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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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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

Writing the post with Carya was one of the most enjoyable things I did this year for work. We had a lot of fun and hope you enjoy reading it just as much. 🔗 spsp.org/news/charact... (blog) & journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... (study) #sustainability #psychology #BehavioralScience #BehaviorChange

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What Most People Get Wrong About Climate Change | SPSP

It’s not the science people doubt—it’s each other.

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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

💡Why? A single message isn’t enough. People need to hear it from many others—like you. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬: 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. One that can be louder, more visible, and more connected. And that shift, from silence to solidarity, is exactly what the climate movement needs right now.

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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

🌱 To test whether breaking this illusion can spark #action, we told half of our participants that 71–88% of their fellow citizens believe climate change is real and humans are responsible. Hearing this didn’t immediately make people more willing to change their lifestyle or support climate action.

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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

🌏 Everywhere we looked, the same pattern emerged: a collective illusion where climate believers think they’re swimming against the tide when in fact they’re riding the wave. The real misunderstanding isn’t about the facts or hard science—it’s the belief that people are divided on the issue.

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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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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

🌱 Our hope: By making biodiversity conservation efforts more visible, we can shift norms and inspire both individual and systemic action to protect and restore biodiversity worldwide.

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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

1️⃣ Identify where and among whom these misperceptions arise 2️⃣ Understand how they affect conservation action and policy, with case studies from Brazil to Japan 3️⃣ Test interventions that make shared agreement visible and reduce misperceptions

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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

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Kim Doell @kimdoell.bsky.social · 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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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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Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Congrats!! Can’t wait to read it 🥳

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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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