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Laura Thomas-Walters
@laurathowal.bsky.social
Environmental social scientist @ Yale University (YPCCC)

Working on climate activism, plant-based diets, messaging experiments etc.

https://lathowal.wixsite.com/laura-thomas-walters
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Any Psychology/Environmental departments interested in a seminar about climate activism?

Have been doing a lot of research with
Extinction Rebellion and other orgs, w/ multiple papers under review/in prep.
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📝 What affects the durability of persuasion? In our new working paper, through a five wave panel study over ten weeks, we evaluate the impact of two factors: how many times individuals are treated (dosage) and the interval between treatments (timing).

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April 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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In this important and timely book, scientists from a broad range of disciplines detail their personal responses to the planetary crisis. #ScientistsOnSurvival

With a foreword from Chris Packham

Buy your copy now: 🔗 xrb.link/q0XP4C

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@zadiesmith.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🚨New paper!🚨

Super happy to share "The impacts of climate activism", out now in Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences.

We review 50 of the most recent and rigorous studies evaluating the impact of climate activism.

authors.elsevier.com/c/1kjT88MqMi...
authors.elsevier.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I have a coauthored book, 'Scientists on Survival!', coming out next month with @scientistsx.bsky.social, and preorders this weekend will get 25% off with @waterstones.bsky.social!

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February 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🚨 New paper out - "Measuring pro-environmental behavioural determinants using closed-answer surveys"🚨

www.cambridge.org/core/journal... /1
Measuring pro-environmental behavioural determinants using closed-answer surveys | Oryx | Cambridge Core
Measuring pro-environmental behavioural determinants using closed-answer surveys
www.cambridge.org
February 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
That feels too real right now...
January 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Well, at least it pushed me to finally delete my WhatsApp, Instagram, and while I was at it, Twitter accounts.
January 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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1/ Does climate activism work?

The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how

Here are some highlights
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December 22, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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1. Herewith a 🧵 to a blog post and also recent 🧵 by the always admirable @russpoldrack.bsky.social

climatecrisispsychology.github.io/chapters/psy...

“Overall, the research that we reviewed left me with little hope that psych interventions will be able to play a major role in solving the problem.”
The Psychology of the Climate Crisis - 1  Teaching the Psychology of the Climate Crisis
climatecrisispsychology.github.io
November 27, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Any Psychology/Environmental departments interested in a seminar about climate activism?

Have been doing a lot of research with
Extinction Rebellion and other orgs, w/ multiple papers under review/in prep.
November 12, 2024 at 10:40 AM