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.
Behavior change is essential for a CO2 neutral Netherlands Read More »
What initiates widespread social change? How does social change evolve over time? Why is it hard to discuss sustainability?
Podcast episode: social tipping points (with Žan Mlakar) Read More »
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.
Before our summer school – the Next STEP – gets underway on 24 June, associate professor Amanda Carrico, one of our visiting supervisors from the University of Colorado Boulder, will give a guest lecture at part of the Heymans Colloquium series.
Summer school supervisor associate professor Amanda Carrico to give Heymans Colloquium Read More »
With our summer school three weeks away, we asked several of the supervisors why they’re excited about the summer school and why it’s so important to apply environmental psychology theory to societal issues.
Taking the next step: what our summer school supervisors are looking forward to Read More »
The role of risk perception is often inflated in general, and other psychological determinants are not taken into consideration; adaptation behaviour is about more than just risks and past experiences with risk.
Anne van Valkengoed: Adaptation behaviour is about more than just risks Read More »
What are citizen assemblies? How can public involvement in energy decision making better reflect the general population? Is it possible to overcome NIMBYism (not in my backyard) with green energy projects?
Podcast episode: public participation (with Goda Perlaviciute) Read More »
We’ve just had a couple of new researchers join our team over the past month, so we wanted to take a moment to introduce all of the great academics who have become a part of our expertise group this academic year!
New staff in 2023-2024 academic year Read More »
How can environmental psychology contribute to a more sustainable society? What is the role of our personal values in how pro-environmental our behavior is? Are people intrinsically motivated to help prevent climate change from getting worse?
Environmental Psychology Podcast (with Linda Steg) Read More »
Getting people to behave pro-environmentally in systems that make it hard to do so is difficult. But the opposite is also true: in systems that make it easy, more people behave in an environmentally-friendly way.
Behavior change doesn’t have to be hard Read More »
