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Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Católica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics (CLSBE)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)
Palma de Cima
1350-187 Lisboa, Portugal
Office Phone: + 351 217 214 270
Email: anacosta@clsbe.lisboa.ucp.pt
PhD in Consumer Behaviour and New Product Development.
Wageningen University.
Post-graduate degree in Research Methodology in Business Economics and Management, University of Groningen and Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Graduate Degree in Food Quality Management, Ghent University.
Graduate Degree in Food Engineering, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.
Her current research focuses on how consumers weigh internal against external factors when making food consumption decisions and on the development of quality-signalling mechanisms and pricing strategies in markets with asymmetric information.
Keywords
- consumer psychology
- self-regulation
- eating behavior
- healthy eating
- meal preparation
Key Publications
Costa, A I.A. (2016). Exploiting the self-regulatory power of normative influences on healthy eating: the role of personal norms about meal preparation. Appetite, 101, 218.
Costa, A.I.A. (2014). A psychometric scale to measure personal norms about meal preparation. American Psychological Association – PsycTESTS database.
Costa, A.I.A. (2013). Conceptualization and measurement of personal norms regarding meal preparation. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 37(6), 596-604.
Costa, A.I.A. and Coelho do Vale, R. (2013). Goal Setting, Goal Pursuit, and the Dynamics of Grocery Shopping. European Advances in Consumer Research 10, 36-37.
Costa, A.I.A. and Jongen, W.M.F. (2010). Designing new meals for an ageing population. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 50(6), 489-502.
Costa, A.I.A., Schoolmeester, D., Dekker, M. and Jongen, W.M.F. (2007). To cook or not to cook: a means-end study of the motivations behind meal choice. Food Quality and Preference 18(1), 77-88.
Researcher ID I-5182-2013
Scopus Author ID: 35571101100
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