PSCA Joint Research Group
@psbclab.bsky.social
Psychology of Sustainability & Collective Action 🌍🌱
Joint research group at @LeuphanaLüneburg & @UniBasel, exploring climate and energy-related judgment and decision-making around the world.
Joint research group at @LeuphanaLüneburg & @UniBasel, exploring climate and energy-related judgment and decision-making around the world.
🙌 It’s been a pleasure working with a great team of co-authors on a truly interdisciplinary effort. Thanks to Anne Günther, Lukas Engel, Matthew Hornsey, @kristiansn89.bsky.social, Joyashree Roy, Linda Steg, Kim-Pong Tam, @valkengoed.bsky.social, Kim Wolske, Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, Ulf Hahnel (4/4)
June 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
🙌 It’s been a pleasure working with a great team of co-authors on a truly interdisciplinary effort. Thanks to Anne Günther, Lukas Engel, Matthew Hornsey, @kristiansn89.bsky.social, Joyashree Roy, Linda Steg, Kim-Pong Tam, @valkengoed.bsky.social, Kim Wolske, Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, Ulf Hahnel (4/4)
2️⃣ Understanding these factors is key to designing interventions that actually work. We discuss the most effective interventions—psychological or structural—for targeting the psychological and contextual determinants. (3/4)
June 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
2️⃣ Understanding these factors is key to designing interventions that actually work. We discuss the most effective interventions—psychological or structural—for targeting the psychological and contextual determinants. (3/4)
1️⃣ We examine what shapes people’s decisions to adopt clean technologies (EVs, PV, heat pumps, & battery storage) & bring together evidence on how cognitive biases, personal & social motivations as well as broader contextual conditions (e.g., infrastructure & pricing) affect adoption. (2/4)
June 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
1️⃣ We examine what shapes people’s decisions to adopt clean technologies (EVs, PV, heat pumps, & battery storage) & bring together evidence on how cognitive biases, personal & social motivations as well as broader contextual conditions (e.g., infrastructure & pricing) affect adoption. (2/4)
🔗 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1037/mot0...
🔗 Read the preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#BehaviorChange #Sustainability #ChoiceArchitecture #Nudging#SelfControl (6/6)
🔗 Read the preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#BehaviorChange #Sustainability #ChoiceArchitecture #Nudging#SelfControl (6/6)
May 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🔗 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1037/mot0...
🔗 Read the preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#BehaviorChange #Sustainability #ChoiceArchitecture #Nudging#SelfControl (6/6)
🔗 Read the preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#BehaviorChange #Sustainability #ChoiceArchitecture #Nudging#SelfControl (6/6)
❗ Even though the focus of this framework lies on the individual's self-control process, the authors stress that nudging can only be a complementary strategy to larger systemic changes in mitigating climate change. (5/6)
May 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
❗ Even though the focus of this framework lies on the individual's self-control process, the authors stress that nudging can only be a complementary strategy to larger systemic changes in mitigating climate change. (5/6)
3️⃣ Derive hypotheses on the main intervention effects and moderating effects of self-control components,
4️⃣ Show how nudges, nudging plus, and boosts might affect similar self-control processes, and
5️⃣ Call for more targeted, theory-driven, and scalable behavior change interventions. (4/6)
4️⃣ Show how nudges, nudging plus, and boosts might affect similar self-control processes, and
5️⃣ Call for more targeted, theory-driven, and scalable behavior change interventions. (4/6)
May 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
3️⃣ Derive hypotheses on the main intervention effects and moderating effects of self-control components,
4️⃣ Show how nudges, nudging plus, and boosts might affect similar self-control processes, and
5️⃣ Call for more targeted, theory-driven, and scalable behavior change interventions. (4/6)
4️⃣ Show how nudges, nudging plus, and boosts might affect similar self-control processes, and
5️⃣ Call for more targeted, theory-driven, and scalable behavior change interventions. (4/6)
By integrating choice architecture literature with self-control theory, they:
1️⃣ Contribute to understanding when and why interventions work (or don’t),
2️⃣ Propose six key psychological mechanisms of influence, (3/6)
1️⃣ Contribute to understanding when and why interventions work (or don’t),
2️⃣ Propose six key psychological mechanisms of influence, (3/6)
May 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
By integrating choice architecture literature with self-control theory, they:
1️⃣ Contribute to understanding when and why interventions work (or don’t),
2️⃣ Propose six key psychological mechanisms of influence, (3/6)
1️⃣ Contribute to understanding when and why interventions work (or don’t),
2️⃣ Propose six key psychological mechanisms of influence, (3/6)
The paper provides a novel perspective on how nudges work. They argue that the effectiveness of choice architecture interventions might lie in their influence on self-control processes—including desire inhibition, goal activation, control motivation & capacity, & behavioral feasibility. (2/6)
May 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The paper provides a novel perspective on how nudges work. They argue that the effectiveness of choice architecture interventions might lie in their influence on self-control processes—including desire inhibition, goal activation, control motivation & capacity, & behavioral feasibility. (2/6)
Reposted by PSCA Joint Research Group
Check out the preprint here osf.io/preprints/ps... with open data, analysis and supplementary materials. Thanks to all coauthors (5/5)
OSF
osf.io
March 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Check out the preprint here osf.io/preprints/ps... with open data, analysis and supplementary materials. Thanks to all coauthors (5/5)
The model is published open access (doi.org/10.25937/vjc...) and, thanks to its accessible design, can be customized to meet the needs of researchers, practitioners, and the general public.
Article link (open access): doi.org/10.1016/j.cr... (7/7)
Article link (open access): doi.org/10.1016/j.cr... (7/7)
Co-adoption of low-carbon household energy technologies
The model simulates the diffusion of four low-carbon energy technologies among households: photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, electric vehicles (EVs), heat pumps, and home batteries. We model household d...
doi.org
February 10, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The model is published open access (doi.org/10.25937/vjc...) and, thanks to its accessible design, can be customized to meet the needs of researchers, practitioners, and the general public.
Article link (open access): doi.org/10.1016/j.cr... (7/7)
Article link (open access): doi.org/10.1016/j.cr... (7/7)
The results underscore the need for tailored policy mixes that ensure a balanced and equitable energy transition. These insights can help policymakers design effective policy mixes that drive the widespread adoption of low-carbon technologies and reduce the consumers' environmental impact. (6/7)
February 10, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The results underscore the need for tailored policy mixes that ensure a balanced and equitable energy transition. These insights can help policymakers design effective policy mixes that drive the widespread adoption of low-carbon technologies and reduce the consumers' environmental impact. (6/7)