Wouter Poortinga
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Wouter Poortinga
@wouterpoortinga.bsky.social
Professor of #EnvironmentalPsychology @WSofArchi, @PsychCardiffUni, and @cast-centre.bsky.social

Ffrîsiad a fabwysiadwyd gan Gymru

Interest in Public engagement with climate change, Sustainable lifestyles & behaviour, and Environment & health
As part of our Infra4NextGen project, @ess-survey.bsky.social has just released a new data summary that brings together insights from the European Social Survey, European Values Study, and the International Social Survey Programme...

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October 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This is what I did today! #BeeKeeping #HoneyExtraction
August 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This matters. When support is underestimated, both citizens and politicians may hesitate to act or speak up.

But here’s the twist: While people underestimate support for popular pull measures, they are more accurate about how unpopular push policies (like taxes or restrictions) are (4/)
August 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
After 3 desk rejects and 2 major rewrites (with a 17-page rebuttal (!), and cutting word count by 25%), I am pleased that my paper on policy appraisals and second-order beliefs in climate policy has found a home in @climate-policy.bsky.social: (1/) @cast-centre.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1469...
August 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The study further highlights the role of efficacy beliefs: hose who experience high levels of climate anxiety and feel powerless show a weaker link between climate anxiety and pro-environmental action (4/4)

Read about it here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
May 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Some say that Bluesky is the place to be, but have they ever been to ##Pontypridd? It has some exciting new venues for live music at #YMA #YMuni. Great performances by #TaffRapids (Welsh Blwgrass) and #Sheelanagig

@karinwahlj.bsky.social
November 30, 2024 at 9:52 AM
#RiverTaff in #Cardiff a little higher than usual today #StormBert @karinwahlj.bsky.social
November 24, 2024 at 4:22 PM
1970s Amsterdam was nothing like #Amsterdam as we know it now
November 23, 2024 at 12:01 PM
I am very excited to announce that the #CASTcentre is on Bluesky!!! Please give the Centre a follow! @cast-centre.bsky.social #CAST

#ClimateChange #SocialTransformations
September 25, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Do you live in #Cardiff and have 10-15 minutes to spare? You would help us greatly by filling out the Cardiff Travel Survey - and you can win a £100 voucher!

English: tinyurl.com/CardiffTrave...

Cymraeg: tinyurl.com/ArolwgTeithi...

#CardiffTravelSurvey #ArolwgTeithioCaerdydd
April 15, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Sut ydych chi'n teithio o gympas y #Caerdydd? Mae ymchwilwyr ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd yn awyddus i glywed gan drigolion Caerdydd yn rhan o brosiect sy'n archwilio gwelliannae i #drafnidiaeth a #theithio yn y ddinas.

#ArolwgTeithioCaerdydd

Yr arolwg: tinyurl.com/ArolwgTeithi...
April 15, 2024 at 11:35 AM
New publication by Emelie Chard on Gender and cross-country differences in the determinants of sustainable diet intentions #UK #China #Sweden #Brazil. The analyses were conducted as part of her MSc thesis at the UNiversity of Gothenburg using CAST survey data

doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
March 6, 2024 at 1:40 PM
New publications in the Winter edition of the Institute of Water Journal, in which Jo Swaffield talks about Behavioural Interventions and the role that habit disruption can play in reducing water consumption

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February 5, 2024 at 11:30 AM
The CAST (cast.ac.uk) centre is looking to crowd-source responses to common #ClimateDelay discourse.

Do you have any good ways to respond to tricky #ClimateChange comments? We’d love to hear from you!

Link 🔗 below 👇

cardiffunipsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
January 4, 2024 at 5:46 PM
New publication from Ipsos and CAST. In this paper we examine factors and framing effects in support for #NetZero policies, using Ipsos UK's Knowledge Panel, a large online random probability sample (n=5,665). (1/)

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December 19, 2023 at 12:17 PM
#ClimateCommunity, Can anyone help Steve 👇He wants to take the messages from his PhD to the Davos World Economic Forum @wef... Help/suggestions/ideas all welcome! @steviedubyu

See his Twitter/X thread here: twitter.com/steviedubyu/...
November 15, 2023 at 7:54 PM
Our report on the #CircularEconomy in the #Community is out now. This pilot project is a collaboration with Keep Wales Tidy, and explored sustainable models for #Repair and #Reuse hubs in Wales.

You can find the report here 👉 shorturl.at/gjIUX
November 11, 2023 at 12:09 PM
have #BowelCancer in the family. My mum died from it, and my dad survived.

I promised myself that I would get tested, but have never done so.

Thank you 🙏 Public Health Wales for sending me this free bowel screening test kit. It's in the post now...

Get tested people
October 29, 2023 at 9:34 AM