Zahra Rahmani
@zah-rahmani.bsky.social
PhD Student @Psychology of Sustainability and Behavior Change in Basel studying pro-environmental decision making and how (dis)information influences climate beliefs.
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✈️🥩♻️ How accurately do people perceive the #climate impact of different lifestyles — and how do those perceptions relate to their own behavior and policy preferences?
Our new study investigated exactly this in China, Germany, and the US.🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our new study investigated exactly this in China, Germany, and the US.🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Climate impact perceptions and associations with reported behaviors and policy support in three countries
To accelerate climate change mitigation, substantial lifestyle changes and more ambitious climate policies are urgently needed. However, realizing beh…
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November 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
✈️🥩♻️ How accurately do people perceive the #climate impact of different lifestyles — and how do those perceptions relate to their own behavior and policy preferences?
Our new study investigated exactly this in China, Germany, and the US.🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our new study investigated exactly this in China, Germany, and the US.🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Neue Zahlen von @oxfam-de.bsky.social zeigen: Ein Mensch der reichsten 0,1% verursacht mehr CO2 am Tag als eine Person der ärmsten 50% im ganzen Jahr. #Ungleichheit @surplusmagazin.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Neue Zahlen von @oxfam-de.bsky.social zeigen: Ein Mensch der reichsten 0,1% verursacht mehr CO2 am Tag als eine Person der ärmsten 50% im ganzen Jahr. #Ungleichheit @surplusmagazin.bsky.social
The relationship between the climate change narratives a person holds and which type of climate messages this person consumes and trusts is a two-way street. 1/4 bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The relationship between the climate change narratives a person holds and which type of climate messages this person consumes and trusts is a two-way street. 1/4 bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🚨 Another open postdoc position "Psychology of Transformation" at Leuphana in Lüneburg 🚨
✏️ Apply here: s.academiccloud.de/Thqqfi (5 years, 100%)
🔗 The position is related to this PhD position: bsky.app/profile/oliv...
🧠 More information on the postdoc position:
✏️ Apply here: s.academiccloud.de/Thqqfi (5 years, 100%)
🔗 The position is related to this PhD position: bsky.app/profile/oliv...
🧠 More information on the postdoc position:
Are you passionate about #scicomm & psychology in the context of #Sustainability? We are looking for a PhD-candidate (75%; 4 yrs) for the Hub Science project "Psychology of Transformation" at Leuphana University Lüneburg! www.leuphana.de/universitaet...
Hub Science Project “Psychology of Transformation towards Sustainability”: Doctoral Research Associate with a background in Psychology or a related field
www.leuphana.de
June 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🚨 Another open postdoc position "Psychology of Transformation" at Leuphana in Lüneburg 🚨
✏️ Apply here: s.academiccloud.de/Thqqfi (5 years, 100%)
🔗 The position is related to this PhD position: bsky.app/profile/oliv...
🧠 More information on the postdoc position:
✏️ Apply here: s.academiccloud.de/Thqqfi (5 years, 100%)
🔗 The position is related to this PhD position: bsky.app/profile/oliv...
🧠 More information on the postdoc position:
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Job altert: Postdoc position (100%, 2 yrs) in our lab (@cmdn-lab.bsky.social) in context with the DFG Research Unit on Belief Updating (www.uni-hamburg.de/ru5389/resea...).
We are looking for people with strong quantitative skills.
Info and application via: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
We are looking for people with strong quantitative skills.
Info and application via: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
DFG Research Unit 5389
www.uni-hamburg.de
June 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Job altert: Postdoc position (100%, 2 yrs) in our lab (@cmdn-lab.bsky.social) in context with the DFG Research Unit on Belief Updating (www.uni-hamburg.de/ru5389/resea...).
We are looking for people with strong quantitative skills.
Info and application via: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
We are looking for people with strong quantitative skills.
Info and application via: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
Really excited to be giving a guest lecture on the human factor in climate mitigation at ETH Zurich today.
May 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Really excited to be giving a guest lecture on the human factor in climate mitigation at ETH Zurich today.
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NEW: Fossil fuel firms like Chevron and Exxon owe the world trillions of dollars. Today in @nature.com, @jsmankin.bsky.social and I show economic losses from rising heat waves directly traceable to these firms, providing scientific support for climate accountability.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability - Nature
A transparent and reproducible scientific framework is introduced to formalize how trillions in economic losses are attributable to the extreme heat caused by emissions from fossil fuel companies, whi...
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April 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
NEW: Fossil fuel firms like Chevron and Exxon owe the world trillions of dollars. Today in @nature.com, @jsmankin.bsky.social and I show economic losses from rising heat waves directly traceable to these firms, providing scientific support for climate accountability.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I published my 1st PhD paper @Judgment and Decision Making in January. Yay 🎉! Soon, there was frustration.
I hope the research community will move beyond for-profit publishers.
The Open Access publication fee was $3,450: public money going straight to private publishers. How was their service?
I hope the research community will move beyond for-profit publishers.
The Open Access publication fee was $3,450: public money going straight to private publishers. How was their service?
April 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I published my 1st PhD paper @Judgment and Decision Making in January. Yay 🎉! Soon, there was frustration.
I hope the research community will move beyond for-profit publishers.
The Open Access publication fee was $3,450: public money going straight to private publishers. How was their service?
I hope the research community will move beyond for-profit publishers.
The Open Access publication fee was $3,450: public money going straight to private publishers. How was their service?
[German only] Had the pleasure to answer some SRF audience questions on lying alongside social psychologist @fannylalot.bsky.social who is an expert on lying and trust.
www.srf.ch/news/srf-new...
www.srf.ch/news/srf-new...
Antworten zum Thema Lügen
Eine Fachrunde hat Ihre Fragen zum Thema Lügen beantwortet.
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March 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
[German only] Had the pleasure to answer some SRF audience questions on lying alongside social psychologist @fannylalot.bsky.social who is an expert on lying and trust.
www.srf.ch/news/srf-new...
www.srf.ch/news/srf-new...
www.bbc.com/news/article... Maybe consider making it a video call? 🤷🏻♀️
Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
www.bbc.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article... Maybe consider making it a video call? 🤷🏻♀️
New preprint alert with @tspampatti.bsky.social, Sebastian Gluth, Kim-Pong Tam and Ulf Hahnel! What messages about climate change do people consume? In our pre-registered three-country study, we find that people prefer to read messages that are aligned with their initial climate beliefs. (1/5)
March 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
New preprint alert with @tspampatti.bsky.social, Sebastian Gluth, Kim-Pong Tam and Ulf Hahnel! What messages about climate change do people consume? In our pre-registered three-country study, we find that people prefer to read messages that are aligned with their initial climate beliefs. (1/5)
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10 lucky winners get to take home the groceries they selected during a food choice study. Our master student Lara is all smiles as she rewards the participants. Lara did a great job leading this research project with an incentive-compatible food choice task.
February 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
10 lucky winners get to take home the groceries they selected during a food choice study. Our master student Lara is all smiles as she rewards the participants. Lara did a great job leading this research project with an incentive-compatible food choice task.
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🌱 Want to become a PhD student in our research group? 🌟
CBS Sustainability Centre is inviting applications for a #PhD scholarship in 'Green Transition and #Sustainability'.
This is an open call, but a project focusing on #BehavioralScience will join our research group.
www.cbs.dk/en/about-cbs...
CBS Sustainability Centre is inviting applications for a #PhD scholarship in 'Green Transition and #Sustainability'.
This is an open call, but a project focusing on #BehavioralScience will join our research group.
www.cbs.dk/en/about-cbs...
PhD scholarship in Green Transition and Sustainability at the Department of Management, Society and Communication | CBS - Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant PhD scholarship in Green Transition and Sustainability at the Department of Management, Society and Communication. The expected start date...
www.cbs.dk
January 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🌱 Want to become a PhD student in our research group? 🌟
CBS Sustainability Centre is inviting applications for a #PhD scholarship in 'Green Transition and #Sustainability'.
This is an open call, but a project focusing on #BehavioralScience will join our research group.
www.cbs.dk/en/about-cbs...
CBS Sustainability Centre is inviting applications for a #PhD scholarship in 'Green Transition and #Sustainability'.
This is an open call, but a project focusing on #BehavioralScience will join our research group.
www.cbs.dk/en/about-cbs...
New joint research with Doron Cohen and Ulf Hahnel out! doi.org/10.1017/jdm.... Can carbon labels increase sustainable choices? We find that, yes, labels significantly increased carbon-neutral choices. (1/4)
January 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
New joint research with Doron Cohen and Ulf Hahnel out! doi.org/10.1017/jdm.... Can carbon labels increase sustainable choices? We find that, yes, labels significantly increased carbon-neutral choices. (1/4)