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Annayah M.B. Prosser @annayahprosser.bsky.social · Mar 13

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I've been on a Scottish Open Qualitative Research tour this week! 💪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💡 It was a pleasure to visit the University of Strathclyde and Heriott-Watt University yesterday to run a seminar and workshop session on Openness and Transparency in Qualitative Research!

A slide that reads: "Building a reflexive qualitative approach to open research". Dr. Annayah Prosser

A slide that reads "what does openness and transparency in research mean to you?"

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Dr Steve Westlake @steveclimate.bsky.social · Feb 26

Great to see the Climate Change Committee (CCC) calling for public figures to “lead by example” on climate change, citing our research.

CCC says leading by example increases public buy-in and behaviour change @thecccuk.bsky.social

🚨So, we've made this new infographic showing how it works...
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Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social · Feb 25

What is the importance of qualitative methods for studying sustainability? 📝

The brilliant @annayahprosser.bsky.social will be addressing this in her seminar tomorrow for anyone interested 🌏

📍10 West 1.10 at the University of Bath or tinyurl.com/3xuax44s

⏰ 12:15pm 26th Feb 2025

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Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social · Feb 3

So excited to welcome @heidizamzow.bsky.social for our next seminar tomorrow!🍴

Heidi will be presenting on “Framing Change: Behavioural Insights to Facilitate the Transition to More Sustainable Dietary Norms” 📝

⏰ Tuesday 4th Feb at 13:00 pm
📍University of Bath 10E 3.58
[Online] shorturl.at/vX3Ct

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Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social · Jan 14

This is today at 13:00 for any last minute joiners ⏰

Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social · Jan 7

When and why do households change car ownership state? 🚗🤔

Join our next talk by Dr Ben Clark from
@uwebristolofficial.bsky.social Centre for Transport and Society who will be answering this question using evidence from two studies 📝

⏰ Tuesday 14th Jan 13:00 pm
📍 shorturl.at/Qmfe7

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Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social · Jan 7

When and why do households change car ownership state? 🚗🤔

Join our next talk by Dr Ben Clark from
@uwebristolofficial.bsky.social Centre for Transport and Society who will be answering this question using evidence from two studies 📝

⏰ Tuesday 14th Jan 13:00 pm
📍 shorturl.at/Qmfe7

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Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social · Jan 6

So excited to share this! 🥳

Thank you very much to @uniofbath.bsky.social

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Jesse Wise @jessewise.bsky.social · Jan 6

Good news today 🤩 Our @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social 2025 research project has just been awarded an Engage Grant from @uniofbath.bsky.social Public Enagement team! Thanks very much for funding a project that will give young people a say in the future of transport
blogs.bath.ac.uk/publicengage...

Funding success for researchers in the Engage and Involve Grants | Public Engagement Unit

blogs.bath.ac.uk

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Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social · Dec 17

"A substantial proportion of the articles provides little information about the risks and solutions of climate change..."

Great paper on how climate activists are portrayed in the media in Germany 🇩🇪

Fabian Dablander @fdabl.bsky.social · Dec 17

How are climate activist groups @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social
and @letztegeneration.bsky.social portrayed in the media?

We used ChatGPT and frequency analysis on all news articles in major German newspapers to answer this question. @jmbh.bsky.social

Updated preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social · Dec 16

"Not everyone needs to change their lifestyle to the same extent.

Those with the largest carbon footprints – typically the wealthiest people – need to make the most significant changes."

Brilliant piece here by @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social and @samhampton.bsky.social

Keir Starmer says the UK can decarbonise without disruption – that’s neither true nor helpful

It’s the government’s job to make it easier and cheaper for people to change their lives.

theconversation.com

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Environmental Psychology Groningen @epgroningen.bsky.social · Dec 16

📗 2024 in review 📗

Our group has published 17 articles in 2024, with insights ranging from:

📗 acceptance of technology
📗 #climateanxiety
📗 #climatechange as a voting issue
📗 social tipping
📗 #citizenassemblies
📗 community energy initiatives (CEIs)
📗 #publictrust

epgroningen.nl/2024-in-revi...

2024 in review: check out our scientific publications - Environment Psychology Groningen

The researchers have contributed to 17 scientific journal publications over the course of 2024, with insights on many facets of environmental behavior, ranging from acceptance of technology, climate a...

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Jesse Wise @jessewise.bsky.social · Dec 10

Love the intervention class descriptions. In other fields (I'm thinking about #travelDemandManagement) the definitions are not sufficiently nuanced and there is just too much overlap. Thanks 👍🏼

Kristian Steensen Nielsen @kristiansn89.bsky.social · Dec 10

So, what are other behavior change interventions?

A few years ago, we published a simple catalog of interventions inspired by behavioral science research.

The catalog distinguishes between individual and population levels and the mechanisms through which behavior is influenced. 📚

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Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social · Nov 28

In case you missed it, here is some excellent research published recently by some of our #EnTS members, Yu Shuang Gan, Sylvia Hayes + @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social 📝

How do people respond to different climate protest images? 🌏

Images with intergenerational justice framings may foster support 📈

The Greta Effect: Is there more public support for climate protesters who are young and female?

Media portrayals of climate protesters have predominantly painted climate protesters as deviant and antisocial under the protest paradigm, leading to …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Jamie Males @jamiemales.bsky.social · Nov 27

New PLOS Climate publication:

Research by Klöckner and colleagues identifies a large potential for increased engagement with climate action if supported by social norms in local communities

journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

Climate actions on the neighbourhood level—Individual, collective, cultural, and socio-structural factors

This paper takes a multi-perspective approach to understand drivers and barriers of climate action on the neighbourhood level. We start with the assumption that climate actions on the level of citizen...

journals.plos.org

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Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social · Nov 26

Seminar alert 📣

Really looking forward to our #EnTS seminar today!

Fernanda Reintgen Kamphuisen will be telling us all about the factors leading people to adopt EVs 🔌🚗

Join using the link below 👇

#behaviouralscience #environmentalpsychology #electricvehicles #climateaction

Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social · Nov 25

📣 We're welcoming Fernanda Reintgen Kamphuisen from @epgroningen.bsky.social to #EnTS tomorrow!

📌 shorturl.at/3Xgg6
⏰1300-1400 26/11/24
🚗The Adoption of Electric Vehicles: Can Dynamic Norms Explain How Small Scale Change Leads to Large Scale Change?

Here's Fernanda discussing social norms 🔌🚖

🎧 Social norms (Fernanda Reintgen Kamphuisen) | Environmental Psychology Groningen Podcast

YouTube video by Environmental Psychology Groningen

youtu.be

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Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social · Nov 25

📣 We're welcoming Fernanda Reintgen Kamphuisen from @epgroningen.bsky.social to #EnTS tomorrow!

📌 shorturl.at/3Xgg6
⏰1300-1400 26/11/24
🚗The Adoption of Electric Vehicles: Can Dynamic Norms Explain How Small Scale Change Leads to Large Scale Change?

Here's Fernanda discussing social norms 🔌🚖

🎧 Social norms (Fernanda Reintgen Kamphuisen) | Environmental Psychology Groningen Podcast

YouTube video by Environmental Psychology Groningen

youtu.be

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · Nov 22

New study on public acceptance of wind farms www.nature.com/articles/s41... Conspiracist worldviews seem better to predict rejection of windfarms than pro-environmental worldviews predict support for them!

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · Nov 5

New research: #meat consumption is falling in the UK and reduced portion sizes and fewer meat-eating days are the main drivers

#ClimateCrisis
www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Smaller meat portions contribute the most to reducing meat consumption in the United Kingdom - Nature Food

Strategies to change meat consumption patterns remain poorly understood. Using decomposition analysis, this study shows that the decline in UK meat consumption is driven by the consumption of smaller ...

www.nature.com

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Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social · Nov 21

Thank you 🙏

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Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social · Nov 21

Thank you!

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Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social · Nov 21

📣 Fantastic new research here from #EnTS members @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social and @samhampton.bsky.social

#BehaviourChange #EnvironmentalPsychology #ClimateAction

Sam Hampton @samhampton.bsky.social · Nov 11

New article alert! 📢

Are radical lifestyle changes necessary for mitigating climate change? (Spoiler: yes!)
w/ Lorraine Whitmarsh

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#ClimateAction #BehaviourChange @cast-centre.bsky.social

Are radical changes to lifestyles necessary for mitigating climate change? - Lorraine Whitmarsh, Sam Hampton, 2024

Many policy-makers and commentators propose that technological change alone will solve climate change. In this commentary, we argue that this techno-optimism is...

journals.sagepub.com

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Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social · Nov 21

Thanks for this! We'd love to join - we're the Environment, Transport and Sustainability Research Group at the Uni of Bath.

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Jesse Wise @jessewise.bsky.social · Nov 19

Next Tuesday, we host Fernanda Reintgen Kamphuisen from @epgroningen.bsky.social at #EnTS 🚗 Fernanda will be presenting her work on the adoption of electric vehicles 🔋
📌University of Bath
⏰1300-1400, 26/11/24
📣Can dynamic norms explain how small scale changes lead to large scale change?
Can't wait!

Environmental Psychology Groningen @epgroningen.bsky.social · Nov 11

🎧 New podcast episode: Fernanda Reintgen Kamphuisen on social norms

🎧 What precedes certain actions (like buying an #EV) being widely adopted?
🎧 When is green behavior widely accepted?

Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5akC...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSl_...

How do social norms form?

Environmental Psychology Groningen Podcast · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group @entsresearchgroup.bsky.social · Nov 21

This looks great! Could we be added too please. We're the Environment, Transport and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group at the University of Bath 😀

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