Environmental Psychology Groningen Podcast

Our guest this episode is PhD candidate Xinran Wang, and the topic this week is the role of different parts of society in taking responsibility for climate change.Why do group norms matter when it comes to pro-environmental behavior? Why might certain societal actors (like government or business)underestimate their own capacity to make meaningful change? How can we explain the difference between how people see their own roles as individuals versus what we think about the role of groups and collective action?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/videosMusic credits: Creative Minds by Ben SoundHosted and researched by Traci WhiteAudio and video production by Kuo-Hao LiThe Environmental Psychology Groningen podcast is your introduction course to the inspiring and wide-ranging field of environmentalpsychology. 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.

Our guest this episode is PhD candidate Robert Goersch, and the topic this week is acceptability of energy sources. How supportive are people of the energy transition in general? Which energy sources and technology are people more (or less) supportive of? Why are people more or less in favor of certain kinds of energy sources? Listen to the episode now and find out! You can also watch the full video version of the podcast on the Environmental Psychology GroningenYouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@environmentalpsychologygro17/videosMusic credits: Creative Minds by Ben SoundHosted and researched by Traci WhiteAudio and video production by Kuo-Hao LiThe Environmental Psychology Groningen podcast is your introduction course to the inspiring and wide-ranging field of environmentalpsychology. 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.

Our guest this episode is PhD candidate Adrien Chanteloup, and the topic this week is degrowth.What is energy governance? What does society value most in a degrowth society? Does degrowth just mean consuming less?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/videosMusic credits: Creative Minds by Ben SoundHosted and researched by Traci WhiteAudio and video production by Kuo-Hao LiThe 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.References: Jean-Marc Jancovici: https://jancovici.com/en/ https://jancovici.com/en/publications-and-co/books/books-for-french-speakers-only-alas/ (in French only). https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/457628/world-without-end-by-blain-jean-marc-jancovici-and-christophe/9780241661949 Kate Raworth, The Donut Economy: https://www.kateraworth.com/doughnut/ Henry David Thoreau: Thoreau, H.D. (2014). On the duty of civil disobedience. (https://archive.org/details/civil-disobedience/page/n7/mode/2up Thoreau, H.D. (2019). Walden: or Life in the Woods. (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.264446/page/n11/mode/2up)David Wengrow and David Graeber, The Dawn of EverythingGraeber, D. and Wengrow D. (2021). The Dawn of Everything. A New History of Humanity. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. (https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/the-dawn-of-everything/9300000020824057/ )Papers on degrowth:Fitzpatrick, N., Parrique, T., & Cosme, I. (2022). Exploring degrowth policy proposals: A systematic mapping with thematic synthesis. Journal of Cleaner Production. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132764 Davies, Gareth T., Degrowth: An Idea For Our Time (December 14, 2023). Forthcoming in Josephine van Zeben and Chris Hilson (eds) A Research Agenda for Environmental Law (Edward Elgar, 2024), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4664851 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4664851 Parrique, T., (2019), The political economy of degrowth. Economics and Finance. Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020]; Stockholms universitet, 2019. English. NNT : 2019CLFAD003Nesterova, I., Buch-Hansen, H. (2023). Degrowth and the circular economy: Reflecting on the depth of business circularity, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 414,137639, ISSN 0959-6526, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137639 On energy sufficiency:Fawcett, T., & Darby, S. (2019). Energy sufficiency in policy and practice: the question of needs and wants. European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:51e50b3b-7b1b-43eb-a2de-3eaf6ac935f2Zell-Ziegler, C., Thema, J., Best, B., Wiese, F., Lage, J., Schmidt, A., Toulouse, É.B., & Stagl, S. (2021). Enough? The role of sufficiency in European energy and climate plans. Energy Policy, 157, 112483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112483

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/videosMusic credits: Creative Minds by Ben SoundHosted and researched by Traci WhiteAudio and video production by Kuo-Hao LiThe 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.

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/videosMusic credits: Creative Minds by Ben SoundHosted and researched by Traci WhiteAudio and video production by Kuo-Hao LiThe 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.

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/videosMusic credits: Creative Minds by Ben SoundHosted and researched by Traci WhiteAudio and video production by Kuo-Hao LiThe 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.

Our guest this episode is professor Linda Steg, and the topic this week is the field of environmental psychology!How can environmental psychology contribute to a more sustainable society? What is the role of our personal values in how pro-environmentally we behave? Are people intrinsically motivated to help prevent climate change from getting worse?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/videosMusic credits: Creative Minds by Ben SoundHosted and researched by Traci WhiteAudio and video production by Kuo-Hao LiThe 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.