It's not all work and no play over here in the Environmental Psychology Groningen group. Thanks so much to our colleagues who organised two fun and fulfilling days in the province of Groningen for us, from kayaking (and a swim) to vegan catering to a guided city tour and even our own "music awards".

Here to spam a bit more about this position below :)

Environmental Psychology Groningen@epgroningen.bsky.social · 4w ago

Friendly reminder: if you'd like to apply for this position in our department, be sure to apply by 2 October!

Friendly reminder: if you'd like to apply for this position in our department, be sure to apply by 2 October!

Environmental Psychology Groningen@epgroningen.bsky.social · last mo.

We're hiring a PhD candidate in Fair Climate Policy! Deadline to apply: 2 October werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/pro... (Please note: Carina Havenga de Poel & @gpalomovelez.bsky.social are the contact people, and job interviews will take place in late October) @rug-gmw.bsky.social @rug.nl

We are hiring a joint-PhD candidate with SCP to study how people perceive climate policies and more generally what’s fair climate policy. Come do research with us! — werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/pro...

Environmental Psychology Groningen@epgroningen.bsky.social · last mo.

We're hiring a PhD candidate in Fair Climate Policy! Deadline to apply: 2 October werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/pro... (Please note: Carina Havenga de Poel & @gpalomovelez.bsky.social are the contact people, and job interviews will take place in late October) @rug-gmw.bsky.social @rug.nl

Happy news: From October, I'll be joining (?) the Environmental Psychology Group at the University of Groningen as an Assistant Professor, a position from which I'll also be contributing to the Social Psychology department. Happy to stay in a great group and city.

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

Congratulations on officially joining us as an assistant professor @gpalomovelez.bsky.social! @rug-gmw.bsky.social @rug.nl

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.

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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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How important is public acceptance in industrial hydrogen projects? Through the #HySuccess project, our colleague @gpalomovelez.bsky.social contributed to a report on the tech, people, place and process factors that may shape public acceptance of such projects:

Come work with us: we're hiring a PhD on fair climate policy! The project aims to develop psychological and sociological insights into what citizens view as fair and just solutions to #climatechange and the factors and circumstances that influence these perceptions. Application deadline: 10 May

Post doc tip: HySuccess, a project studying the role of #hydrogen in a sustainable energy system, is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher at @unileiden.bsky.social to study the labour market effects and political economy of the green transition.

Broadly defined #environmentalism may be one way in which prosocial tendencies (acting for the benefit of others) are expressed, extending the circle of “others” beyond humans. Congrats @gpalomovelez.bsky.social on his latest co-authored paper (formatted version coming soon)!

Frontiers | Prosociality Predicts Connectedness with Nature and Soil

Prosocial propensity refers to an individual's general inclination to act for the benefit of others. Notably, psychological research has often defined "other...

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Our colleagues @gpalomovelez.bsky.social, Linda Steg & Goda Perlaviciute will present their work on fairness & trust perceptions of #hydrogen import policies during a (hybrid) workshop on 30 April hosted by the University of Portsmouth! Interested? Sign up here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Meet the people behind the science! Today, our colleague post doc Gonzalo Palomo is in the spotlight! He's studying public perceptions and acceptability of energy projects and policies, and what motivates people to engage in sustainable consumption. @gpalomovelez.bsky.social @rug-gmw.bsky.social

Meet the group! Post doc Gonzalo Palomo

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Our ( not-so-recent-anymore) article on suspicion, trust, and acceptability of hydrogen production got featured in the news section of GroenvermogenNL. Glad to see that it was interesting to audiences beyond social science. @epgroningen.bsky.social groenvermogennl.org/en/nieuws/be...

Better green than blue: social acceptance of hydrogen depends on sustainability - GroenvermogenNL

Hét investeringsprogramma voor groene waterstof in Nederland’.

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📣Convocatoria para puesto de investigación postdoctoral: #Cambioclimático y #arte 🎨 | Call for Applications for Postdoctoral Research Position: Climate Change and Art 👉 Revisa los criterios de evaluación y las condiciones del empleo en bit.ly/empleopostdoc #Empleo #CR2

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"Building public trust in #hydrogen is not only about the energy carrier itself, but also about who is producing it and why" - our colleague @gpalomovelez.bsky.social spoke about his recent paper on reputation management and hydrogen, in a nice interview with the Wubbo Ockels School at @rug.nl

It’s not just about the fuel: it also matters who produces hydrogen

Hydrogen is increasingly promoted as a clean energy carrier that could help replace fossil fuels in key sectors. Yet its success depends not only on...

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📘 We have a new book chapter out, where we reflect on the quantitative–qualitative binarism in methods commonly used in environmental psychology — and the onto-epistemic consequences of what often appears to be just a “technical coexistence.” 🔍

Thanks @rug.nl for highlighting @gpalomovelez.bsky.social's recent paper on acceptability of and trust in hydrogen producers! In short: it depends on whether the hydrogen is green or blue, and whether the producers have a sustainable track record www.rug.nl/gmw/news/250...

Publiek kiest voor groene waterstof, vertrouwen in producenten telt mee

Het publiek accepteert vooral groene waterstof, opgewekt uit volledig hernieuwbare energie, terwijl blauwe waterstof, deels geproduceerd uit fossiele...

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✒️Autores: Rodolfo Sapiains y Gabriela Azócar, #investigadoresCR2 y académicos de la Fac. de Cs. Sociales, @uchile.bsky.social; @gpalomovelez.bsky.social, #investigadorCR2 y postdoctoral de la U. de Groningen; y Roberto Rondanelli, #investigadorCR2 y académico del Depto. de Geofísica, #UCHILE

Análisis CR2 | Ciencia climática y ecoansiedad: Una mirada a la comunidad académica chilena | Centro de Ciencia del Clima y la Resiliencia - CR2

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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Our colleague postdoc @gpalomovelez.bsky.social is a co-author on another new paper out this week, about the role of competence and integrity when it comes to trust of #sustainable food policy in #Chile and #Germany:

Do you trust your policymakers? Effects of competence- and integrity-based trust on perceptions of sustainable food policies in Chile and Germany

In the global quest for containment of the climate crisis, government incentives and measures play an important role to promote consumers’ preferences…

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New paper out! How does trust in institutions shape public views on sustainable food policies? And do these dynamics look the same across cultural contexts? 🌍

🚨We have a new publication out with Goda Perlaviciute, Nadja Contzen, Linda Steg in which we examined how key feaures of hydrogen production impact its public accetability and the extent people trust in the actors behind such production.

Now this article exploring climate change anxiety among climate-related researchers is finally published: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy... @cr2uchile.bsky.social @epgroningen.bsky.social

Gonzalo Palomo Vélez@gpalomovelez.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy to share that our exploratory study on climate change anxiety among Chilean climate-related scientists has been accepted for publication! More details once the article is formatted and online: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

🧠Policy brief | "El impacto del #cambioclimático y otros fenómenos globales en la #saludmental". Conoce cómo el #cambioclimático, las #movilidades y la #pandemia COVID-19 han impactado. 👉 shorturl.at/7CzcN ✒Autores: @gpalomovelez.bsky.social, Hanne Wiegel; Rodolfo Sapiains, y Gabriela Azócar.

Happy to share that our exploratory study on climate change anxiety among Chilean climate-related scientists has been accepted for publication! More details once the article is formatted and online: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Frontiers | Climate change anxiety in the scientific community: An exploratory study with Chilean Climate Change-related scholars

Background: Eco-anxiety or climate change anxiety can be defined as a chronic fear ofenvironmental doom, that for some people might trigger clinical psycholo...

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📢 We have a new chapter out with Hanne Wiegel, Rodolfo Sapiains, and Gabriela Azócar, on the psychological implications of climate change, climate-related mobilities, and COVID-19! 🌎

Contento de presentar parte de nuestro trabajo sobre las bases evolucionistas del comportamiento con impacto ambiental en la charla inaugural del año académico de la Escuela de Psi. de la U. del Bío-Bío. Gracias a José Sandoval y autoridades de la U por la amable invitación. @cr2uchile.bsky.social

A few years ago, I contributed the Chilean sample to a cross-cultural study on the evolutionary roots of preferences for dominant leadership. Congrats to corresponding authors Lasse Laustsen and Mark van Vugt, and to the whole team! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Cross-cultural evidence that intergroup conflict heightens preferences for dominant leaders: A 25-country study

Across societies and across history, seemingly dominant, authoritarian leaders have emerged frequently, often rising to power based on widespread popu…

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Next week I’ll be sharing some of our work on public acceptability of hydrogen in a webinar organized in the context of the GreenPaths project. Thanks for the invitation! ✍🏻 Register here: lnkd.in/dNpkPSjt 📌 More info: lnkd.in/dKMi_U9r

In this article for @uk.theconversation.com, CAST affiliate @steveclimate.bsky.social explores the climate controversy sparked by Katy Perry’s celebrity space flight. "Celebrities have a positive role to play in leading by example. It’s not rocket science." Read the article 👇

Why Katy Perry’s celebrity spaceflight blazed a trail for climate breakdown

Katy Perry and friends were savaged after their journey into space. The backlash is justified.

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