Europeans strongly prefer policies which allocate subsidies for rail transport or home insulation for instance, while they strongly oppose the ones which foresee any kind of tax on polluting behaviours, like cars and meat.
We want to introduce the great academics who have become a part of our expertise group this academic year!
New staff in 2025-2026 academic year Read More »
Learn more about our colleague PhD Cedric Meyer’s research
Meet the team: Cedric Meyer Read More »
“It is encouraging that we are inundated with so many technological innovations that promise to reduce our impact on the environment. But they are meaningless if people don’t actually accept and ultimately use these innovations.”
Behavioural change is necessary for scaling up mobility innovations Read More »
When sustainable technology adoption feels both morally right and practically easy, the energy transition has the potential to accelerate.
Recent research recap: What causes people to adopt sustainable technologies? Read More »
A broad consortium of scientific and social organizations, including the Dutch national government, universities, municipalities, and funding parties, will collaborate in the coming years on the research project Empowering Citizen Collectives in Societal Transitions (ECCO).
6.8 million euros for research on collective power of citizens in social transitions Read More »
Is travelling to the ends of the Earth the only way to inspire people to become Arctic ambassadors? Or could immersive technologies like virtual reality – or even just watching a beautiful nature documentary – spark that same level of passion and motivation to take real action?
Can watching a movie make us into Antarctic ambassadors? Read More »
What does a fossil fuel advertising ban entail? What impact will The Hague’s advertising ban have? Should we expect to see more cities enact fossil fuel advertising bans?
Podcast episode: The Hague’s fossil fuel ban (with Thijs Bouman) Read More »
Policy interventions should steer discussions towards how individuals can drive systemic change, as this makes it more likely for people to engage.
Students enrolled in the From Problem Analysis to Intervention Design course this year were faced with a big stinking problem: stopping disposable diapers from winding up in landfills.
Stopping climate change, one diaper at a time Read More »
