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Sandra Geiger

@sandrajgeiger.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Researcher | Social Norms & Sustainability 🌿 | Princeton University @andlingercenter.bsky.social Scientific Director @jresearcherprog.bsky.social & Senior Research Fellow @envpsyvienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

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Environmental Psychology Groningen @epgroningen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Most of us support greener yards, but that support rarely shows up on the street. EP Post doc Tabea Hoffmann (+ @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social, Jan Willem Bolderdijk & Ward Rauws) tested a "norm-seeding" intervention: residents who signed up to replace tiles with plants could put up a yard sign:
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Junior Researcher Programme @jresearcherprog.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀? Our team is collecting responses across 23 countries. The survey takes 12 minutes. You can take part if you are 18 or older and live in one of the highlighted countries on the map. jrp.pscholars.org/jglobal2026s...
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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿? We take a first step toward grappling with this question, focusing on climate change 🌏 🌡️ and misinformation 📰❌. We reflect on what #psychology has learned from studying the #climate crisis — and how six insights transfer to #misinformation research.
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Nature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com · 20/07/2026
Insights from climate psychology for misinformation research
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Insights from climate psychology for misinformation research
Nature Human Behaviour, Published online: 20 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02530-4Climate change and misinformation are interconnected global crises shaped by tensions between individual, collective and vested interests. Drawing on climate psychology, we distil six insights for misinformation research to strengthen policy relevance, systems thinking and resilience to attacks.
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Tobia Spampatti, PhD @tspampatti.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Our wonderteam @bojanaveckalov.bsky.social @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social @profsanderlinden.bsky.social @lewan.bsky.social & Matthew Hornsey have a new preprint out for misinformation researchers out there: Six insights from climate psychology for the study of misinformation osf.io/preprints/ps... 1/
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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Results from study of mental health in 92 countries (n>53,000): People are not doing well. - U-shape for age is gone: Young adults lowest health, highest illness - Education still matters (a lot) - 45% of older people live alone - Hybrid work > 100% remote or in-person Preprint: osf.io/3jyda_v1
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Jan Pfänder @janpfa.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Help us strengthen trust in climate scientists in the US! Join our megastudy 👇
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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · 13/10/2025
Dass "die Leute interessieren sich nicht für die Klimakrise" ein sehr erfolgreiches Stück Meta-Desinformation ist, zeigt übrigens nicht nur der Hamburger #Zukunftsentscheid. Die (nationale wie globale) Studienlage ist völlig eindeutig.Die Leute wissen, was los ist (Text von Juli)
Forschung gegen gefühlte Wahrheit
Die Deutschen haben keineswegs die Nase voll vom Klimaschutz
Eine Kolumne von Christian Stöcker
Niemand interessiert sich mehr für die größte aller Krisen? Falsch. Das zeigen Forschungsdaten ebenso wie ein Erlebnis in meinem Motorradunterricht.
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Sander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
If you're looking to do a PhD on a timely subject, I'm on the advisory board of a cool new project; "When Lies Take Root: Investigating the Impact of Misinformation on Those at Risk" at the top-ranked Amsterdam School of Communication Research/ Do share & apply: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Vacancy — PhD Position: "When Lies Take Root: Investigating the Impact of Misinformation on Those at Risk"
Are you motivated to protect those most vulnerable against misinformation and to develop new interventions against misinformation? Do you want to know more about how mis- and disinformation impact at-...
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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞—𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. In our @spspnews.bsky.social blog post, we write about collective illusions. We asked people in 11 countries what they personally thought about #climate change and what they believed others thought.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
A new study published in Psychological Science, by @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social from @acee.princeton.edu, highlights how people around the world often overestimate climate skepticism and presents ways to push back on this misperception. #ClimateChange
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Pro-Climate Sentiments Are More Common Than You Think
A new study highlights how people around the world often overestimate climate skepticism and presents ways to push back on this misperception.
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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
“Prompting people to actively notice birdsong, plant textures and smells can significantly improve wellbeing…” Interesting study that suggests simple and small interventions, eg signage, that encourage people to notice nature can boost people’s wellbeing. Open access article below.
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How birdsong and plant smells can boost wellbeing
A Surrey-based study explores how environment affects emotional and psychological restoration.
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Kristian Steensen Nielsen @kristiansn89.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
🦋🌱 Most people care about #biodiversity, yet we often underestimate how concerned others are about its loss. This “pluralistic ignorance” can silence people, weaken action, and make ambitious policies seem less popular. In a new paper, we outline a research agenda to study and reduce this gap (1/2)
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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
🌏 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 It’s not that people doubt biodiversity is declining—it’s that we underestimate how many others already share this concern. In our new Perspective, we review work on pluralistic ignorance and set out a research agenda to:
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Understanding the role of pluralistic ignorance in biodiversity conservation: A research agenda
Most people believe that biodiversity loss is human-caused, yet they may not realize how many others share this belief. Such collective misperceptions…
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 05/09/2025
Climate change is the defining story of our time, and journalists everywhere need the tools to cover it with depth, accuracy, and impact. That’s why we're offering journalists a free, live, online training program designed to support them in telling stronger climate stories. Apply by Sept. 8.
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The Covering Climate Now Academy
Journalists from around the world can explore key climate topics together.
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Wilhelm Hofmann @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption. Details here: PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7... Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...
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Doctoral Researcher (m,f,x)
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 08/07/2025
Please welcome @brittwray.bsky.social to Bluesky. She studies the rise of climate distress and how to channel it for action and resilience - and is the newest addition to my starter pack of folks who study, write and speak on the intersection of mental health and the climate crisis! More here:
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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Thanks @janakoehler.bsky.social for leading this excellent work! 🪧🌎🔥 In two studies, we find that: 1️⃣ the German public misperceives what the public thinks about climate activists. 2️⃣ marchers/gluers think they are perceived more negatively/positively by the public than they actually are.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 03/06/2025
Climate journalists broke a big story during Earth Week with the launch of The 89 Percent Project: Between 80% and 89% of people around the world want their governments to do more on climate change, but, critically, this overwhelming majority doesn't realize its the majority.
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Justus Schmidt @justusschmidt.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
1/8 🧠 New study out! We analyzed data from 10,000+ people across 26 countries on trust in climate scientists — and how political ideology shapes it. Here’s what we found ⬇️ #ClimatePsychology #TrustInScience 🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
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Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment @andlingercenter.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Seeking a wide range of perspectives from stakeholders involved in, or impacted by, the clean energy transition, including project developers, labor organizations, educators, financiers, policymakers, and local community members! Learn more & join the survey here: netzerostakeholder.princeton.edu
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Stakeholder Survey on Delivering Net Zero
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Julia Reiter @juliareiter.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🎉We're back! 24 hours of Political Psychology is once again coming to Vienna - save the dates: 26 / 27 February 2026 ▶️ Abstract submission is OPEN - find the link & further information here: 24hpolpsy.univie.ac.at Very excited to co-host with @markuswagner.bsky.social and @isabellareb.bsky.social
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24 HOURS OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE 2026
24 HOURS OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE 2026
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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
People underestimate how strong support for #ClimateAction is Great piece in @theguardian.com including @envpsyvienna.bsky.social's (now Dr.) @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social 👇 #EnvironmentalPsychology www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?
Researchers find 89% of people around the world want more to be done, but mistakenly assume their peers do not
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Kim Doell @handle.invalid · 27/03/2025
🌍 We are launching a new #ManyLabs!!! Join the Heat & Cognition project! We're studying how extreme heat affects human thinking, social behavior & well-being — globally. Contribute & co-author: 🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com 📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni... #EnvironmentalPsychology
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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Join us for this year's jSchool on the psychology of decision-making 🧠🌿⚖️🗳️
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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Come join us for our Lunch & Learn webinar on Monday March 24 about delivering net zero by 2050! 🔋⚡️
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Bojana Većkalov @bojanaveckalov.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
How can we improve public attitudes towards contested science domains? In a new paper featuring 4 highly-powered experiments (3 preregistered), we show that psychological closeness (vs. distance) can help! The paper is published OA in the Journal of Social Issues: lnkd.in/dFN8_8KA
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Vienna Doctoral School CoBeNe @vdscobene.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
It's time to get ready for this year's PhD Academy on 25-26 February! Come and join for inspiriging scientific exchange. Use the this chance to come together with the whole CoBeNe community! Find the program here: shorturl.at/EUt5H
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Junior Researcher Programme @jresearcherprog.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
📢 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗥𝗣 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀! Our former JRP Supervisor, Dr. @gabrielapavarini.bsky.social, shares what made her experience so rewarding. This year, we’re looking for PhD students or postdoctoral researchers to join us in exploring the 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 at 𝗷𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.
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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
🔥🚨🛑 someone's impersonating me at sabine.pahll@bsky... (note the extra l), using my photos and everything! Please don't follow them, this is the real me on this account here. I have reported them; thanks @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social for letting me know! 😬😠☹️
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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Come join us for this year’s jSchool on the Psychology of Decision-Making as a Research Supervisor 🌿🧠❤️🏛️
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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Very excited for this year’s theme 💙
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bergquistmagnus.bsky.social @bergquistmagnus.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
How can we effectively communicate persuasive social norms? 📢 I propose a Sender-Message-Receiver (SMeR) Framework to encourage climate change mitigation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A sender-message-receiver (SMeR) framework for communicating persuasive social norms – The case of climate change mitigation behavioral change
This review delves into the nuanced boundary conditions of social norms in fostering behavior change within the realm of climate action. Current resea…
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Environmental Psychology Vienna @envpsyvienna.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Proudly presenting the "EnvPsy Vienna 2024 Wrap-Up" 🎀 We are really excited to show you our year in numbers. Thanks for following along and all the best for 2025!
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Friederike Stock @fstock.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
People in 26 countries prefer more control over their online environment

 In a conjoint study (N = 11,868), we explored preferences for regulating online environments by examining binary choices between different regulation scenarios. Preprint:https://osf.io/preprints/osf/haqu9
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International Association for People-Environment Studies @iaps-association.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
📣Conference Claxon! 📣 The next 2026 IAPS (International Association of People-Environment Studies) Conference will take place at the University of Surrey in the w/c 29 June 2026. Please save the date! @eprg-surrey.bsky.social @surreypsychology.bsky.social #EnvironmentalPsychology
IAPS Conference announcement with a picture of the Duke of Kent Building and the campus lake. Save the Date 29th IAPS Conference. Week of 29 June 2026. Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom.
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International Association for People-Environment Studies @iaps-association.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The deadline for the 2025 ICEP (International Conference on Environmental Psychology) conference in Vilnius, Lithuania is approaching fast. Don't forget to submit your abstract by the 15th of December 2024 www.icep2025.com/call-for-abs…
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CREST @crest-research.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
We've started a #BehaviouralScience list here! Feel free to suggest others interested in #Psychology #SocialScience etc 🔬🧠🔎📖 go.bsky.app/N4BPzwM
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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
This was a lot of fun 🥳 With 10 rejections (+ some additional ones I forgot to enter), I was a major contributor to making this party happen. A nice way to help reframe rejections!
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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Environmental Psychology Vienna is now here as well 👋🏼💙☁️
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Leonie Fian @leoniefian.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
New paper (& my 1st PhD paper) 📢 “I would even find it almost liberating if certain things were simply no longer allowed.” 🚫 Curious what different groups involved in the ‘farm-to-fork’ food chain think about #microplastics in the human food chain & potential solutions? 🥬🥩🧃
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Geoffrey Supran @geoffreysupran.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Another job posting from the Climate Accountability Lab at the University of Miami just dropped, this one in the psychology of climate change communication and psychological inoculation against misinformation... More info and application form here: careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
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Post Doctoral Associate - Psychology of Climate Change in Miami, Florida, United States of America | Research at University of Miami
Apply for Post Doctoral Associate - Psychology of Climate Change job with University of Miami in Miami, Florida, United States of America. Research at University of Miami
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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🚨#Jobalert! Are you interested in Adolescents' relationship to social media and digital wellbeing? We are looking for a PhD candidate for the project “Enhancing Adolescents’ Agency Over Social Media Use for Improved Digital Well-Being.” 🗓️Apply by December 1! See link below👇
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Sander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Communicating scientific agreement on climate increases perceived consensus and belief in human-caused climate change across the globe, including amongst skeptics and those with lower trust in climate science. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training @forrt.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🔍 Paid opportunity with FORRT! Join us to expand the world’s largest replication database. Supported by @cos.io, we seek researchers to input entries, validate data, and support #OpenScience - 100% remotely. 🌐 Apply now! bit.ly/fred_apply #ResearchJobs
Join the FORRT Team as a paid researcher, and help us build the world's largest Replication Database
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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
A starter pack of academics, researchers, and organisations active in #EnvironmentalPsychology (the application of psychology to environmental issues, such as climate change, and human-environment interactions. Let me know if you'd like to be added to this list (reply or dm) go.bsky.app/2yJ9TJg
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Walter Achleitner @achwalter.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
@univie.ac.at für das StarterPack der Wissenschafter:innen der #Universität #Wien noch ein paar Namen: @eve9445.bsky.social @lilinda.bsky.social @afilipovic.bsky.social @jpock.bsky.social @jonassimmerlein.bsky.social @coeckelbergh.bsky.social @thomasroithner.bsky.social go.bsky.app/UyRt4h3
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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
Last week, I was invited to speak about climate change and mental health during the ÖBB (🚂) climate awareness week. It’s been a true pleasure presenting to such an interested & engaged audience!
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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 27/08/2024
Exciting news 😊 Our new paper is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! Across 27 countries, scientific consensus on climate change reduces misperceptions and increases belief in (human-caused) climate change and worry, also among those with low trust and on the right. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A 27-country test of communicating the scientific consensus on climate change - Nature Human Behaviour
Across 27 countries, Većkalov and Geiger et al. find that scientific consensus messaging on climate change is an effective, non-polarizing tool for changing misperceptions, beliefs and worry but not s...
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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 10/01/2024
Applications to become a JRP (@jresearcherprog.bsky.social) Supervisor for 2024-2025 are now open (until Feb 4)! We welcome proposals from PhDs and postdocs in psychology on the Economy of Wellbeing, incl. planetary health.🌱🌏 ▶️ jrp.pscholars.org/getinvolved/...
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