We have 2 vacancies with deadlines in mid-August! PhD on farmers' motivations to contribute to sustainable transitions: werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/phd... Teacher/researcher for a temporary position on projects related to electric vehicle (EV) adoption: werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/tea...

3) It argues that integrating people-centred approaches can help policymakers design and deliver more effective adaptation policy that considers human wellbeing, agency, and lived experience. 🤝

2) The report demonstrates that adaptation is not only a technical challenge, but also a social one that is shaped by how climate risks are experienced, understood, and managed by different people and communities. 👥

What does language have to do with material change? During the Discourses of Sustainability Transitions interdisciplinary summer school from 17 to 21 August, our colleague PhD candidate Adrien Chanteloup will share insights from his recent research about citizen participation in energy governance

Discourses of Sustainability Transitions

Learn what the impact of discourse is on climate change, social and environmental justice. Then, work with societal stakeholders to develop powerful...

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We're hiring! We have a vacancy for a temporary teaching and research position (0.8 FTE teaching + 0.15 FTE research) on projects related to electric vehicle (EV) adoption and usage among individuals and organizations! @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social

Here's some nice summer listening among the dire climate change stories: our colleague post doc Tabea Hoffman spoke with @katiepatrick.bsky.social about how small acts shape social norms, influence what people believe is acceptable and expected & help build momentum for larger-scale climate action

When Virtue Signals Trigger Systems Change • Dr Tabea Hoffman PhD

YouTube video by Katie Patrick

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Europe wildfires: more than 300,000 flee homes and holiday accommodation as fires rage #Climate

Europe wildfires: more than 300,000 flee homes and holiday accommodation as fires rage

Fires displace people on massive scale and trigger one of the largest peacetime civilian evacuation operations ever carried out in France

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Climate change is making #heatwaves hotter and more frequent and nighttime temperatures are higher than ever, raising the risk of heat exhaustion and heatstroke. This episode of @npr.org's 1A about staying safe from heat risks explores adaptation and mitigation behavior changes:

Fighting extreme heat in 2026

How you can stay safe?

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Hoe kom je tot betekenisvolle participatie in jouw traject? Vanuit zes thema’s – context, dialoog, diversiteit, deliberatie, doorwerking, en evaluatie – maakt deze kaartenset bespreekbaar wat in jouw traject betekenisvolle participatie is.

Gesprekskaarten voor betekenisvolle participatie - Het KIN

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Are you looking for a PhD position focused on sustainable transitions, group processes and farmer identities? We're hiring! Deadline: 14 August

The Environmental Psychology Groningen research group will be well represented at ICAP in Florence this week! Linda Steg will give a keynote on the 24th, and PhD candidate Isabel Pacheco, post doc Gonzalo Palomo-Velez, and our research affiliate Nadja Contzen will present recent research findings.

Icap2026

Dear Collegues, Preparations for the 31st International Congress of Applied Psychology continue to move forward with great enthusiasm. We are delighted to share that more than 2,400 participants have…

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Hoe kunnen we doeltreffend #klimaatbeleid maken én de democratie versterken? Morgen presenteren de Raad voor het Openbaar Bestuur en de @klimaatraad.bsky.social de essaybundel ’Vuurproef voor democratie’ waar onze collega Goda Perlaviciute en Lorenzo Squintani aan hebben bijgedragen

Klimaat en democratie | Wetenschappelijke Klimaatraad

VUURPROEF VOOR DEMOCRATIE. HET KLIMAATVRAAGSTUK ALS UITDAGING VOOR DEMOCRATIE, RECHTSSTAAT EN BESTUUR Hoe kunnen democratieën de transitie naar een klimaatneutrale en klimaatbestendige samenleving in...

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Do personal values or money matter more to the environmental choices that Indian farmers make? Nadja Contzen, Max Friedrich & Linda Steg found that personal norms rooted in self-transcendence (a combination of biospheric and altruistic values) explained farmer’s intentions to use non-burning methods

Explaining crop residue management of smallholders in Punjab, India: An application of Value-Belief-Norm theory [Author Accepted Manuscript] | PsychArchives

PsychArchives is a disciplinary repository for psychological science and neighboring disciplines.

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Meet the team! Tabea Hoffmann is a postdoctoral researcher in the Netspar-led consortium investigating the role of the Dutch #pension sector in the #sustainability transition, funded by the NWO.

Meet the team! Tabea Hoffmann

Tabea Hoffmann is a postdoctoral researcher in the Netspar-led consortium investigating the role of the Dutch pension sector in the sustainability transition, funded by the NWO.

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Meet the team! Tara McGuicken is a post doc in our group, and her research is part of the interdisciplinary FlexECs project, which explores how #electricvehicles can support #energy sharing between people who live apart but are socially connected.

Meet the team! Tara McGuicken 👩

Meet the team! Tara McGuicken 👩 Tara McGuicken is a post doc, and she is doing research as part of the interdisciplinary FlexECs project, which explores how electric vehicles can support energy…

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Reminder: This afternoon our colleague Adrien Chanteloup will present his research on citizens' (dis)engagement in energy governance in France and the Netherlands during "Contested Transitions: Law for Energy Justice" by Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability!

🇫🇷 Bonjour, Strasbourg! From 30 June through 4 July, several of our team members will be sharing their scientific insights at @easp2026.bsky.social - namely Lisa Novoradovskaya, Tabea Hoffmann, Žan Mlakar, Lise Jans, Anne Eichholtzer and Ellen van der Werff

European Association of Social Psychology 2026 General Meeting

The European Association of Social Psychology 2026 General Meeting will be held in Strasbourg, France and is organised in collaboration with the ADRIPS (Association pour la Diffusion de la Recherche…

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Extreem warme dagen met een maximumtemperatuur van minstens 35 graden komen steeds vaker voor in Nederland. Ook worden ze steeds heter.

Vaker extreem warme dagen in Nederland

Extreem warme dagen met een maximumtemperatuur van minstens 35 graden komen steeds vaker voor in Nederland. Ook worden ze steeds heter. Dat is een ...

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Research recap with PhD Brian Wagner: the more employees care about the environment and think their organisation also cares more, the more they feel able to do something and believe that people at work can make a difference together, which in turn increases the likelihood they will act.

Research recap: how values and efficacy encourage employees to be environmentally friendly at work

YouTube video by Environmental Psychology Groningen

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Integrating clean technologies with energy efficiency and lower demand offers the most gains in quality of life and better public support by aligning climate actions with valued outcomes like lower bills and improved comfort. phys.org/news/2026-06...

Using less, living better: Demand-side climate action wins public support

Climate strategies are still judged largely across two dimensions: how much they cost and how many tons of CO2 they save. A new study published in Communications Sustainability argues that this narrow...

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How can psychology help create more sustainable workplaces? Sally Russell and Charlotte Kukowski will share their insights during the next “Environmental Sustainability at Work” session on Wednesday, 15 July (our colleagues Brian A. Wagner & Ellen van der Werff are part of the organising team)

Techno-optimism is appealing but risks becoming a subtle form of climate delay if it crowds out the policy conversation. Policymakers should frame policies around the economic upside of clean tech to advance regulations that cut emissions without triggering negative media discourse.

Media Portrayals of Net Zero: Stakeholders’ Perspectives and Climate Solutions Framing

As global net zero commitments sit at odds with weak climate policy response, little is known about how the media’s news coverage communicates the idea of “net zero” to diverse audiences. This stud...

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Gefeliciteerd Iris!

Stevinpremie voor Iris Sommer

Iris Sommer ontvangt de NWO Stevinpremie. Sommer is als hoogleraar psychiatrie verbonden aan UMCG en RUG.

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Strategieën om #klimaatverandering te verminderen leiden niet alleen tot minder schadelijke uitstoot, maar hebben ook positieve effecten op onze kwaliteit van leven, zoals een betere gezondheid en lagere energiekosten (uit onderzoek van @iiasa.ac.at onderzoekers en Linda Steg, o.a.) @rug.nl

Strategieën om klimaatverandering tegen te gaan verbeteren ook onze levenskwaliteit

Strategieën om klimaatverandering te verminderen - zoals duurzame energie gebruiken of energie besparen - leiden niet alleen tot minder schadelijke...

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Want to follow online? You can watch professor Perlaviciute's talk on public participation in climate and energy policy this afternoon at 16 (and other presentations from today) via this link:

Environmental Psychology Groningen@epgroningen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Next week, @rug.nl is hosting "Power to the People: Participatory Modeling for Societal Resilience", a workshop on public participation in crisis preparedness, climate policy, and stakeholder engagement. Our colleague professor Goda Perlaviciute will be speaking on this topic within energy policy:

Our colleague Silpa Kumar will help festivalgoers at @lowlands-fest.bsky.social chill this August! Lowlands always features some cool science experiments, and this year, Arctic Explorer will be testing how experiencing the polar region via VR influences how much people want to protect the region.

New paper alert! Negative emission technologies and practices (NETs) can significantly contribute to achieving climate goals, but they also pose social challenges. PhD candidate Chieh-Yu Lee, Goda Perlaviciute and Linda Steg examined European citizens’ perceptions and evaluations of NETs. 🧵

European citizens’ perceptions of responsibility, capacity, and fairness of implementing negative emission technologies and practices - npj Clean Energy

npj Clean Energy - European citizens’ perceptions of responsibility, capacity, and fairness of implementing negative emission technologies and practices

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It's forecast to hit 37C on Friday in the Netherlands. Landlords/housing associations, plus subsidies, need to make it easier to create more heat-resilient homes, starting with rental properties. That's a key recommendation from the @klimaatraad.bsky.social report on climate change & health

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.

From mobile jungles to shadow art: how Dutch people try to beat the heat

The IAPS Conference kicks off next week at @uniofsurrey.bsky.social and our group will be well represented! @thijsbouman.bsky.social, Charlie Walker Clarke, Catho Vermeulen, Adelaida Patrasc-Lungu and Nadja Contzen will share their research, and Linda Steg will be a keynote panelist.

IAPS Conference 2026

29 June - Friday 3 July 2026, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom. The theme of IAPS 2026 is Sustainability as Wellbeing: Towards healthy, green, and equitable communities.

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The environmental damages caused by the top 10% of consumers outweigh global climate + biodiversity funding gaps. A stark reminder of where impact and opportunity lie. By I. Schrijver, R. Hoekstra & @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social 🌍 @natureportfolio.nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Environmental damages of the top ten percent consumers exceed global climate and biodiversity funding gaps - Communications Sustainability

Biodiversity loss and carbon emissions dominate the damages caused by the top ten percent of consumers, with the highest bills seen in wealthier countries, according to a study monetizing this group’s...

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2mo ago

‘Mega-consumers’ of food and energy cost environment $5.7tn a year, study finds