Spring quarterly newsletter is out!

With the krokusvakantie (crocus holiday) behind us and spring around the corner, we’re looking back at what our research group has been up to in the first quarter of this year and looking forward to what’s in store in the months ahead!

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.

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17-03-2025

Disappearing funding and disappearing words: how budget cuts and government policy are threatening academic research

Budget cuts, funding freezes and the politicisation of research in America and The Netherlands are grave challenges to academic quality and freedom.

13-03-2025

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.

10-03-2025

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.

03-03-2025

A critical reflection on behavioural difficulty: proposing a barrier-first approach

We propose a barrier-first approach, focusing on what prevents people from acting on their (strong) motivation to protect the environment and looking to remove those barriers.

25-02-2025

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).

24-02-2025

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.

14-02-2025

Can behavior change increase biodiversity?

Environmental psychology research is increasingly showing that behavior change can and should play a crucial role in staving off biodiversity loss, and reaffirming that behavior change is a vital tool to help us preserve the ecosystems and species that keep our planet healthy and beautiful.

05-02-2025

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.

21-01-2025

Our most significant environmental psychology research insights from 2024

We asked all of the senior researchers in our group what they felt was the most significant scientific breakthrough from within our department and among our former colleagues from the past 12 months. Here’s what they had to say.

21-01-2025

Can insurance adapt to climate change?

Structures in regions prone to increasingly extreme fires and flooding are becoming less likely to be covered by insurance, not despite but because of climate change.

21-01-2025

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.

04-12-2024

We don’t have to wait on national climate laws to take climate action

Climate policy lags behind public demand. Environmental psychology research shows how we can mitigate and adapt when governments aren’t taking sufficient action.

29-11-2024

2024 in review: check out our scientific publications

The researchers have contributed to 17 scientific journal publications over the course of 2024, with insights on many facets of environmental behavior, ranging from acceptance of technology, climate anxiety, climate change as a voting issue, social tipping, citizen assemblies, community energy initiatives, and public trust.

27-11-2024

Goda Perlaviciute among new Aletta Jacobs professors at University of Groningen

Our colleague Goda Perlaviciute is one of four new professors appointed in the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences through the Aletta Jacobs professorship initiative of the University of Groningen.

20-11-2024

‘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.

Spring quarterly newsletter is out!

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Disappearing funding and disappearing words: how budget cuts and government policy are threatening academic research

Temporal stability of public acceptability of novel and established energy technologies

Spring quarterly newsletter is out!

A critical reflection on behavioural difficulty: proposing a barrier-first approach

Values at Work: Understanding the Relationship of Individual and Perceived Organisational Values on Employees’ Motivation and Pro-Environmental Behaviour at Work

Climate action on Twitter: perceived barriers for actions and actors, and sentiments during COP26

Can behavior change increase biodiversity?

People’s perception of biodiversity loss: Validation of a scale in Germany

Our most significant environmental psychology research insights from 2024

Can insurance adapt to climate change?

Good intentions, limited action: when do farmers’ intentions to adopt sustainable farming practices turn into actual behaviour?

We don’t have to wait on national climate laws to take climate action

2024 in review: check out our scientific publications

Goda Perlaviciute among new Aletta Jacobs professors at University of Groningen

‘Yes, we care’: pro-environmental social identity framing to promote acceptance of decentralized wastewater treatment systems

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Spring quarterly newsletter is out!

Gerelateerde publicaties

Disappearing funding and disappearing words: how budget cuts and government policy are threatening academic research

Temporal stability of public acceptability of novel and established energy technologies

Spring quarterly newsletter is out!

A critical reflection on behavioural difficulty: proposing a barrier-first approach

Values at Work: Understanding the Relationship of Individual and Perceived Organisational Values on Employees’ Motivation and Pro-Environmental Behaviour at Work

Climate action on Twitter: perceived barriers for actions and actors, and sentiments during COP26

Can behavior change increase biodiversity?

People’s perception of biodiversity loss: Validation of a scale in Germany

Our most significant environmental psychology research insights from 2024

Can insurance adapt to climate change?

Good intentions, limited action: when do farmers’ intentions to adopt sustainable farming practices turn into actual behaviour?

We don’t have to wait on national climate laws to take climate action

2024 in review: check out our scientific publications

Goda Perlaviciute among new Aletta Jacobs professors at University of Groningen

‘Yes, we care’: pro-environmental social identity framing to promote acceptance of decentralized wastewater treatment systems

Got questions?Contact us!

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