Jonathan Ulrich
@jcmulrich.bsky.social
Practitioner turned researcher. Leuphana University. Investigating the psychology and science-policy-practice interface of climate change adaptation. Dreaming of the world described in the IPCC's SSP1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_Socioecono
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What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
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Eine exklusive Forsa-Umfrage für Table.Briefings zeigt: Auch unter CDU/CSU- und SPD-Wählern fordern viele mehr #Klimaschutz. Und selbst in der wirtschaftlich schwierigen Lage soll das deutsche Klimaziel nicht aufgeweicht werden, so die Befragten. 1/3
table.media/climate/them...
table.media/climate/them...
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Eine exklusive Forsa-Umfrage für Table.Briefings zeigt: Auch unter CDU/CSU- und SPD-Wählern fordern viele mehr #Klimaschutz. Und selbst in der wirtschaftlich schwierigen Lage soll das deutsche Klimaziel nicht aufgeweicht werden, so die Befragten. 1/3
table.media/climate/them...
table.media/climate/them...
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⏰ Neue Publikation⏰
Wird Deutschland klimaneutral bis 2045?
🌍 Im #KlimawendeAusblick2025 bewerten wir 7 gesellschaftliche Schlüsselprozesse, die für erfolgreichen Klimaschutz entscheidend sind.
⚠️ Wir kommen zu dem Schluss, dass ein Erreichen der Klimaziele derzeit wenig plausibel ist.
Warum?
👇
Wird Deutschland klimaneutral bis 2045?
🌍 Im #KlimawendeAusblick2025 bewerten wir 7 gesellschaftliche Schlüsselprozesse, die für erfolgreichen Klimaschutz entscheidend sind.
⚠️ Wir kommen zu dem Schluss, dass ein Erreichen der Klimaziele derzeit wenig plausibel ist.
Warum?
👇
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
⏰ Neue Publikation⏰
Wird Deutschland klimaneutral bis 2045?
🌍 Im #KlimawendeAusblick2025 bewerten wir 7 gesellschaftliche Schlüsselprozesse, die für erfolgreichen Klimaschutz entscheidend sind.
⚠️ Wir kommen zu dem Schluss, dass ein Erreichen der Klimaziele derzeit wenig plausibel ist.
Warum?
👇
Wird Deutschland klimaneutral bis 2045?
🌍 Im #KlimawendeAusblick2025 bewerten wir 7 gesellschaftliche Schlüsselprozesse, die für erfolgreichen Klimaschutz entscheidend sind.
⚠️ Wir kommen zu dem Schluss, dass ein Erreichen der Klimaziele derzeit wenig plausibel ist.
Warum?
👇
To my followers: What do you think about messages like this? Are they understandable, useful and credible?
Really curious to hear your thoughts :)
Really curious to hear your thoughts :)
#Melissa rocketed to Category 4 strength overnight — gaining 70 mph in just 24 hours over unusually warm Caribbean waters made 600–700x more likely by climate change.
It’s the 4th storm this season to undergo Extreme Rapid Intensification. (#Erin, #Gabrielle, #Humberto)
It’s the 4th storm this season to undergo Extreme Rapid Intensification. (#Erin, #Gabrielle, #Humberto)
October 27, 2025 at 6:18 AM
To my followers: What do you think about messages like this? Are they understandable, useful and credible?
Really curious to hear your thoughts :)
Really curious to hear your thoughts :)
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Focusing on Sweden, this study finds that PhD students begin their programs with similar psychiatric medication use as other master’s graduates, but usage rises sharply to about 40 percent higher by the fifth year before declining after graduation.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Focusing on Sweden, this study finds that PhD students begin their programs with similar psychiatric medication use as other master’s graduates, but usage rises sharply to about 40 percent higher by the fifth year before declining after graduation.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
October 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
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Hamburg just said YES in the climate referendum! ♥️
Thanks to everyone who fought for it.
This vote matters for Hamburg – and sends a strong signal far beyond.
The climate issue is alive: we can set the agenda and win!
Another lesson: climate action must go hand in hand with social justice.
Thanks to everyone who fought for it.
This vote matters for Hamburg – and sends a strong signal far beyond.
The climate issue is alive: we can set the agenda and win!
Another lesson: climate action must go hand in hand with social justice.
October 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Hamburg just said YES in the climate referendum! ♥️
Thanks to everyone who fought for it.
This vote matters for Hamburg – and sends a strong signal far beyond.
The climate issue is alive: we can set the agenda and win!
Another lesson: climate action must go hand in hand with social justice.
Thanks to everyone who fought for it.
This vote matters for Hamburg – and sends a strong signal far beyond.
The climate issue is alive: we can set the agenda and win!
Another lesson: climate action must go hand in hand with social justice.
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Does the news reflect what we die from?
October 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Does the news reflect what we die from?
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Liebe Hamburger:innen! Jede Stimme zählt. Ich hoffe, eure gehört dazu:
„Mindestens 265.000 Menschen müssen am 12.10. mit JA abstimmen, damit Hamburg ein besseres #Klimaschutzgesetz bekommt.“
zukunftsentscheid-hamburg.de
„Mindestens 265.000 Menschen müssen am 12.10. mit JA abstimmen, damit Hamburg ein besseres #Klimaschutzgesetz bekommt.“
zukunftsentscheid-hamburg.de
Hamburger Zukunftsentscheid
Gemeinsam machen wir Hamburgs Klimapolitik sozial, planbar und verantwortungsbewusst. Stimme am 12.10.2025 beim Volksentscheid mit JA für ein besseres Klimaschutzgesetz.
zukunftsentscheid-hamburg.de
October 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Liebe Hamburger:innen! Jede Stimme zählt. Ich hoffe, eure gehört dazu:
„Mindestens 265.000 Menschen müssen am 12.10. mit JA abstimmen, damit Hamburg ein besseres #Klimaschutzgesetz bekommt.“
zukunftsentscheid-hamburg.de
„Mindestens 265.000 Menschen müssen am 12.10. mit JA abstimmen, damit Hamburg ein besseres #Klimaschutzgesetz bekommt.“
zukunftsentscheid-hamburg.de
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Big Doughnutty News.
Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Big Doughnutty News.
Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Erst für den #Zukunftsentscheid und sozialen Klimaschutz in Hamburg geworben. Und jetzt beim #ExtremWetterKongress nochmal mehr dazu lernen, warum genau das nötig ist #EWK2025
September 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Erst für den #Zukunftsentscheid und sozialen Klimaschutz in Hamburg geworben. Und jetzt beim #ExtremWetterKongress nochmal mehr dazu lernen, warum genau das nötig ist #EWK2025
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In a UN speech today, President Trump said that "all of these [climate] predictions were wrong".
Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!
Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!
September 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In a UN speech today, President Trump said that "all of these [climate] predictions were wrong".
Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!
Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!
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📣PhD scholarships!📣 @leuphana.bsky.social offers several PhD scholarships in #EnvironmentalPsychology in "Embracing Transformation“, which aims to advance our understanding of societal transformations worldwide. Deadline: October 1 2025.
More info: www.leuphana.de/en/graduate-...
More info: www.leuphana.de/en/graduate-...
Psychology of Transformation
www.leuphana.de
September 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
📣PhD scholarships!📣 @leuphana.bsky.social offers several PhD scholarships in #EnvironmentalPsychology in "Embracing Transformation“, which aims to advance our understanding of societal transformations worldwide. Deadline: October 1 2025.
More info: www.leuphana.de/en/graduate-...
More info: www.leuphana.de/en/graduate-...
Of course I heard a bit about it before but only today I really started looking into the business of academic publishers. Omfg. It's one of the most absurd appropriations of public money and voluntary work for insane private profits that I ever heard of. How are we all participating in this system?
September 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Of course I heard a bit about it before but only today I really started looking into the business of academic publishers. Omfg. It's one of the most absurd appropriations of public money and voluntary work for insane private profits that I ever heard of. How are we all participating in this system?
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NEW – AI: Five charts that put data-centre energy use – and emissions – into context | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/vJ5juMa
Read here: buff.ly/vJ5juMa
September 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
NEW – AI: Five charts that put data-centre energy use – and emissions – into context | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/vJ5juMa
Read here: buff.ly/vJ5juMa
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We all know there's a gender gap in support for the populist radical right. Where there is debate is on the why
In this new ✨OPEN ACCESS✨ paper, Kathina Mehring , @gefjonoff.bsky.social & @katarzynawojnicka.bsky.social use cross-country data to explain "protective masculinity" plays a role
In this new ✨OPEN ACCESS✨ paper, Kathina Mehring , @gefjonoff.bsky.social & @katarzynawojnicka.bsky.social use cross-country data to explain "protective masculinity" plays a role
September 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We all know there's a gender gap in support for the populist radical right. Where there is debate is on the why
In this new ✨OPEN ACCESS✨ paper, Kathina Mehring , @gefjonoff.bsky.social & @katarzynawojnicka.bsky.social use cross-country data to explain "protective masculinity" plays a role
In this new ✨OPEN ACCESS✨ paper, Kathina Mehring , @gefjonoff.bsky.social & @katarzynawojnicka.bsky.social use cross-country data to explain "protective masculinity" plays a role
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My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years.
If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!
shorturl.at/kcTbG
If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!
shorturl.at/kcTbG
July 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years.
If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!
shorturl.at/kcTbG
If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!
shorturl.at/kcTbG
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New Cambridge Element 'Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies' by Amy C. Alexander & @gefjonoff.bsky.social is free access until the 16th of July, 2025 -
cup.org/4eF9Z8U
#cambridgeelements #politics
cup.org/4eF9Z8U
#cambridgeelements #politics
July 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
New Cambridge Element 'Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies' by Amy C. Alexander & @gefjonoff.bsky.social is free access until the 16th of July, 2025 -
cup.org/4eF9Z8U
#cambridgeelements #politics
cup.org/4eF9Z8U
#cambridgeelements #politics
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In our now published letter in @pnas.org, we raise two wider issues for behavioral science:
1) Intentions are poor predictors of behavior
2) Effects on intentions need not generalize to effects on behavior
We join calls for researchers to measure actual behavior: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
1) Intentions are poor predictors of behavior
2) Effects on intentions need not generalize to effects on behavior
We join calls for researchers to measure actual behavior: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
July 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
In our now published letter in @pnas.org, we raise two wider issues for behavioral science:
1) Intentions are poor predictors of behavior
2) Effects on intentions need not generalize to effects on behavior
We join calls for researchers to measure actual behavior: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
1) Intentions are poor predictors of behavior
2) Effects on intentions need not generalize to effects on behavior
We join calls for researchers to measure actual behavior: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Our Element is out! 🎉
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
www.cambridge.org
July 2, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Our Element is out! 🎉
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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🪧New preprint out:
"Politicians underestimate support for climate action even more than the general public"
osf.io/preprints/os...
Pluralistic ignorance - citizens underestimating others' climate concerns - is well documented.
But what about policymakers in office?🏛️🤔
A short thread 🧵
"Politicians underestimate support for climate action even more than the general public"
osf.io/preprints/os...
Pluralistic ignorance - citizens underestimating others' climate concerns - is well documented.
But what about policymakers in office?🏛️🤔
A short thread 🧵
OSF
osf.io
July 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🪧New preprint out:
"Politicians underestimate support for climate action even more than the general public"
osf.io/preprints/os...
Pluralistic ignorance - citizens underestimating others' climate concerns - is well documented.
But what about policymakers in office?🏛️🤔
A short thread 🧵
"Politicians underestimate support for climate action even more than the general public"
osf.io/preprints/os...
Pluralistic ignorance - citizens underestimating others' climate concerns - is well documented.
But what about policymakers in office?🏛️🤔
A short thread 🧵
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A lot of media are covering Europe’s heatwave 🔥 but few are connecting it to the climate crisis.
Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
July 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
A lot of media are covering Europe’s heatwave 🔥 but few are connecting it to the climate crisis.
Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
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absolutely sweltering conditions here in Europe.
remember, despite the sunny headlines, and pics of people on beaches:
🔥 heatwaves are deadly
👶 they hit the most vulnerable hardest
🌡️ heat plus humidity drives the impact
🏠 infrastructure can't cope
🌍 climate change is making every heatwave worse
remember, despite the sunny headlines, and pics of people on beaches:
🔥 heatwaves are deadly
👶 they hit the most vulnerable hardest
🌡️ heat plus humidity drives the impact
🏠 infrastructure can't cope
🌍 climate change is making every heatwave worse
July 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
absolutely sweltering conditions here in Europe.
remember, despite the sunny headlines, and pics of people on beaches:
🔥 heatwaves are deadly
👶 they hit the most vulnerable hardest
🌡️ heat plus humidity drives the impact
🏠 infrastructure can't cope
🌍 climate change is making every heatwave worse
remember, despite the sunny headlines, and pics of people on beaches:
🔥 heatwaves are deadly
👶 they hit the most vulnerable hardest
🌡️ heat plus humidity drives the impact
🏠 infrastructure can't cope
🌍 climate change is making every heatwave worse
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🚨 How do exposure to extreme weather events and the subjective attribution of these events to climate change relate to climate policy support across the world? 🔥🌎
Find out more in our OA article published in Nature Climate Change 👇 1/7 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Find out more in our OA article published in Nature Climate Change 👇 1/7 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world - Nature Climate Change
Literature produced inconsistent findings regarding the links between extreme weather events and climate policy support across regions, populations and events. This global study offers a holistic asse...
www.nature.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🚨 How do exposure to extreme weather events and the subjective attribution of these events to climate change relate to climate policy support across the world? 🔥🌎
Find out more in our OA article published in Nature Climate Change 👇 1/7 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Find out more in our OA article published in Nature Climate Change 👇 1/7 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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1/7 🧵 We live in a biased social reality! 🤯
🚨 NEW PAPER: Climate activist stereotypes among the German public and German climate activists.
My 1st PhD paper 🤩 in collaboration with @umweltbundesamt.bsky.social
🚨 NEW PAPER: Climate activist stereotypes among the German public and German climate activists.
My 1st PhD paper 🤩 in collaboration with @umweltbundesamt.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
1/7 🧵 We live in a biased social reality! 🤯
🚨 NEW PAPER: Climate activist stereotypes among the German public and German climate activists.
My 1st PhD paper 🤩 in collaboration with @umweltbundesamt.bsky.social
🚨 NEW PAPER: Climate activist stereotypes among the German public and German climate activists.
My 1st PhD paper 🤩 in collaboration with @umweltbundesamt.bsky.social