Temporal stability of public acceptability of novel and established energy technologies
This study examines how stable public acceptability judgements towards novel and established energy technologies are over time, which is important to consider in decision-making about the transition to low-carbon and energy-efficient systems.
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Temporal stability of public acceptability of novel and established energy technologies
This study examines how stable public acceptability judgements towards novel and established energy technologies are over time, which is important to consider in decision-making about the transition to low-carbon and energy-efficient systems.
Spring quarterly newsletter is out!
This quarterly edition includes upcoming events, our latest research publications, media appearances, an introduction of our new communications intern, latest news, and what we've been reading from other environmental psychology research groups.
Values at Work: Understanding the Relationship of Individual and Perceived Organisational Values on Employees’ Motivation and Pro-Environmental Behaviour at Work
Organisations have a critical role to play in this process by reducing their environmental impact, so it is essential to understand which factors affect workplace pro-environmental behaviours (WPEBs).
Climate action on Twitter: perceived barriers for actions and actors, and sentiments during COP26
We studied public perceptions of what climate actions are needed, which actors should and can act, and which factors inhibit or enable those actions using the naturally occurring discourse on climate actions on Twitter during COP26.
People’s perception of biodiversity loss: Validation of a scale in Germany
How do people perceive this urgent but hidden crisis, and what determines their perceptions? To address this question, we developed and validated the Biodiversity Loss Perception Scale (BiLoPS), which measures people’s perceptions of the reality, causes, and consequences of biodiversity loss.
Good intentions, limited action: when do farmers’ intentions to adopt sustainable farming practices turn into actual behaviour?
Past use and knowledge of cover crops, perceived need for adaptation, being risk seeking in farming, and using advisory services predicted intentions, whereas only past use of cover crops predicted both intention and actual adoption. Moreover, only the strongest level of reported intentions had some value in predicting actual behaviour.
‘Yes, we care’: pro-environmental social identity framing to promote acceptance of decentralized wastewater treatment systems
Decentralized wastewater treatment systems can help mitigate the water crisis. Their successful implementation depends not only on their technological design but also on the level of public support.
The climate anxiety compass: A framework to map the solution space for coping with climate anxiety
We introduce the Climate Anxiety Compass: a framework that classifies strategies individuals can use to cope with climate anxiety along three dimensions: (a) problem-focused or emotion-focused, (b) mitigation or adaptation, and (c) individually oriented or collectively oriented.
Social Tipping Games: Experimental Paradigms for Studying Consumer Movements
We introduce a collection of experimental paradigms that allow researchers to examine when and how consumer movements can provoke a change across a social network over time: social tipping paradigms grounded in game theory.
Unveiling citizens’ perspective on citizen assemblies among participants and non-participants of a citizen assembly on energy
In contrast to conventional wisdom, decision-making power was not the key driver of public acceptability of the Dutch Citizen Assembly on Energy — engaging in dialogue and deliberation might be more important to citizens than having more power per se.
How bottom-up and top-down governance of community energy initiatives affects citizens’ perceptions, acceptability, and willingness to join
Results of three experimental studies and surveys (Ntotal = 3135) conducted in four EU countries show that community members' involvement, but not external parties' involvement, in CEI governance promotes perceived efficacy and identity leadership of the CEI, and thereby its acceptability and people's willingness to join.
A social network approach to community energy initiative participation
This perspective paper argues how a social network approach can contribute to creating a more comprehensive picture of how individual and community characteristics influence participation in community energy initiatives (CEIs).
Responsible carbon dioxide removals and the EU’s 2040 climate target
All carbon dioxide removal options come with varying environmental externalities, costs, and social implications, thus requiring a multidisciplinary approach for the analysis. The NEGEM project15 has taken many of these necessary steps to study the deployment of responsible negative emissions and their contribution to achieving climate neutrality.