Current Position: Junior Research Professor, Webster University Vienna Consultant at Pitters Trendexpert;  Lecturer, University of Vienna, University of Salzburg Country of Origin: Germany Email:  juliapitters62[at]webster.edu

Courses taught at Webster

• Advanced Psychology Lab
• Cognitive Psychology
• History, Philosophy, and Systems of Psychology
• Economic Psychology
• Judgment and Decision Making
• Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
• Organizational Behavior
• Social Psychology

Education

• Dr. rer. nat. (University of Vienna, 2007)
• Dipl.-Psych. (University of Hamburg, 2004)

Background and Facts

Dr. Pitters studied psychology at the Universities of Würzburg and Hamburg where she graduated in 2004. She received her doctorate from the University of Vienna in the field of economic (tax) psychology in 2007. Her main research areas are social and economic psychology, dealing with questions of macro threats and work performance, tax morality, and financial decisions. In addition, she did training for problem and conflict resolution at the University of Hamburg.

Since 2004, Dr. Pitters has been working for a market and social research company in Vienna that conducts quantitative research projects like representative surveys of the population or of selected groups as well as qualitative studies like focus groups and expert in-depths interviews. In particular, she was in charge of a yearly survey with economic journalists about the image of commercial sectors and big companies. Since 2010, she is partner of the consultancy Pitters℗ Trendexpert.

In 2008, Dr. Pitters started working at Webster and very much enjoys the variety of subjects to teach. She also gives lectures at other institutions, such as the University of Vienna, The Danube University Krems and the University of Salzburg. Her main teaching ambitions are to pass on her personal fascination of psychological diversity and to provide a good mixture of necessary knowledge, practical inputs, critical thinking and creative freedom of application.

Selected Publications

• Pitters, J., Kirchler, E., & Witte, E.H. (2007). Steuersenkung oder Gehaltserhöhung? Zur psychologischen Wirkung von unterschiedlich formuliertem Einkommensyuwachs auf die Konsumabsicht. Wirtschaftspsychologie, 4, 61-67.

• Kastlunger, B., Kirchler, E., Mittone, L. & Pitters, J. (2009). Sequences of audits, tax compliance and tax paying strategies. Journal of Economic Psychology 30 (3),409-418.

• Pitters, J., Kirchler, E & Oberlechner, T. (2010). Steuerhinterziehung und Mortalitätssalienz: Eine experimentelle Anwendung der Terror-Management Theorie auf die Beurteilung von Steuerhinterziehung. In E.H. Witte (Eds.), Sozialpsychologie und Ökonomie. Lengerich: Pabst, 183-201.

• Pitters, J. & Oberlechner, T. (2011). Trust in state and tax compliance. Do priming effects matter? Wirtschaftspsychologie, 53-64.