Our guest this episode is post doc Anne van Valkengoed, and the topic this week is climate adaptation, mitigation and anxiety.

Are adaptation and mitigation mutually exclusive? Does climate anxiety play a role in how willing – or able – people are to pursue adaption measures? Can environmental psychology help overcome resistance to adaptation?

Listen to the episode now and find out! You can also watch the full video version of the podcast on the Environmental Psychology Groningen YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@environmentalpsychologygro17/videos

Music credits: Creative Minds by Ben Sound

Hosted and researched by Traci White

Audio and video production by Kuo-Hao Li

The Environmental Psychology Groningen podcast is your introduction course to the inspiring and wide-ranging field of environmental psychology. Each episode will feature a conversation with one of the researchers from our group at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences at the University of Groningen about what they are working on and how it plays a role in pro-environmental behaviour.

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Our guest this episode is post doc Žan Mlakar, and the topic this week is social tipping points.

What initiates widespread social change? How does social change evolve over time? Why is it hard to discuss sustainability?

Listen to the episode now and find out! You can also watch the full video version of the podcast on the Environmental Psychology Groningen YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@environmentalpsychologygro17/videos

Music credits: Creative Minds by Ben Sound

Hosted and researched by Traci White

Audio and video production by Kuo-Hao Li

The Environmental Psychology Groningen podcast is your introduction course to the inspiring and wide-ranging field of environmental psychology. Each episode will feature a conversation with one of the researchers from our group at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences at the University of Groningen about what they are working on and how it plays a role in pro-environmental behaviour.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this episode is associate professor Goda Perlaviciute, and the topic this week is why public participation and acceptance matters so much in the context of climate change.

What are citizen assemblies? How can public involvement in energy decision making better reflect the general population? Is it possible to overcome NIMBYism (not in my backyard) with green energy projects?

Listen to the episode now and find out! You can also watch the full video version of the podcast on the Environmental Psychology Groningen YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@environmentalpsychologygro17/videos

Music credits: Creative Minds by Ben Sound

Hosted and researched by Traci White

Audio and video production by Kuo-Hao Li

The Environmental Psychology Groningen podcast is your introduction course to the inspiring and wide-ranging field of environmental psychology. Each episode will feature a conversation with one of the researchers from our group at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences at the University of Groningen about what they are working on and how it plays a role in pro-environmental behaviour.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.