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Madalina Vlasceanu, PhD

@madalina.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof of Environmental Behavioral Sciences at Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. Director of the Stanford Climate Cognition Lab climatecognition.stanford.edu

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
“Claims that wildfires can be prevented by [forest management] are not only inaccurate, but they’re also part of a broader pattern of disinformation in response to climate-fueled extreme weather… deflecting from what experts say is the biggest driver of worsening fires: the rapidly warming climate.”
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Trump and Republicans Peddle False Claims About Wildfires
It’s part of an ongoing pattern of disinformation spreading in response to climate-fueled extreme weather
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Fatalism is psychologically powerful and extremely damaging, because when people conclude that no response will meaningfully alter outcomes disengagement becomes the rational response. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Madalina Vlasceanu, PhD @madalina.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
What beliefs can catalyze climate action? Our new research, led by @dgoldwert.bsky.social and @anasabherwal.bsky.social, published today [www.nature.com/articles/s43247-026-…] shows the importance of beliefs about the efficacy of solutions. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/clim...
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Tobia Spampatti, PhD @tspampatti.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Do you think negative emotions about climate change hamper climate-friendly beliefs and behaviors? 🚨 Our newly published paper might be for you: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/6
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Madalina Vlasceanu, PhD @madalina.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
What motivates collective action, political participation, or civic engagement? Stop by our symposium at #APS26BCN with talks from @dgoldwert.bsky.social, @anasabherwal.bsky.social, @smconstantino.bsky.social, and me. 🗓 May 29 | 12:30 PM 🌐 Room 129, (P1 Level, CCIB) Hope to see you there!
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Madalina Vlasceanu, PhD @madalina.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
What makes behavioral interventions work beyond the psychological theory they implement? Their format, level of engagement, delivery modality? In a new paper analyzing 274 interventions from 15 megastudies (4.1M+ participants), we tested 19 features: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/2
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Madalina Vlasceanu, PhD @madalina.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
How to Advance Climate Solutions Despite Political Setbacks | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/clim...
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How to Advance Climate Solutions Despite Political Setbacks
Climate setbacks aren’t fate; they’re signals to mobilize visible public will, pairing credible hope with concrete action to turn widespread concern into sustained political power.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 27/01/2026
New study finds that emphasizing collective efficacy (people's ability to catalyze large-scale change) is very effective in catalyzing behavioural change. As you can see from my pinned post, I'm a big fan of simple messages that can mobilize public support for climate action!
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A megastudy of behavioral interventions to catalyze public, political, and financial climate advocacy
Abstract. Addressing climate change depends on large-scale system changes, which require public advocacy. Here, we identified and tested 17 expert-crowdsou
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Madalina Vlasceanu, PhD @madalina.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
What motivates people to engage in climate advocacy? In a new PNAS Nexus megastudy [doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf400] led by @dgoldwert.bsky.social we tested 17 theoretical interventions on a large US sample (N=31,324) to increase public, political, and financial climate advocacy. 1/5
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