psychology, engineering and ethics. Previous to working at the University of Twente, she worked at the Eindhoven and Delft Universities of Technology.
Expertise
Medicine & Life Sciences
# Computer Security
# Emotions
# Hydrogen
Social Sciences
# Acceptance
# Citizen
# Energy
Earth & Environmental Sciences
# Energy
# Project
Organisations
Research
Nicole's work currently consists of four main research lines:
- Perceived privacy and security risks of smart home IoT
- Perceived fairness in the energy transition
- Emotions towards new technologies and risks
- Interrelated effects of socio-demographic, spatial and psychological variables on technology acceptance.
She has developed the often-cited Technology Acceptance Framework.
Nicole is currently president of the Benelux Chapter of the Society for Risk Analysis-Europe and participates in the Utwente Energy Transition and Behavior group. She is also affiliated to the UU/TUe Fair Energy Transition Consortium and the 4TU Center for Ethics and Technology.
Nicole reviews for various journals such as Energy Research and Social Science, Frontiers in Environmental Psychology, Energy Policy and Risk Analysis.
Publications
Recent
Huijts, N. (2022).
Do privacy and safety as values influence emotions towards a smart home device? In M. Laban, & L. Popovic (Eds.),
Living with risks: sharing the good practice (pp. 26-26)
https://sra-e2022ns.ftn.uns.ac.rs/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Zbornik_SRA-E_sa_CIP-om.pdf
Budimir, S., Fontaine, J. R. J., Haans, A.
, Huijts, N., Loukas, G., & Roesch, E. B. (2022).
Victim’s negative emotion processes in cybersecurity breach situations: a testimony of anger and fear-related emotion processes. Social Science Research Network (SSRN).
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4101947
Huijts, N., Contzen, N.
, & Roeser, S. (2022).
Unequal means more unfair means more negative emotions? Ethical concerns and emotions about an unequal distribution of negative outcomes of a local energy project.
Energy policy,
165(112963), [112963].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112963
Budimir, S., Fontaine, J. R. J.
, Huijts, N. M. A., Haans, A., Loukas, G., & Roesch, E. B. (2021).
Emotional reactions to cybersecurity breach situations: Scenario-based survey study.
Journal of medical internet research,
23(5), [e24879].
https://doi.org/10.2196/24879
Pesch, U.
, Huijts, N. M. A., Bombaerts, G., Doorn, N.
, & Hunka, A. (2020).
Creating ‘Local Publics’: Responsibility and Involvement in Decision-Making on Technologies with Local Impacts.
Science and engineering ethics,
26(4), 2215-2234.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-020-00199-0
Alfano, M.
, & Huijts, N. (2020).
Trust in institutions and governance. In J. Simon (Ed.),
The Routledge Handbook of Trust and Philosophy (pp. 256-270). Taylor & Francis.
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315542294-20/
Huijts, N. M. A., Vries, G. D., & Molin, E. J. E. (2019).
A positive shift in the public acceptability of a low-carbon energy project after implementation: The case of a hydrogen fuel station.
Sustainability (Switzerland),
11(8), [2220].
https://doi.org/10.3390/su11082220
Huijts, N. M. A. (2018).
The emotional dimensions of energy projects: Anger, fear, joy and pride about the first hydrogen fuel station in the Netherlands.
Energy research & social science,
44, 138-145.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.04.042
Perlaviciute, G., Steg, L., Contzen, N.
, Roeser, S.
, & Huijts, N. (2018).
Emotional responses to energy projects: Insights for responsible decision making in a sustainable energy transition.
Sustainability (Switzerland),
10(7), [2526].
https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072526
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Google Scholar Link
Education
I currently teach in the courses Psychology of Safety, Cognition and Development, Research Methods and Research Project, Risk and Leadership and supervise BSc and MSc theses.
Affiliated Study Programmes
Bachelor
Master
Courses Academic Year 2022/2023
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
Courses Academic Year 2021/2022
Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Cubicus
(building no. 41), room C227
De Zul 10
7522NJ Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Cubicus
C227
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands