Joel Ginn
@joelginn.bsky.social
Social Psychologist at Boston College in the Social Influence and Social Change lab.
Incoming faculty at Grinnell College.
Social Change, Climate Change, Individual and Collective Action.
Incoming faculty at Grinnell College.
Social Change, Climate Change, Individual and Collective Action.
Reposted by Joel Ginn
Our findings highlight the need for more research on how social norm messages interact with culture to shape climate attitudes and behavior.
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October 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Our findings highlight the need for more research on how social norm messages interact with culture to shape climate attitudes and behavior.
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Reposted by Joel Ginn
📣Americans support a range of climate solutions, including both policy and behavioural changes, but public & elected policymakers underestimate the popularity of climate solutions
👉Read more here:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Americans and policymakers underestimate endorsement for the most popular climate solution narrative, combining personal and political action - Communications Earth & Environment
Americans support a range of climate solutions, including both policy and behavioral changes, but the public and elected policymakers often underestimate the popularity of these solutions, according t...
www.nature.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
📣Americans support a range of climate solutions, including both policy and behavioural changes, but public & elected policymakers underestimate the popularity of climate solutions
👉Read more here:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
@joelginn.bsky.social
@elkeweber.bsky.social
@iuoneill.bsky.social
👉Read more here:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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@iuoneill.bsky.social
New paper! Many narratives of climate change solutions exist in public media and political discourse. But how widely endorsed are they by the public and their local policymakers? Many proactive narratives are very popular but underestimated in their degree of support.
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
Hot off the 🌍 press: How will we solve climate change?
Comparing 20 approaches, 85% of Americans say we need BOTH behavior & policy change to address climate change!
But policymakers lag behind the public in endorsing solutions & underestimate how popular solutions are. 🧵
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
Comparing 20 approaches, 85% of Americans say we need BOTH behavior & policy change to address climate change!
But policymakers lag behind the public in endorsing solutions & underestimate how popular solutions are. 🧵
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
Americans and policymakers underestimate endorsement for the most popular climate solution narrative, combining personal and political action - Communications Earth & Environment
Americans support a range of climate solutions, including both policy and behavioral changes, but the public and elected policymakers often underestimate the popularity of these solutions, according t...
doi.org
July 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New paper! Many narratives of climate change solutions exist in public media and political discourse. But how widely endorsed are they by the public and their local policymakers? Many proactive narratives are very popular but underestimated in their degree of support.
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
Reposted by Joel Ginn
Hot off the 🌍 press: How will we solve climate change?
Comparing 20 approaches, 85% of Americans say we need BOTH behavior & policy change to address climate change!
But policymakers lag behind the public in endorsing solutions & underestimate how popular solutions are. 🧵
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
Comparing 20 approaches, 85% of Americans say we need BOTH behavior & policy change to address climate change!
But policymakers lag behind the public in endorsing solutions & underestimate how popular solutions are. 🧵
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
Americans and policymakers underestimate endorsement for the most popular climate solution narrative, combining personal and political action - Communications Earth & Environment
Americans support a range of climate solutions, including both policy and behavioral changes, but the public and elected policymakers often underestimate the popularity of these solutions, according t...
doi.org
July 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hot off the 🌍 press: How will we solve climate change?
Comparing 20 approaches, 85% of Americans say we need BOTH behavior & policy change to address climate change!
But policymakers lag behind the public in endorsing solutions & underestimate how popular solutions are. 🧵
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
Comparing 20 approaches, 85% of Americans say we need BOTH behavior & policy change to address climate change!
But policymakers lag behind the public in endorsing solutions & underestimate how popular solutions are. 🧵
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
Reposted by Joel Ginn
'Psychological processes underlying normative transformation and social change'
New from Roberto González & colleagues. Makes the key point that social influence is fundamental to collective action, but current models say little about it.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
New from Roberto González & colleagues. Makes the key point that social influence is fundamental to collective action, but current models say little about it.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Psychological processes underlying normative transformation and social change - Nature Reviews Psychology
Social norms are the formal and informal rules that define acceptable and desirable group member behaviour. In this Review, Gonzalez et al. explain how tensions between societal and group norms, betwe...
www.nature.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
'Psychological processes underlying normative transformation and social change'
New from Roberto González & colleagues. Makes the key point that social influence is fundamental to collective action, but current models say little about it.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
New from Roberto González & colleagues. Makes the key point that social influence is fundamental to collective action, but current models say little about it.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Reposted by Joel Ginn
Last year, Pakistan installed an incredible 22GW of solar—more than Canada has ever built!
Pakistan initially committed to slash emissions 20% by 2030. But in 2021, it upped that commitment to 50%, as it's a win-win: switching to clean energy addresses poverty too.
Read more:
Pakistan initially committed to slash emissions 20% by 2030. But in 2021, it upped that commitment to 50%, as it's a win-win: switching to clean energy addresses poverty too.
Read more:
Break the climate silence!
Pakistan scales up solar, the world loses a climate champion, and conversations spark action
www.talkingclimate.ca
May 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Reposted by Joel Ginn
NEW ARTICLE: We reviewed 50 research articles on the impacts of climate activism - check out the key takeaways:
The impacts of climate activism - Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new article, “The impacts of climate activism” in the journal Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. In this article, the research team reviews and synthesizes 50 research articles from the last few […]
climatecommunication.yale.edu
March 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
NEW ARTICLE: We reviewed 50 research articles on the impacts of climate activism - check out the key takeaways:
Reposted by Joel Ginn
As the Trump administration attempts to stall the clean energy transition, solar and wind companies use economic arguments to position themselves as low-cost solutions to rising energy demands.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...
March 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
As the Trump administration attempts to stall the clean energy transition, solar and wind companies use economic arguments to position themselves as low-cost solutions to rising energy demands.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...
Insect protein as well. An easy way to reduce consumption.
Experts say a fifth of U.K. meat consumption is by pets, not people. If Fido eats lab-grown meat, they say, it could cut the country's carbon footprint.
Bone appétit! Dog treats from lab-grown meat are hitting the U.K. market
Experts say a fifth of U.K. meat consumption is by pets, not people. If Fido eats lab-grown meat, they say, it could cut the country's carbon footprint.
www.npr.org
February 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Insect protein as well. An easy way to reduce consumption.
Environmental degradation and social justice are intrinsically linked. Kudos to this effort and I hope to see it and others thrive #EnvironmentalJustice #PrisonAbolition
On a freezing cold Wednesday afternoon in eastern Kentucky, Taysha DeVaughan joined a small gathering at the foot of a reclaimed strip mine to celebrate a homecoming. “It’s a return of an ancestor,” DeVaughan said. “It’s a return of a relative.”
Bison, not prison: Activists buy a prison site to rewild the land
A coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: prisons.
grist.org
February 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Environmental degradation and social justice are intrinsically linked. Kudos to this effort and I hope to see it and others thrive #EnvironmentalJustice #PrisonAbolition
Reposted by Joel Ginn
our february newsletter featuring @stephanietepper.bsky.social is out now -- check it out 😊
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newsletter: february 2025
february is here! meet this month's guest editor, Stephanie Tepper
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February 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
our february newsletter featuring @stephanietepper.bsky.social is out now -- check it out 😊
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