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Jarren Nylund

@jarrennylund.bsky.social
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🎓 Doctoral Researcher, Net Zero Observatory 🌱 Member of @GreenpeaceAP.bsky.social’s General Assembly 🌏 @ClimateRealityProject.org Leader 💁🏻‍♂️ Pronouns: He/him 🔗 Find me on other platforms: bio.site/jarrennylund

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Boryana Todorova @todorova.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Excited to share our new commentary, now out in One Earth: Brain health, the blind spot in climate policy! 🧠 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.on... 1/6
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
When climate protesters use disruptive tactics, does it matter who is disrupted? I’m excited to share my second lead-author publication, “Disrupting the ‘Wrong’ Target?”, now published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology. 📄 Read the open-access article: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
An image of the first page of the “Disrupting the ‘wrong’ target? Climate protest tactics affecting entities deemed undeserving are perceived as immoral, unjust, and reduce activist support” article in the Journal of Environmental Psychology by Jarren L. Nylund, Matthew J. Hornsey, Michael Thai, and Maja Kutlaca.
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is what I imagine people think I do when I tell them I’m studying to become an environmental psychologist…
A cartoon of a psychologist and the Earth sitting on the psychologist’s couch. The psychologist asks “So…what seems to be the problem?” The Earth answers: “You humans.” The psychologist then responds with: “Tell me about it..”
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23
Telegraph headiline:

"Heatwave hysterics wouldn't have lasted a day in 1976", overlaid with a bold “MONK DEBUNKED” stamp.
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Dr Samuel Finnerty @samuelfinnerty.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Over the past few years, particularly since 2017's worldwide March for Science, many scientists advocate for science and in particular for climate and environmental issues. This has generated a lot of research which we reviewed in our @plosclimate.org paper. Details below #Science #Climate #Activism
2017 March for Science where scientists and the public came together to march in defence of science and science-led policy
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
What would the Sydney Opera House look like illuminated with Sydney’s warming stripes? This image may not be real, but the data behind it is: www.ShowYourStripes.info #ShowYourStripes
AI-generated visualisation of Sydney’s warming stripes projected onto the Sydney Opera House at night. Vertical bands of blue, white, and red cover the Opera House sails, with cooler blue colours representing earlier years and warmer red colours representing more recent years. The image illustrates how Sydney’s warming stripes might appear if projected onto the Opera House as part of Show Your Stripes Day.
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Dr Samuel Finnerty @samuelfinnerty.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Should scientists advocate for climate action? Our new review @plosclimate.org finds there is no single answer. The effects of scientist advocacy depend heavily on context, including who is speaking, what they are advocating for, and who is listening. Open access: journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
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Climate advocacy and activism by scientists: A narrative review
In the context of accelerating climate and environmental crises, advocacy and activism by scientists is becoming increasingly prominent. This growing visibility has intensified the debate surrounding ...
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Boryana Todorova @todorova.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
1/ Excited to share our new paper in the Journal of Environmental Psychology examining how trust in science and different forms of worry relate to pro-environmental behavior and support for climate mitigation policies. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 19/05/2026
More than 7 in 10 people across #Singapore, #Malaysia and #Indonesia believe banks should not finance companies that worsen #climate change, a new @yougov.co.uk and Market Forces survey finds – the first of its kind conducted in multiple countries across the region. 1/5 🧵
Poll: Banks should not finance greenhouse gas intensive projects or companies. More than seven in 10 people in Indonesia (71%), Malaysia (71%), and Singapore (73%) believe banks should not finance companies or projects which emit high levels of greenhouse gases, worsening climate change.
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Sign the @30by30au.bsky.social petition calling on Treasurer @jimchalmers.bsky.social to invest AT LEAST 1% of Australia's budget in nature: 30by30.org.au/1-for-nature/
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Act Now: Support 1% For Nature
Nature's in crisis. Just 1% of the budget would save it for future generations.
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
After quite a bit of uncertainty about whether it would actually happen—largely due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East making travel difficult—I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be presenting (remotely) at the AFPP 2026 conference in Manchester next month.
Disrupting the "wrong" target? Climate protest tactics affecting entities deemed undeserving are perceived as immoral, unjust, and reduce activist support

Jarren L. Nylund (The University of Queensland), Matthew J. Hornsey (The University of Queensland), Michael Thai (The University of Queensland), Maja Kutlaca (Durham University)

AFPP 2026
Alternative Futures and Popular Protest
15-17th June, 2026 | Manchester
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Pleased to share a new paper led by Sam Pearson and co-authored by myself and others, now published in Scientific Reports. We tested whether people can be persuaded out of misinformation about wind farms through short conversations with generative AI: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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potential to dispel misinformation about wind farms” published in Scientific Reports.
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Free “I 💚 Nature” stickers are up for grabs from @30by30au.bsky.social: 30by30.org.au/get-your-sti... Stick them on your laptop, water bottle, or anywhere else to say: “Yes, I care about the environment…and yes, I also like free things.”
Order your FREE sticker pack [Photo of “I 💜 Nature” sticker on a water bottle] 30by30.org.au
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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Oh look Bill the 2x #eptein islander on the wrong side of history AGAIN! “BillGates, who claims to want to protect the living planet, has given $3.5m to a junktank run by Bjorn Lomborg, who has built his career…helping to downplay the need for #climate action” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot
Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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International Society for Justice Research @isjrorg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
INTRODUCING OUR FIRST RESEARCH NETWORK ✨ The Collective Action Network Led by Maja Kutlaca, Özden Melis Uluğ, and Helena Radke Read more about the Network below or via the dedicated page on our website: www.isjr.org/can #justice #collectiveaction #research #researchnetwork #ISJR #CAN
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Communications Psychology @commspsychol.nature.com · 31/03/2026
A 3-wave study of 1427 climate-action supporters tests predictors of conventional versus radical climate activism. Radical intentions were rare and linked most strongly to youth, personality and collective victimhood rather than ideology or efficacy. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Communications Psychology @commspsychol.nature.com · 31/03/2026
Support for moderate climate activists' benefits from the rise of radicals as moderates are perceived reasonable in comparison — but only when they clearly distance themselves. These 'radical flank effects' are attenuated if moderates endorse radicals. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Communications Psychology @commspsychol.nature.com · 09/04/2026
Environmental scientists’ activism – especially civil disobedience – leads to modest declines in their perceived competence and a subtle withdrawal from the scientists’ cause. @lukasthuermer.bsky.social @jeremiasbraid.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 07/04/2026
MEDIA RELEASE: New analysis reveals Australian oil and gas company, Santos, is contributing to nearly quadrupled gas prices on the East Coast of the country by prioritising the sale of its fossil fuels overseas, adding to cost of living pressures. www.marketforces.org.au/new-analysis...
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New analysis: Santos contributes to quadrupled gas prices for Australians - Market Forces
Wednesday 8 April: New Market Forces analysis reveals Australia’s second biggest oil and gas company, Santos, is contributing to nearly quadrupled gas prices on the East Coast of the country by priori...
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Do some climate protests backfire because they’re disruptive, or because they target the “wrong” people? A preprint of my latest project has just been uploaded to PsyArXiv: 📄 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
An image of the front cover of “Disrupting the ‘wrong’ target? Climate protest tactics affecting entities deemed undeserving are perceived as immoral, unjust, and reduce activist support” by Jarren L. Nylund, Matthew Hornsey, Michael Thai, and Maja Kutlaca.
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Excited to share a new paper lead by Matthew Hornsey and co-authored by @winnifredlouis.bsky.social, myself, and others. Now published in @commspsychol.nature.com. 📄 Read the open access article here: doi.org/10.1038/s442...
The cover page of the “Youth, personality and collective victimhood distinguish support for radical climate action” article published in Communications Psychology.

Hornsey, M. J., Pearson, S., Wibisono, S., Thomas, E. F., Bird, L. H., Nylund, J. L., Bretter, C., Acevedo, J. D., Fielding, K. S., Amiot, C., Moghaddam, F. M., & Louis, W. R. (2026). Youth, personality and collective victimhood distinguish support for radical climate action. Communications Psychology, 4(1), 54. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-026-00420-z
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 24/03/2026
The New South Wales Government has announced it will no longer allow new greenfield #coal mines - though it will allow expansions. It's time for all banks and super funds to end support for new coal! #nswpol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This is huge! New greenfield coal mines will no longer be allowed in New South Wales
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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
So… how fast can we electrify everything? #energy #renewables #batteries #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
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Australia facing 'crunch time' as oil shortages begin to hit Asian suppliers
Australia is yet to directly feel the impact of supply shortages caused by the Iran war. But that's set to change in the coming weeks, with oil supply shortages now hitting the country's fuel supplier...
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I recently had the opportunity to complete my very first peer review for the Journal of Environmental Psychology. Peer review is one of the ways our field collectively improves the quality of research. Grateful for the opportunity to contribute—however modestly—to that process.
Journal of Environmental Psychology Certificate of Reviewing awarded for 1 review in March 2026 presented to Jarren Nylund in recognition of the review contributed to the journal.

The Editors of Journal of Environmental Psychology.
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 26/02/2026
And the award for fracking and f**king our future goes to… #APA GROUP! #UASolutionsSummit Spoiler alert: making #climate change worse is not a solution for Australia’s future. 🙃 #auspol
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Pleased to share a new paper led by Matthew Hornsey and co-authored with Aimee Smith, Samuel Pearson, Christian Bretter, and myself, now published in Current Opinion in Psychology. In this review, we synthesise emerging evidence on how conversational AI tools like ChatGPT can be used to reduce...
Mistrust of the scientific consensus around issues such as climate change and vaccination is mainstream, compromising our ability to respond to existential global threats. In the wrong hands, Generative AI can spread misinformation with unprecedented scale and psychological sophistication. However, large language models (LLMs) have also shown considerable promise for reducing misinformation and conspiracy theories, potentially revolutionizing science communication. This review summarizes the rapidly evolving frontier of empirical research on how conversational AI such as ChatGPT can be used to defuse mistrust of science around hot-button scientific issues. These studies find negligible evidence that LLM responds to human queries by reproducing conspiracy theories or misinformation about scientific topics. Rather, conversations with LLMs typically reduce participants’ levels of science skepticism and misinformation endorsement. We conclude that LLMs (in their current form) have potential to complement existing science communication strategies, provided their use is accompanied by safeguards that preserve informational integrity and public trust.
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Boryana Todorova @todorova.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I’m thrilled to share that our paper “Effort and time costs influence motivational asymmetries in self-benefitting vs. pro-environmental decisions” is now published in Communications Psychology! 🌿 OA link: www.nature.com/articles/s44... 1/6
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Effort and time costs influence motivational asymmetries in self-benefitting vs pro-environmental decisions - Communications Psychology
People are less willing to incur time and effort costs for the environment than for themselves, with computational modeling revealing nonlinear discounting of time and effort linked to support for cos...
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Resistance Psychology Network @psychresist.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Happening next Monday! Remember to register to go beyond the conceptual binaries of protests as normative vs non-normative, conventional vs radical and to dig in why and how individuals shift protest tactics with Mete Sefa presenting, Yasemin & Carmen acting as reviewers. tinyurl.com/disruptive-p...
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The Social Change Lab @socialchangelab.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Our new book [Psych of System Change & Resistance to Change] is out! Woot! @winnifredlouis.bsky.social @susilowibisono.bsky.social Kiara Minto & Gi Chonu doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Tijana Karić @tijana-et-al.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Save the date! Next September we work on integrating social psychology and prefigurative politics, in a beautiful location :) @fmsmallfield.bsky.social @metesefauysal.bsky.social @daclarkecruz.bsky.social @eddieclarke.bsky.social @helenlandmann.bsky.social
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Resistance Psychology Network @psychresist.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
CfP for the workshop ""From Harm to Hope: Slow Violence, Collective Memory and Everyday Resistance" (submission deadline: 5 November) The workshop will take place on March 25–26, 2026 at the Institute of Culture and Memory Studies, ZRC SAZU, in Ljubljana, Slovenia. ikss.zrc-sazu.si/sites/defaul...
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Resistance Psychology Network @psychresist.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The 1st session of this year's Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, October 13: We start with an interactive workshop to diversify our methodological toolbox to better investigate forms of resistance and repression in different contexts. To register: tinyurl.com/resistancere...
Psychological Research on Resistance and Repression: A Research Method Bazaar
Interactive Workshop (90 mins)
Led by Aya Adra, Fouad Bou Zeineddine, canan coşkan, Ali Teymoori, and Johanna Ray Vollhardt)
Monday, Oct 13, 2025
Many questions in social psychological research on resistance and repression have not been systematically addressed– in part because of the methodological limitations and rigidities in the field, in addition to practical and ethical considerations. For example, how does one examine covert resistance under conditions of surveillance and risk, how does one access forms of everyday resistance that may not be articulated as such, how does one conduct research on resistance that is under repression without creating further risk or harm to the participant and/or to the research team, how does one access information about resistance under extremely violent and most repressive conditions, such as genocide? 
This session is an interactive methods workshop, a bazaar of ideas and research experience, where participants will share and swap knowledge about underutilized methods that have been or could be used to examine different forms of resistance (above all those forms of resistance that are understudied) in various contexts of violence and repression. The organizers will bring examples of a relevant, underutilized research method and share it with participants in a brief (5 min) blitz presentation. We also invite participants (optional, not required for participation) to bring along their methods, ideas, suggestions, questions and dilemmas, and experiences to share (5 mins max), with or without a slide or two. We will also discuss more general, overarching questions related to methodological limitations in research on resistance and repression and ways to address these. 
7.00 am NYC, 8.00 Santiago (Chile), 12 (noon) London, 13.00 Barcelona, 14.00 Ramallah & Istanbul, 16.30 New Delhi, 19.00 Manila, 21.00 Brisbane.
Registration link in the original post.
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Fouad Bou Zeineddine @drfbzen.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Join the Methods in Social Change and Inertia series on Oct 20 at 2pm UK time for a workshop on the Social Change Algorithm by Roxane de la Sablonniere, Diana Cardenas, and Jean-Marc Lina! Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/25bb20... #psychology #socialsciences #socialpsych #socialchange
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Last week I had the pleasure of presenting at the 2025 Collective Action Network (CAN) Meeting on my recent research into the climate activist’s dilemma.
The climate activist's dilemma: Extreme climate protests reduce movement support but raise climate concern and intentions. Jarren L. Nylund, Michael Thai, Matthew J. Hornsey. Net Zero Observatory, Business School, The University of Queensland. School of Psychology, The University of Queensland.
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Boryana Todorova @todorova.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🧠🌍 Join me next week for the Planetary Health Alliance – Next Gen Speaker Series to learn why climate action is brain health action! When? 24th of September, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT Where? Online - register here: planetaryhealthalliance.org/events/next-...
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Next Gen Speaker Series - Boryana Todorova - Planetary Health Alliance
Boryana Todorova is a Visiting Researcher at the Net Zero Observatory, University of Queensland, and a member of the Neuro Climate Working Group. Her research examines the two-way relationship between...
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Thrilled to share my first publication in a Nature journal! Our new article in Nature Climate Change (@natclimate.nature.com) explores whether conversations with generative AI tools like ChatGPT may help shift climate scepticism.
A mock-up of what the first page of “The promise and limitations of using GenAI to reduce climate scepticism” (Hornsey et al., 2025) article would look like printed.
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Pleased to announce that I successfully passed my PhD confirmation milestone at The University of Queensland (UQ) last week. Excited to be continuing my research into factors that influence public perceptions of climate protests.
A photo of a UQ meeting room with a television mounted on the wall. The screen displays the title slide of Jarren Nylund’s PhD confirmation presentation: “Factors That Influence Public Perceptions of Climate Change Protests”
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
A thoughtful piece by Sarah DeWeerdt in Anthropocene Magazine about my recently published research on the “climate activist’s dilemma.” www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/08/the-...
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The backlash paradox of radical climate protests
Extreme actions turn people off the activists behind them—but may leave the broader climate movement stronger than before.
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Boryana Todorova @todorova.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
📢 🥳 New paper alert! We developed a new task (RateME) for studying the effects of personal and group rejection and showed that both types of rejection can be linked to radicalization via increased hostility. 🔗 Link to the paper: shorturl.at/uJiDa
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Group and personal rejection are similarly linked to extreme intergroup attitudes
Perceived marginalization of social groups has been identified as one of the main drivers of violent extremism across countries. However, most psychol…
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Inside Climate News just published a powerful piece on the recent direct actions against Wells Fargo, and how recent research helps unpack public reactions to those kinds of protests.
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Activists Target Wells Fargo for Dropping its Climate Commitments - Inside Climate News
Seven protesters were arrested after coordinated actions in New York and San Francisco, as climate organizers escalate tactics against the bank. The campaign echoes findings from new research on publi...
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Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Fascinating new empirical study about the efficacy of 'extreme' climate protest. Give it a read! The trade-off btw public disgust and public action Have you summarised this as 'damned if you do, damned if you don't'@owasow.bsky.social? #Sociology #AcademicSky #SocialMovements #ProtectProtest
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Proud to share my first lead-author publication, now out in the Journal of Environmental Psychology! We found that extreme climate protests (like blockades and defacing property with paint) can backfire by reducing support for the climate movement.
Photo of the article titled “The climate activist’s dilemma: Extreme protests reduce movement support but raise climate concern and intentions”. It is authored by Jarren L. Nylund, Michael Thai, and Matthew J. Hornsey, and published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology.

Abstract: Some members of the climate movement advocate for disruptive tactics, including mass civil disobedience, in the effort to pressure governments to address anthropogenic climate change. However, prior research on the “activist's dilemma” suggests that extreme protest actions may reduce public support for a movement. The present research aimed to discover if these findings would replicate within the highly moralised context of climate change, and explore target deservingness as a potential moderator. Across two studies, with Australian psychology students (Study 1; N = 178) and a politically representative sample from the United Kingdom (Study 2; N = 511), participants perceived climate activists engaging in extreme (vs. moderate) protests to be more immoral, felt less emotional connection and identification with them, and supported the movement less. However, Study 2 found that extreme (vs. moderate) protests also heightened climate concern and intentions to take climate-related actions. These findings highlight a “climate activist's dilemma”: while extreme tactics may reduce support for the activist groups who engage in such tactics, they may simultaneously raise climate concern and personal intentions to act.
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Greenpeace Australia Pacific @greenpeaceap.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
BREAKING (GOOD) NEWS: The historic Pacific-led campaign to hold countries accountable for the climate damage they have caused has been backed by the world’s highest court overnight. Read more 👇 www.greenpeace.org.au/news/worlds-...
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World’s highest court delivers historic protections for climate-impacted communities - Greenpeace Australia Pacific
SYDNEY, Thursday, 24 July 2025 – The historic Pacific-led campaign to hold countries accountable for the climate damage they have caused  has been backed by the world’s highest court overnight,&h...
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Raúl Zepeda Gil 🌈🌹🇲🇽 @rgzepeda.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The climate activist’s dilemma: Extreme protests reduce movement support but raise climate concern and intentions www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
New paper finds a ‘climate activist’s dilemma’: “study participants perceived climate activists engaging in extreme protests to be more immoral and supported movement less. However, extreme protests also heightened climate concern and intention to take action.” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Journal of Environmental Psychology

The climate activist’s dilemma: Extreme protests reduce movement support but raise climate concern and intentions

Jarren L. Nylund, 
Michael Thai,
Matthew J. Hornsey 
Highlights
• Extreme (vs. moderate) climate protests reduce support for the activist group.
• Support was reduced via immorality, low emotional connection, and identification.
• Extreme (vs. moderate) climate protests increase climate concern and intentions.
• Extreme tactics may boost concern but harm activist group support.
• No loss of support for the broader climate movement or cause was observed.Abstract
Some members of the climate movement advocate for disruptive tactics, including mass civil disobedience, in the effort to pressure governments to address anthropogenic climate change. However, prior research on the “activist's dilemma” suggests that extreme protest actions may reduce public support for a movement. The present research aimed to discover if these findings would replicate within the highly moralised context of climate change, and explore target deservingness as a potential moderator. Across two studies, with Australian psychology students (Study 1; N=178) and a politically representative sample from the United Kingdom (Study 2; N=511), participants perceived climate activists engaging in extreme (vs. moderate) protests to be more immoral, felt less emotional connection and identification with them, and supported the movement less. However, Study 2 found that extreme (vs. moderate) protests also heightened climate concern and intentions to take climate-related actions. These findings highlight a “climate activist’s dilemma”: while extreme tactics may reduce support for the activist groups who engage in such tactics, they may simultaneously raise climate concern and personal intentions to act.
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
🌍🔥 These warming stripes represent the Earth's average temperature from 1850 to 2024. The pattern couldn’t be clearer, climate change is here, and it’s accelerating. Today is #ShowYourStripes day. Let’s show the stripes and commit to taking action on climate change: showyourstripes.info
Global temperature change relative to average of 1961–2010 [°C].
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NOAA Climate.gov @climate.noaa.gov · 20/06/2025
June 21 is Show Your Stripes Day—a time to spark conversation about how our world is warming. This video shows how @noaa.gov temperature data for the U.S. is turned into the iconic stripes visualizations you may see shared today and tomorrow. @edhawkins.org
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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk · 19/06/2025
I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
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The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 03/06/2025
As people cope with record floods in NSW and terrible droughts across Australia, our CEO Will van de Pol tells ABC Radio National that insurance companies like QBE must end support for coal, oil and gas expansion making harmful climate change worse. 1/4 🧵 LISTEN: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Photo of flood submerging town with quote above saying: "This global industry (insurance) is still playing a critical riole in making the problem worse by underwriting those new coal, oil and gas projects that science tells us are incompatible with our efforts to limit climate change.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 03/06/2025
10 years after gas exports from Queensland began, all of the gas companies involved, bar one, have not paid a cent in company tax. This is despite them selling $125 billion worth of LNG out of Queensland, and reporting $330 billion in total Australian revenue. #auspol
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