This is what I imagine people think I do when I tell them I’m studying to become an environmental psychologist…

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

Over the past few years, particularly since 2017's worldwide March for Science, many scientists advocate for science and in particular for climate and environmental issues. This has generated a lot of research which we reviewed in our @plosclimate.org paper. Details below #Science #Climate #Activism

Dr Samuel Finnerty@samuelfinnerty.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Should scientists advocate for climate action? Our new review @plosclimate.org finds there is no single answer. The effects of scientist advocacy depend heavily on context, including who is speaking, what they are advocating for, and who is listening. Open access: journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

What would the Sydney Opera House look like illuminated with Sydney’s warming stripes? This image may not be real, but the data behind it is: www.ShowYourStripes.info #ShowYourStripes

Should scientists advocate for climate action? Our new review @plosclimate.org finds there is no single answer. The effects of scientist advocacy depend heavily on context, including who is speaking, what they are advocating for, and who is listening. Open access: journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

1/ Excited to share our new paper in the Journal of Environmental Psychology examining how trust in science and different forms of worry relate to pro-environmental behavior and support for climate mitigation policies. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.je...

More than 7 in 10 people across #Singapore, #Malaysia and #Indonesia believe banks should not finance companies that worsen #climate change, a new @yougov.co.uk and Market Forces survey finds – the first of its kind conducted in multiple countries across the region. 1/5 🧵

Sign the @30by30au.bsky.social petition calling on Treasurer @jimchalmers.bsky.social to invest AT LEAST 1% of Australia's budget in nature: 30by30.org.au/1-for-nature/

After quite a bit of uncertainty about whether it would actually happen—largely due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East making travel difficult—I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be presenting (remotely) at the AFPP 2026 conference in Manchester next month.

Pleased to share a new paper led by Sam Pearson and co-authored by myself and others, now published in Scientific Reports. We tested whether people can be persuaded out of misinformation about wind farms through short conversations with generative AI: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Free “I 💚 Nature” stickers are up for grabs from @30by30au.bsky.social: 30by30.org.au/get-your-sti... Stick them on your laptop, water bottle, or anywhere else to say: “Yes, I care about the environment…and yes, I also like free things.”

Oh look Bill the 2x #eptein islander on the wrong side of history AGAIN! “BillGates, who claims to want to protect the living planet, has given $3.5m to a junktank run by Bjorn Lomborg, who has built his career…helping to downplay the need for #climate action” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot

Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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INTRODUCING OUR FIRST RESEARCH NETWORK ✨ The Collective Action Network Led by Maja Kutlaca, Özden Melis Uluğ, and Helena Radke Read more about the Network below or via the dedicated page on our website: www.isjr.org/can #justice #collectiveaction #research #researchnetwork #ISJR #CAN

A 3-wave study of 1427 climate-action supporters tests predictors of conventional versus radical climate activism. Radical intentions were rare and linked most strongly to youth, personality and collective victimhood rather than ideology or efficacy. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Support for moderate climate activists' benefits from the rise of radicals as moderates are perceived reasonable in comparison — but only when they clearly distance themselves. These 'radical flank effects' are attenuated if moderates endorse radicals. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Environmental scientists’ activism – especially civil disobedience – leads to modest declines in their perceived competence and a subtle withdrawal from the scientists’ cause. @lukasthuermer.bsky.social @jeremiasbraid.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...

MEDIA RELEASE: New analysis reveals Australian oil and gas company, Santos, is contributing to nearly quadrupled gas prices on the East Coast of the country by prioritising the sale of its fossil fuels overseas, adding to cost of living pressures. www.marketforces.org.au/new-analysis...

New analysis: Santos contributes to quadrupled gas prices for Australians - Market Forces

Wednesday 8 April: New Market Forces analysis reveals Australia’s second biggest oil and gas company, Santos, is contributing to nearly quadrupled gas prices on the East Coast of the country by priori...

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Do some climate protests backfire because they’re disruptive, or because they target the “wrong” people? A preprint of my latest project has just been uploaded to PsyArXiv: 📄 doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Excited to share a new paper lead by Matthew Hornsey and co-authored by @winnifredlouis.bsky.social, myself, and others. Now published in @commspsychol.nature.com. 📄 Read the open access article here: doi.org/10.1038/s442...

The New South Wales Government has announced it will no longer allow new greenfield #coal mines - though it will allow expansions. It's time for all banks and super funds to end support for new coal! #nswpol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

So… how fast can we electrify everything? #energy #renewables #batteries #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Australia facing 'crunch time' as oil shortages begin to hit Asian suppliers

Australia is yet to directly feel the impact of supply shortages caused by the Iran war. But that's set to change in the coming weeks, with oil supply shortages now hitting the country's fuel supplier...

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I recently had the opportunity to complete my very first peer review for the Journal of Environmental Psychology. Peer review is one of the ways our field collectively improves the quality of research. Grateful for the opportunity to contribute—however modestly—to that process.

And the award for fracking and f**king our future goes to… #APA GROUP! #UASolutionsSummit Spoiler alert: making #climate change worse is not a solution for Australia’s future. 🙃 #auspol

Pleased to share a new paper led by Matthew Hornsey and co-authored with Aimee Smith, Samuel Pearson, Christian Bretter, and myself, now published in Current Opinion in Psychology. In this review, we synthesise emerging evidence on how conversational AI tools like ChatGPT can be used to reduce...

I’m thrilled to share that our paper “Effort and time costs influence motivational asymmetries in self-benefitting vs. pro-environmental decisions” is now published in Communications Psychology! 🌿 OA link: www.nature.com/articles/s44... 1/6

Effort and time costs influence motivational asymmetries in self-benefitting vs pro-environmental decisions - Communications Psychology

People are less willing to incur time and effort costs for the environment than for themselves, with computational modeling revealing nonlinear discounting of time and effort linked to support for cos...

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Happening next Monday! Remember to register to go beyond the conceptual binaries of protests as normative vs non-normative, conventional vs radical and to dig in why and how individuals shift protest tactics with Mete Sefa presenting, Yasemin & Carmen acting as reviewers. tinyurl.com/disruptive-p...

Resistance Psychology Network@psychresist.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The next session of Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, November 10: We do a peer review as conversation with @metesefauysal.bsky.social on confrontational-disruptive protests, @yasemingacar.bsky.social and Carmen Marazzi as discusants To register: tinyurl.com/disruptive-p...

Our new book [Psych of System Change & Resistance to Change] is out! Woot! @winnifredlouis.bsky.social @susilowibisono.bsky.social Kiara Minto & Gi Chonu doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Save the date! Next September we work on integrating social psychology and prefigurative politics, in a beautiful location :) @fmsmallfield.bsky.social @metesefauysal.bsky.social @daclarkecruz.bsky.social @eddieclarke.bsky.social @helenlandmann.bsky.social

CfP for the workshop ""From Harm to Hope: Slow Violence, Collective Memory and Everyday Resistance" (submission deadline: 5 November) The workshop will take place on March 25–26, 2026 at the Institute of Culture and Memory Studies, ZRC SAZU, in Ljubljana, Slovenia. ikss.zrc-sazu.si/sites/defaul...

The 1st session of this year's Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, October 13: We start with an interactive workshop to diversify our methodological toolbox to better investigate forms of resistance and repression in different contexts. To register: tinyurl.com/resistancere...