Read the full article here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 9/9

Our findings suggest ways to increase support for interventions by aligning them with the lenses of need, community, and doubt. Respondents rarely supported interventions unconditionally, but expressed conditional support to interventions matching their perspectives. 8/9

Our study finds that respondents engaged most with sustainability issues directly relevant to their lives or community. The perspectives of those without tertiary education cannot be simply labeled as opposition or disengagement; their views are more nuanced and multifaceted. 7/9

The third lens—lens of doubt—centered on doubts about the feasibility of initiatives and the information provided. Respondents questioned the consistency and sincerity of many actors, leading to disengagement or calls for gradual approaches, innovation, or transparency. 6/9

The second lens—lens of community—was used to evaluate how sustainability aligns with the local community. Respondents favored initiatives shaped by community actors and trusted local institutions like municipalities to play a leading role. 5/9

We identified three recurring "lenses" through which respondents viewed sustainability. The first—the lens of need—was used to express a need for sustainability when it improved finances, health, or comfort. If this was not the case, indifference or opposition often followed. 4/9

We conducted 14 in-depth focus groups with 57 mainly non-tertiary educated individuals and discussed a range of sustainability issues (e.g., renewable energy, pollution) and (local) interventions (e.g., wind turbines, gardens). 3/9

Social groups engage with sustainability in different ways. Notably, also people without tertiary education engage in sustainable behavior, such as recycling or reducing energy use—despite their skepticism about climate change. 2/9

How do people view environmental sustainability—and what does this mean for public support for interventions?

Joost Oude Groeniger, @willemdekoster.bsky.social, Jeroen van der Waal, and I explore this in our new article in Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy. 1/9

Voor Mens & Maatschappij schreef ik een korte samenvatting van mijn proefschrift, waarin ik onderzoek hoe we de opleidingskloof in politieke onvrede kunnen begrijpen. 👇
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Hoe bereik je als onderzoeker ‘moeilijk bereikbare groepen'? En wat maakt een groep eigenlijk 'moeilijk bereikbaar'?

Samen met Vivian Visser sprak ik hierover met Britt Boeddha van het Erasmus Initiative Vital Cities and Citizens. 👇
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Ook sprak ik vorige week bij Pointer op NPO Radio 1 over de oververtegenwoordiging van theoretisch geschoolden in de Tweede Kamer: past dit bij een representatieve democratie? 👇

In @trouw.bsky.social sprak ik over hoe we de opleidingskloof in allerlei standpunten kunnen begrijpen 👇

In de nieuwe masteropleiding Polarisatie, Democratie en Samenleving aan de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam staat deze vraag, samen met veel andere prikkelende vragen, centraal.

The awarded article can be found here (open access) ⤵️ 4/4

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In the article, we propose and test a novel explanation for why less-educated citizens have more political discontent than their more-educated counterparts. This pattern characterizes many liberal democracies but has been insufficiently understood. 3/4

The biannual BJS Prize is awarded for an article published in the British Journal of Sociology that makes an outstanding contribution to increasing sociological knowledge. 2/4

I am very grateful for being awarded the BJS Prize by
the British Journal of Sociology for the article I wrote together with @willemdekoster.bsky.social and Jeroen van der Waal, “A revolt of the deplored?”. 1/4