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Saara Taavila (she/her)

@saarataavila.bsky.social
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PhD Candidate in Social Psychology at University of Amsterdam, researching perceptions of complexity in sustainability 🌱

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David Schultner @davidschultner.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Very grateful that our paper was awarded ISCON’s Best 2024 Paper in Social Cognition!! Huge thanks to the fantastic team: Ben Stillerman, @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social , @leorhackel.bsky.social , Damaris Hagen, Nils Jostmann, and @davidamodio.bsky.social 🎊💐
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Saara Taavila (she/her) @saarataavila.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
My first paper is out at Journal of Environmental Psychology! 🌱 Climate change is complex: there are many variables that are connected via unclear causal relationships. But is awareness of complexity helpful in guiding people towards effective environmental behavior, or can it hinder action? (1/5)
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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
An open letter supporting the international bachelor’s psychology programs threatened for cuts. Proceeding with these cuts would damage some of the most important and impactful psychology departments globally. #supportdutchpsychology openletter.earth/against-lang...
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Against Language Barriers: A Call to Protect International Education in Dutch Academia
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Sergio Pirla @sergiopirla.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
95% of people underestimate the carbon footprint of the top 1%. When presented with the actual figures, people increase their support for carbon taxes. Our new paper (with Laila Nockur and @stepf.bsky.social) is out in the Journal of Environmental Psychology. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The misperception of carbon footprints of the rich and the poor
Not everyone contributes to climate change to the same extent. While huge inequalities exist in consumption and associated greenhouse gas emissions, w…
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Vukašin Gligorić, PhD @vukasin.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
To academics in Netherlands (and especially Amsterdam), we are organizing a symposium *Social sciences and the System: Challenging or Upholding the Status Quo* that includes John Jost, Enzo Rossi and Marija B. Petrović on 18th February in Amsterdam! register here: forms.gle/NSzoNxu2EKMf...
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Registration for symposium
Social Sciences and the System: Challenging or Upholding the Status Quo? It is widely acknowledged that neoliberal capitalism has led to rampant socioeconomic inequalities, wars, and ecological crise...
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Junior Researcher Programme @jresearcherprog.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
🎉 Exciting News! The theme for this year's jSchool is 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘀. Read the full announcement here 👉 jrp.pscholars.org/theme2025/
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