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Wouter Poortinga

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Professor of #EnvironmentalPsychology @WSofArchi, @PsychCardiffUni, and @cast-centre.bsky.social Ffrîsiad a fabwysiadwyd gan Gymru Interest in Public engagement with climate change, Sustainable lifestyles & behaviour, and Environment & health .. more

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International Association for People-Environment Studies @iaps-association.bsky.social · 1d

📢 Call for Abstracts: 2026 Sustainability Psychology Preconference, Feb 26, 2026, Chicago, IL.

This year’s theme: "Integrating Science, Community, and Policy for Sustainable Change."

🗓️ Deadline: Oct 23, 2025
Submit here ➡️ spsp.org/events/annua...

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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 2d

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 2d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 4d

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International Association for People-Environment Studies @iaps-association.bsky.social · 4d

How can ecosystems contribute to both physical and mental health? Join leading experts exploring how ecosystems sustain human well-being.

📅 27 November 2025 (in person)
📍 SustainaLab, University of Amsterdam

More information: www.nern.nl/CT-2025

Current Themes in Ecology 2025 – Increasing Human Health: Nature as Solution | NERN

♦ 28th edition Current Themes in Ecology ♦ Increasing Human Health: Nature as Solution 27 November 2025 SustainaLab, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Scope One of the rising challenges in our societ...

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 5d

And when those new coercive powers are introduced, then what follows will prompt another round of more coercive powers for the state, and then another, and then another.

The UK is trapped in an illiberal spiral.

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 5d

The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.

Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.

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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 7d

A new #data summary explores climate change beliefs, levels of concern, willingness to act, and support for #climate policies.

The latest report published by the Infra4NextGen project, funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social 🇪🇺, includes analysis of data from major cross-national surveys.

European attitudes to climate change and the environment | Infra4NextGen

A data summary on the Make it Green theme published today (Thursday 2 October) explores climate change beliefs, levels of concern, willingness to act, and support for climate policies.

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 8d

The results provide evidence for policymakers, researchers, and civil society to better understand how to strengthen support for climate action across Europe.

You can find the report here 👉 infra4nextgen.com/resources/da...

(direct link: infra4nextgen.com/wp-content/u...)

Data Summaries | Infra4NextGen

The Digital Divide across Europe Online data summary Download The Health and Well Being of People in Europe Online data summary Download European Attitudes to Climate Change and the Environment Onli...

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 8d

New findings on young Europeans:
🌡️ Awareness is high, but concern/willingness to act vary by gender, education & country.
🎓 Higher education=stronger activism.
💶 Willingness to pay has declined.
🌍 North/West more active than South/East.
🔬 Trust in science strong, but “tech fixes” aren't enough (3/)

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 8d

The report looks at how Europeans (in particular young ones) engage with climate change and environmental sustainability within the EU’s Make it Green theme of the NextGenerationEU framework. (2/)

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 8d

As part of our Infra4NextGen project, @ess-survey.bsky.social has just released a new data summary that brings together insights from the European Social Survey, European Values Study, and the International Social Survey Programme...

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IAPS 2026 Conference @iaps2026.bsky.social · 8d

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October is here! Time to start thinking about your conference plans for 2026?

In a couple of weeks we’ll be launching our Call for Submissions. Stay tuned to our website: www.surrey.ac.uk/iaps2026

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@iaps-association.bsky.social | @eprg-surrey.bsky.social | @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social

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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International Association for People-Environment Studies @iaps-association.bsky.social · 10d

The 6th Annual Campus Nature Rx Symposium is happening Nov 7, 2025 @12-4:30pm ET. Discussions and presentations will explore innovative approaches to teaching, research, and outreach that nurture student well-being and learning through nature engagement. Register here 👉 cwm.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 10d

Register to attend a workshop on analysing our #trust data taking place from 9am-12pm (CET) on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 October.

Samo Uhan and Živa Broder (University of Ljubljana 🇸🇮) will explore personal and institutional trust through theoretical insights and SPSS data analysis.

Workshop: Exploring social trust: Analysing cross-country and generational trends | Infra4NextGen

Participants will analyse trust levels across different countries and age groups, with a particular focus on young people.

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International Association for People-Environment Studies @iaps-association.bsky.social · 13d

🌍 Exciting news — @iapsren.bsky.social
are now also on LinkedIn!

The @iaps-association.bsky.social Restorative Environments Network fosters networks and collaboration in the field of restorative environments.

Follow iapsREN for news, events & publications:

🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/iaps...

iapsREN | LinkedIn

iapsREN | 4 followers on LinkedIn. Our community fosters networks and collaboration in the field of restorative environments. Within our community you will find environmental psychologists, landscape ...

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International Association for People-Environment Studies @iaps-association.bsky.social · 17d

Please share with colleagues who may be interested, and for updates, join the mailing list (www.icrag-centre.org/restore/sign...) or the ReSToRE International summer
LinkedIn Group (www.linkedin.com/groups/92124...). (2/2)

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International Association for People-Environment Studies @iaps-association.bsky.social · 17d

📢 Applications are now open for the 4th ReSToRE (Researching Social Theories, Resources and Environment) Summer School. (📍29/06 - 03/07 2026 | UCD, Dublin)

🗓️ Application deadline: 1 December 2025

🔗 More information and application details: www.icrag-centre.org/restore/ (1/2)

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 22d

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 24d

Undertaxing large and dangerous cars, such as so-called SUVs, exposes the public to harm and loses the Government around £2 billion in tax, says transport consultant @transportenvironment.org
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows

Thinktank says an ‘SUV loophole’ means UK buyers pay up to 20 times less tax on biggest models than in neighbouring nations

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26d

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

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Alex Morss 🦇🏴‍☠️♾️ @alexmorss.bsky.social · Sep 8

#Banksy has just paid a visit to the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · Sep 8

The study highlights the value of social media analysis for understanding public opinion at scale. With the right tools (and the right platform! #cough#), it is possible to capture dynamics of public discourse... (6/6)

Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · Sep 8

The bigger picture is that public opinion is dynamic and event-driven. Monitoring online sentiment could help planners + policymakers anticipate backlash, identify sticking points, and strengthen support. (5/)

Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · Sep 8

So the tweets were not about active travel in itself, but mostly about poor or unsafe design and lack of consultation/opaque processes (4/)

Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · Sep 8

What we found:

✅ Most tweets were positive
⚠️ Spike in negative reactions in summer 2020, after the Fund was announced (even then positive tweets outnumbered negative ones)
🚲 Debate clustered around design, road-user behaviour & decision-making.
🌍 Climate & health benefits were rarely mentioned (3/)

Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · Sep 8

We analysed 36,696 UK tweets about #CycleLanes and #LowTrafficNeighbourhoods (#LTNs) from Mar 2018–Jun 2022, using Sentiment Analysis and Structural Topic Modelling to see how opinion shifted before and after the Fund (2/)

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · Sep 8

Do you remember Twitter/X before it went off the rails?
Not too long ago it was a useful digital town square for public debate. We used it to track public opinion when the UK Emergency Active Travel Fund was introduced in May 2020

🔓Open access article can be found here👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.tb... (1/)

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