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Timely new research by Javier Feller Valero, Simon Montfort and Claudia Binder on how public acceptance of renewable energy projects is shaped by participation, trusted local leadership and procedural fairness
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
Participatory processes and local project leadership can decrease perceived trade-offs of renewable energy projects
Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions requires the rapid deployment of renewable energy. Yet, renewable energy projects often generate trade-offs or synergies with biodiversity conservatio...
journals.plos.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Timely new research by Javier Feller Valero, Simon Montfort and Claudia Binder on how public acceptance of renewable energy projects is shaped by participation, trusted local leadership and procedural fairness
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
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New research by Kim-Pong Tam, Susumu Ohnuma, @mfair.bsky.social and Hoi-Wing Chan published in PLOS Climate:
"They reduce, we reduce: Perception of other countries’ climate effort predicts support for climate policies"
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
"They reduce, we reduce: Perception of other countries’ climate effort predicts support for climate policies"
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They reduce, we reduce: Perception of other countries’ climate effort predicts support for climate policies
As public support influences policy choices, it is crucial to understand how people view climate policies. Based on the premise that individuals tend to be conditional cooperators, we derived the “The...
journals.plos.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
New research by Kim-Pong Tam, Susumu Ohnuma, @mfair.bsky.social and Hoi-Wing Chan published in PLOS Climate:
"They reduce, we reduce: Perception of other countries’ climate effort predicts support for climate policies"
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
"They reduce, we reduce: Perception of other countries’ climate effort predicts support for climate policies"
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
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⭐ New paper! Multiple roles of business for climate action ⭐
We introduce a new framework outlining 5 key roles businesses can adopt:
- Consumer
- Enabler
- Influencer
- Citizen
- Investor
Paper ➡️ www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Key points from @samhampton.bsky.social ⬇️
@ecioxford.bsky.social
We introduce a new framework outlining 5 key roles businesses can adopt:
- Consumer
- Enabler
- Influencer
- Citizen
- Investor
Paper ➡️ www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Key points from @samhampton.bsky.social ⬇️
@ecioxford.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
⭐ New paper! Multiple roles of business for climate action ⭐
We introduce a new framework outlining 5 key roles businesses can adopt:
- Consumer
- Enabler
- Influencer
- Citizen
- Investor
Paper ➡️ www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Key points from @samhampton.bsky.social ⬇️
@ecioxford.bsky.social
We introduce a new framework outlining 5 key roles businesses can adopt:
- Consumer
- Enabler
- Influencer
- Citizen
- Investor
Paper ➡️ www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Key points from @samhampton.bsky.social ⬇️
@ecioxford.bsky.social
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"Cass Sunstein, the nation’s leading regulatory theorist, has written a masterpiece about the promises and pitfalls of artificial intelligence."
IMPERFECT ORACLE is available now from @amphilpress.bsky.social, and you can save 40% with discount code PENN-HOLIDAY25 on pennpress.org!
bit.ly/3XGAvap
IMPERFECT ORACLE is available now from @amphilpress.bsky.social, and you can save 40% with discount code PENN-HOLIDAY25 on pennpress.org!
bit.ly/3XGAvap
December 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"Cass Sunstein, the nation’s leading regulatory theorist, has written a masterpiece about the promises and pitfalls of artificial intelligence."
IMPERFECT ORACLE is available now from @amphilpress.bsky.social, and you can save 40% with discount code PENN-HOLIDAY25 on pennpress.org!
bit.ly/3XGAvap
IMPERFECT ORACLE is available now from @amphilpress.bsky.social, and you can save 40% with discount code PENN-HOLIDAY25 on pennpress.org!
bit.ly/3XGAvap
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I meet a lot of very smart AI critics who never seriously try to make AI work for them by spending a couple of hours with a frontier model working on hard tasks
People can be (and should be & are) critical after realizing what AI can do, but experience leads to better-informed and sharper critiques
People can be (and should be & are) critical after realizing what AI can do, but experience leads to better-informed and sharper critiques
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I meet a lot of very smart AI critics who never seriously try to make AI work for them by spending a couple of hours with a frontier model working on hard tasks
People can be (and should be & are) critical after realizing what AI can do, but experience leads to better-informed and sharper critiques
People can be (and should be & are) critical after realizing what AI can do, but experience leads to better-informed and sharper critiques
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Good, accessible summary of what I & colleagues have been up to - also see @hbcproject.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
Unlocking Behaviour Change
Social Sciences Podcast · Unlocking Behaviour Change is a podcast delving into psychology and motivation. Join Professor Robert West, a world-leading behavioural scientist, and Jamie West, a writer an...
podcasts.apple.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Good, accessible summary of what I & colleagues have been up to - also see @hbcproject.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
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Motivated reasoning is a well-understood phenomenon - or is it?
In a new paper just published at @collabrapsychology.bsky.social we discuss three known unknowns.
doi.org/10.1525/coll...
Here is a 🧵
In a new paper just published at @collabrapsychology.bsky.social we discuss three known unknowns.
doi.org/10.1525/coll...
Here is a 🧵
Known Unknowns in Motivated Reasoning: A Closer Look at Three Open Questions
Motivated reasoning denotes the phenomenon that individuals are more likely to arrive at conclusions that they want to arrive at. Properly understanding this phenomenon requires at least three things:...
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Motivated reasoning is a well-understood phenomenon - or is it?
In a new paper just published at @collabrapsychology.bsky.social we discuss three known unknowns.
doi.org/10.1525/coll...
Here is a 🧵
In a new paper just published at @collabrapsychology.bsky.social we discuss three known unknowns.
doi.org/10.1525/coll...
Here is a 🧵
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Historian Thomas Hughes argued that technologies are malleable when young, then harden. Right now we're still shaping AI, or at least it is being shaped by our institutions, norms & use cases
Eventually these systems build a momentum of their own. That is why choices now matter, things are fluid.
Eventually these systems build a momentum of their own. That is why choices now matter, things are fluid.
December 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Historian Thomas Hughes argued that technologies are malleable when young, then harden. Right now we're still shaping AI, or at least it is being shaped by our institutions, norms & use cases
Eventually these systems build a momentum of their own. That is why choices now matter, things are fluid.
Eventually these systems build a momentum of their own. That is why choices now matter, things are fluid.
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More quality evidence is emerging that "pro-environmental behavior" is not a coherent, unitary thing. One behavior is not a proxy for all other behaviors.
www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.uba.uva.nl/science/arti... Blankenberg et al. 2025
1/3
www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.uba.uva.nl/science/arti... Blankenberg et al. 2025
1/3
December 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
More quality evidence is emerging that "pro-environmental behavior" is not a coherent, unitary thing. One behavior is not a proxy for all other behaviors.
www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.uba.uva.nl/science/arti... Blankenberg et al. 2025
1/3
www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.uba.uva.nl/science/arti... Blankenberg et al. 2025
1/3
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Today’s example of “self reported behaviour is a poor proxy of behaviour”: environmental behaviour
Also, "research involving self-reports often leads to fundamentally different results than research focusing on actual behavior in incentivized settings"
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December 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today’s example of “self reported behaviour is a poor proxy of behaviour”: environmental behaviour
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New evidence from over 6,000 college students finds that digital devices are bad for academic performance and even effect peers in negative ways!
Mobile app use reduces grades, increases stress & lowers class attendance, job applications, and wages coming out of school.
www.nber.org/system/files...
Mobile app use reduces grades, increases stress & lowers class attendance, job applications, and wages coming out of school.
www.nber.org/system/files...
December 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
New evidence from over 6,000 college students finds that digital devices are bad for academic performance and even effect peers in negative ways!
Mobile app use reduces grades, increases stress & lowers class attendance, job applications, and wages coming out of school.
www.nber.org/system/files...
Mobile app use reduces grades, increases stress & lowers class attendance, job applications, and wages coming out of school.
www.nber.org/system/files...
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This paper will be of interest to anyone who regularly conducts online survey research: www.surveypractice.org/article/1460...
How to Detect AI-assisted Interviews in Online Surveys | Published in Survey Practice
By James Martherus, Alexander Podkul & 2 more. The emergence of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) tools capable of autonomously interacting with web interfaces presents new challenges and opportuni...
www.surveypractice.org
December 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This paper will be of interest to anyone who regularly conducts online survey research: www.surveypractice.org/article/1460...
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Although no formal test has been done, a thesis student of mine showed my equivalence testing papers (cited 4k times since 2017) reduce misreporting of non-significant results. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Equivalence Tests - Daniël Lakens, 2017
Scientists should be able to provide support for the absence of a meaningful effect. Currently, researchers often incorrectly conclude an effect is absent based...
journals.sagepub.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Although no formal test has been done, a thesis student of mine showed my equivalence testing papers (cited 4k times since 2017) reduce misreporting of non-significant results. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Can simple reminder emails nudge people to save more?
BCFG’s research into this question was recently featured in a @kelloggschoolnu.bsky.social article: insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/can-...
BCFG’s research into this question was recently featured in a @kelloggschoolnu.bsky.social article: insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/can-...
December 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Can simple reminder emails nudge people to save more?
BCFG’s research into this question was recently featured in a @kelloggschoolnu.bsky.social article: insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/can-...
BCFG’s research into this question was recently featured in a @kelloggschoolnu.bsky.social article: insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/can-...
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Happy #InternationalVolunteerDay! To celebrate, we launch a new Collection on prosocial behaviour, which explores the science behind it and its real-world impacts. Read our Editorial: https://www.nature.c... and the Collection: https://www.nature.c...
Celebrating prosocial behaviour on International Volunteer Day - Nature Human Behaviour
Humans are a social species, and one expression of this is prosocial behaviour: we often behave in ways that do not directly benefit ourselves, but others. On International Volunteer Day, we are launching a Collection on prosocial behaviour to celebrate its importance as a core human behaviour.
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Happy #InternationalVolunteerDay! To celebrate, we launch a new Collection on prosocial behaviour, which explores the science behind it and its real-world impacts. Read our Editorial: https://www.nature.c... and the Collection: https://www.nature.c...
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Thrilled to share this new preprint, co-authored with @peterlush.bsky.social and Chloé Fournier Bernard!
We offer a broad and structured discussion of leading methods developed in the past >60 years to tackle demand artifacts in psychological research and beyond.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
We offer a broad and structured discussion of leading methods developed in the past >60 years to tackle demand artifacts in psychological research and beyond.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Thrilled to share this new preprint, co-authored with @peterlush.bsky.social and Chloé Fournier Bernard!
We offer a broad and structured discussion of leading methods developed in the past >60 years to tackle demand artifacts in psychological research and beyond.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
We offer a broad and structured discussion of leading methods developed in the past >60 years to tackle demand artifacts in psychological research and beyond.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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1/3 NEW our highly interdisciplinary review on habits is out. (psych, econ, animal learning, neuro) This link authors.elsevier.com/c/1mDCZc9~mJ... allows download until Jan 23 of next yr.
It's partly aimed at a marketing academic audience, but covers a lot of ground of general interest.
It's partly aimed at a marketing academic audience, but covers a lot of ground of general interest.
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
1/3 NEW our highly interdisciplinary review on habits is out. (psych, econ, animal learning, neuro) This link authors.elsevier.com/c/1mDCZc9~mJ... allows download until Jan 23 of next yr.
It's partly aimed at a marketing academic audience, but covers a lot of ground of general interest.
It's partly aimed at a marketing academic audience, but covers a lot of ground of general interest.
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In case you have missed Simine Vazire's excellent webinar yesterday, here is the link to watch it online: youtu.be/_vb1CNwC3CM Thanks again @simine.com for staying up so late and thanks to the audience for the great questions!
PCI Webinar series #13 - Simine Vazire - Recognizing and responding to a replication crisis
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December 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
In case you have missed Simine Vazire's excellent webinar yesterday, here is the link to watch it online: youtu.be/_vb1CNwC3CM Thanks again @simine.com for staying up so late and thanks to the audience for the great questions!
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📢 New paper out: “Preferences for urban street space reallocation to encourage cycling” with Isabella Malet Lambert, Dimitris Potoglou, Dimitrios Xenias and me. (1/4)
Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...
Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...
December 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
📢 New paper out: “Preferences for urban street space reallocation to encourage cycling” with Isabella Malet Lambert, Dimitris Potoglou, Dimitrios Xenias and me. (1/4)
Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...
Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...
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Our latest study found a notable lack of news reporting on the human health relevance of climate change in the world’s three leading carbon-emitting nations. Over the past decade, only 8% of climate-related articles included any mention of human health.
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
The evolution of news coverage about climate change as a health issue: a decadal analysis in China, India, and the USA
Climate change harms human health and wellbeing, and climate solutions often have public health benefits. Previous research has shown how news media e…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Our latest study found a notable lack of news reporting on the human health relevance of climate change in the world’s three leading carbon-emitting nations. Over the past decade, only 8% of climate-related articles included any mention of human health.
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Study by Medvedev et al finds money is a stronger motivator than psychological interventions in the US and the UK than in China and Mexico (where social norm interventions were more cost-effective than monetary incentives), India and South Africa:
buff.ly/GJZp90N
buff.ly/GJZp90N
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Study by Medvedev et al finds money is a stronger motivator than psychological interventions in the US and the UK than in China and Mexico (where social norm interventions were more cost-effective than monetary incentives), India and South Africa:
buff.ly/GJZp90N
buff.ly/GJZp90N
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🚨 Mapping climate change coverage
In a new preprint, Simon Wimmer, @jmbh.bsky.social, and I analyzed over 50,000 articles about climate change from major German newspapers across the political spectrum (2010-2024) using large language models 🧵
🔗 Link: osf.io/preprints/so...
In a new preprint, Simon Wimmer, @jmbh.bsky.social, and I analyzed over 50,000 articles about climate change from major German newspapers across the political spectrum (2010-2024) using large language models 🧵
🔗 Link: osf.io/preprints/so...
December 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🚨 Mapping climate change coverage
In a new preprint, Simon Wimmer, @jmbh.bsky.social, and I analyzed over 50,000 articles about climate change from major German newspapers across the political spectrum (2010-2024) using large language models 🧵
🔗 Link: osf.io/preprints/so...
In a new preprint, Simon Wimmer, @jmbh.bsky.social, and I analyzed over 50,000 articles about climate change from major German newspapers across the political spectrum (2010-2024) using large language models 🧵
🔗 Link: osf.io/preprints/so...
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Lots of studies showing a similar result: people who buy "plug-in hybrids" do not, as a rule, plug them in. They are mostly used & operated as gas cars.
(My take is, EVs are improving so fast, PHEVs are gonna look like a silly kludge w/in 5 years or so, well within the lifetime of a car.)
(My take is, EVs are improving so fast, PHEVs are gonna look like a silly kludge w/in 5 years or so, well within the lifetime of a car.)
Drivers aren't charging their plug-in hybrid cars, research suggests | CBC Climate Change News
Plug-in hybrid cars are a compromise for people wanting range with electric capability. But new research finds they’re less green than you think — so how should they fit into a zero-emissions future?
www.cbc.ca
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Lots of studies showing a similar result: people who buy "plug-in hybrids" do not, as a rule, plug them in. They are mostly used & operated as gas cars.
(My take is, EVs are improving so fast, PHEVs are gonna look like a silly kludge w/in 5 years or so, well within the lifetime of a car.)
(My take is, EVs are improving so fast, PHEVs are gonna look like a silly kludge w/in 5 years or so, well within the lifetime of a car.)
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To kick off, a study by Hettie Moorcroft, @samhampton.bsky.social and @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social, handled by @mfair.bsky.social:
"Climate change and wealth: understanding and improving the carbon capability of the wealthiest people in the UK"
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
#PLOSClimateCountdown
"Climate change and wealth: understanding and improving the carbon capability of the wealthiest people in the UK"
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
#PLOSClimateCountdown
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
To kick off, a study by Hettie Moorcroft, @samhampton.bsky.social and @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social, handled by @mfair.bsky.social:
"Climate change and wealth: understanding and improving the carbon capability of the wealthiest people in the UK"
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
#PLOSClimateCountdown
"Climate change and wealth: understanding and improving the carbon capability of the wealthiest people in the UK"
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
#PLOSClimateCountdown
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Recent research recap: which forms of climate change #mitigation do EU citizens support?
Our colleague Chieh-Yu Lee (et. al) found people in the EU believe we need a mix of renewables, behavior change, nuclear energy and NETPS: AR (a/reforestation) & DACCS (direct air capture & carbon storage)
Our colleague Chieh-Yu Lee (et. al) found people in the EU believe we need a mix of renewables, behavior change, nuclear energy and NETPS: AR (a/reforestation) & DACCS (direct air capture & carbon storage)
Recent research recap: acceptance of negative emissions technologies and practices (NETPs)
YouTube video by Environmental Psychology Groningen
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Recent research recap: which forms of climate change #mitigation do EU citizens support?
Our colleague Chieh-Yu Lee (et. al) found people in the EU believe we need a mix of renewables, behavior change, nuclear energy and NETPS: AR (a/reforestation) & DACCS (direct air capture & carbon storage)
Our colleague Chieh-Yu Lee (et. al) found people in the EU believe we need a mix of renewables, behavior change, nuclear energy and NETPS: AR (a/reforestation) & DACCS (direct air capture & carbon storage)