Laura Thomas-Walters

Essential skills for the training of conservation social scientists Since 2000, the field of biodiversity conservation has been reckoning with the historical lack of effective engagement with the social sciences in parallel with rapid declines in biodiversity and esc...

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📝 What affects the durability of persuasion? In our new working paper, through a five wave panel study over ten weeks, we evaluate the impact of two factors: how many times individuals are treated (dosage) and the interval between treatments (timing).

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In this important and timely book, scientists from a broad range of disciplines detail their personal responses to the planetary crisis. #ScientistsOnSurvival

With a foreword from Chris Packham

Buy your copy now: 🔗 xrb.link/q0XP4C

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🚨New paper!🚨

Super happy to share "The impacts of climate activism", out now in Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences.

We review 50 of the most recent and rigorous studies evaluating the impact of climate activism.

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Scientists on Survival by Scientists for XR | Waterstones Buy Scientists on Survival by Scientists for XR from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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‘Beware – this is a dangerous book …’
— @carolinelucas.bsky.social, Former Green Party Leader

‘... We’re lucky to have it.’
— @zadiesmith.bsky.social, Author

With a foreword by @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, this powerful collection reveals the raw, personal stories of scientists confronting the planetary emergency—and why they couldn’t stay silent.

I have a coauthored book, 'Scientists on Survival!', coming out next month with @scientistsx.bsky.social, and preorders this weekend will get 25% off with @waterstones.bsky.social!

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The insights collected through this review provide practical advice for developing closed-answer surveys that robustly and usefully measure key determinants of pro-environmental behaviour. /end

We synthesize design considerations for different question formats, such as using validated measures, reducing cognitive burden and biases, and using best practices for scale questions. /5

To select effective interventions for pro-environmental behaviour change, we need to consider determinants of behaviour - Nature Human Behaviour When and why are interventions to encourage pro-environmental behaviour effective? van Valkengoed and colleagues introduce a classification system that links different interventions to the determinant...

A recent review did a great job summarizing the behavioural determinants of pro-environmental behaviour. Hunter Doughty and I built on it by providing practical insights into how 17 key pro-environmental behavioural determinants can be measured through surveys.

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However, despite (a lot of) published criticism of poor survey design, there is little practical guidance on how to capture these determinants accurately in closed-answer surveys (those with predefined answer options). /3

There are many factors influence whether someone engages in pro-environmental behaviour, and understanding these determinants is super important to efforts to protect the natural environment. /2

🚨 New paper out - "Measuring pro-environmental behavioural determinants using closed-answer surveys"🚨

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That feels too real right now...

Well, at least it pushed me to finally delete my WhatsApp, Instagram, and while I was at it, Twitter accounts.

1/ Does climate activism work?

The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how

Here are some highlights
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No, the Fight for the Climate Isn’t “Over” The fate of our climate depends on much more than just which party controls Washington. Despite their current celebrations, polluters will remain vulnerable under President Trump.

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1. Herewith a 🧵 to a blog post and also recent 🧵 by the always admirable @russpoldrack.bsky.social

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“Overall, the research that we reviewed left me with little hope that psych interventions will be able to play a major role in solving the problem.”

Any Psychology/Environmental departments interested in a seminar about climate activism?

Have been doing a lot of research with
Extinction Rebellion and other orgs, w/ multiple papers under review/in prep.