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- 09-09-2024
‘Towards Net-Zero through a Circular Economy: the consumer and business perspectives’ Stakeholder Workshop
The CircEUlar and CIRCOMOD teams are delighted to announce an opportunity to hear about their latest research and contribute to shaping the next phases of work. A stakeholder workshop will take place on Tuesday, September 17th in Groningen.
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- 09-09-2024
‘Towards Net-Zero through a Circular Economy: the consumer and business perspectives’ Stakeholder Workshop
The CircEUlar and CIRCOMOD teams are delighted to announce an opportunity to hear about their latest research and contribute to shaping the next phases of work. A stakeholder workshop will take place on Tuesday, September 17th in Groningen.
- 03-09-2024
Lisa Novoradovskaya: Can paying people to turn off their solar panels affect behavioural change?
We often assume that money motivates people, but in psychological research, it has been demonstrated again and again that offering people financial incentives only works short term.
- 02-09-2024
Editorial in ROmagazine September edition: How to increase citizen engagement in climate policy
Many people do not feel sufficiently involved and heard in climate policy development, which is why including the perspectives of all groups in policy development is crucial. How can we increase citizen involvement and include all perspectives?
- 24-07-2024
The Next Step: the after movie
The Next Step summer school after movie is here! Thank you to all our participants, sponsors, speakers, supervisors and organisers, and a huge thank you to our communications intern Li for this beautiful video that really captures the "work hard, play hard" balance of this special week.
- 15-07-2024
Green hydrogen consortium with key roles for University of Groningen researchers receives 13 million euros
A consortium to study the socio-economic impact of green hydrogen, including our colleagues Linda Steg and Goda Perlaviciute, has been granted 13 million euros in total funding.
- 15-07-2024
“It’s not my place as a scientist to also play the part of politician”
Professor Linda Steg has co-written numerous alarming reports on climate change, but in a recent interview with the Dutch Research Council, she explains why she does not choose to be an activist herself.
- 15-07-2024
Podcast episode: climate adaptation and anxiety (with Anne van Valkengoed)
Are climate adaptation and mitigation mutually exclusive? Does climate anxiety play a role in how willing – or able – people are to pursue adaption measures? Can environmental psychology help overcome resistance to adaptation?
- 10-07-2024
Dutch Scientific Climate Council advises government to act decisively with policy on CO2 removal to meet climate goals
The Dutch Scientific Climate Council (WKR), of which our colleague professor Linda Steg is a member, advises the new government cabinet to urgently focus on policy for permanent CO2 removal om their just released advisory report, "Clearing the Air?".
- 03-07-2024
Climate action isn’t niche. Suggesting otherwise is undemocratic.
The suggestion that groups advocating for faster climate action are on the fringes of society is completely false. Many people, worldwide and in the Netherlands, are concerned about the consequences of climate change, not only in the future, but right here, right now.
- 02-07-2024
Behavior change is essential for a CO2 neutral Netherlands
The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency calculated how the Netherlands can be climate neutral in 2050. Valuable, but with a major omission, according to scientists Goda Perlaviciute, Thijs Bouman and Linda Steg: the effect of behavior and lifestyle is not included.
- 13-06-2024
Anne van Valkengoed guest editor for special issue on psychology of climate change adaptation
Our colleague post doc Anne van Valkengoed and senior psychology lecturer at the University of Gothenburg Magnus Bergquist will be the guest editors of a special issue of Journal of Environmental Psychology on climate change adaptation.
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- 2024
‘Towards Net-Zero through a Circular Economy: the consumer and business perspectives’ Stakeholder Workshop
- 2024
Lisa Novoradovskaya: Can paying people to turn off their solar panels affect behavioural change?
- 2024
Editorial in ROmagazine September edition: How to increase citizen engagement in climate policy
- 2024
Green hydrogen consortium with key roles for University of Groningen researchers receives 13 million euros
- 2024
Dutch Scientific Climate Council advises government to act decisively with policy on CO2 removal to meet climate goals
- 2024
Anne van Valkengoed guest editor for special issue on psychology of climate change adaptation
- 2024
Summer school supervisor associate professor Amanda Carrico to give Heymans Colloquium
- 2024
SMiLES’ interdisciplinary approach is moving the northern Netherlands toward sustainable transport
- 2024
Environmental psychology myths, debunked: small scale climate action doesn’t make a difference
- 2024
Environmental psychology myths, debunked: Most people don’t care about the environment
- 2024
Environmental psychology myths, debunked: Public participation is a silver bullet for public acceptance
- 2024
Environmental psychology myths, debunked: people only make climate-friendly decisions if it saves them money
- 2024
Environmental psychology myths, debunked: climate change will only affect us in negative ways
- 2023
Do people feel that citizen energy councils can play a meaningful role in the energy transition?
- 2023
Dealing with Climate Anxiety: Studium Generale event featuring EP researcher Valentina Lozano Nasi
- 2023
Environmental Psychology Groningen featured in special climate and behavior edition of De Psycholoog
- 2023