Climate policies are essential. But what if their design is alienating people? 👽

A Nature review shows that climate policies seen as unfair are pushing voters toward right-wing populist parties - who frame climate action as elite, costly, and out of touch 🌍

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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Last week, I graduated from my PhD in Behavioural Science - marking the end of 8 years at beautiful Bath ✨

I was so grateful (& emotional) to graduate with my partner and lovely friends.

Thanks to my amazing supervisors, @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social @christinademski.bsky.social 🤍

Over & out, Bath 🥹

DECOTA is here! 🎉

Our automated free-text analysis tool is now published in Psychological Methods!

DECOTA automatically analyses free-text data quickly, affordably, and with human-like accuracy.

Paper: doi.org/10.1037/met0...
Press story: www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...

I’m officially Dr Player! 🥹

It was an honour to defend my PhD last week with world-leading experts, Geertje Schuitema & Nathalia Gjersoe.

Big thanks to my wonderful supervisors, @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social & @christinademski.bsky.social, AAPS CDT, & countless loved ones for their unwavering support ✨

Very excited to have joined the European Climate Foundation as a Research Consultant! 🌍

ECF is an NGO working across Europe to foster #ClimateAction, & I’m looking forward to helping make sense of their public opinion data 📊

An exciting year ahead w/ this role - and lots of big travel plans! ✨

PhD thesis submitted! 🥹

3 incredible years – 2 secondments, 3 publications, 3 consultancy projects, 1 book chapter, and even the honour of advising governmental departments – all crystallised into 80,000 words.

From undergrad to PhD, I'm so grateful for 8 beautiful years @uniofbath.bsky.social ✨

Excited about the UK Govt's #AI Opportunities plan - a big step to drive positive, safe change w/ AI 🚀

1. Fast-track data centre expansion
2. Unlock datasets to fuel research
3. Train 10,000s in AI by 2030

Fab to see Matt Clifford - who I was lucky to work w/ at Entrepreneur First - leading this!

Starting the week feeling accomplished!

✔️ Paper revisions completed - for a study I'm really proud of.
✔️ Final PhD study written up (!)

Now to finish tying the papers together in my thesis, whilst soaking up my final months in beautiful Bath ✨