A great resource for discussing the structural perspective on collective climate action! Feel free to also check out our open access book focusing on the psychological underpinnings of action :) www.routledge.com/The-Psycholo...
Thank you so much, Johanna! 😊 For everyone who is interested in our work on efficacy beliefs in the context of socio-ecological change, you can find the article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
... in more practical ideas on this, feel free to check out our Open Access book on collective climate action: www.routledge.com/The-Psycholo... Thanks again for asking!
... of course would lead to less collective action. The bottom-line from a practical side is: In the environmental domain, collective efficacy is not enough. People need to be confident that they can contribute to a group. If you're interested ...
... a negative predictor (so more collective efficacy = less collective action). My interpretation of this finding is that when including both, the meaning of collective efficacy changes into "We as Fridays for Future can mitigate climate change even if I don't contribute" - a belief that ...
... (e.g., "I can make a significant contribution, so that we as Fridays for Future can mitigate climate change"). In many studies - also my own - when looking at both efficacy types simultaneously, participative efficacy is the more relevant one. And, often, collective efficacy turns into ...
Sure, that's my area of expertise :) collective efficacy is an individual's belief that their group can achieve their aims (e.g., "We as Fridays for Future can mitigate climate change"), while participative efficacy is and individual's belief in their own contribution to the group ...
Thanks, Alex! Directly saved and it's so true - to generate the answers we need to combat climate and environmental problems, we need (to fund) more research in social sciences.
However, our article includes a brief original study in which we distinguished various types of activist behaviour (protester, change agent, educator, reformer) that may explain diverging findings in certain predictors. I'll send you a copy :)
Hey Cameron, as it is a descriptive and not a meta-analytical review, we did not assess the measurement quality of collective action - that would be an interesting research question for the future!
📚 This chapter is part of the inspiring book The Social and Political Psychology of Protest Across and Within Cultures (ed by Martijn van Zomeren) that's currently only available as a print version.
If you‘re interested in our chapter, feel free to contact me for a private copy of the manuscript 🖐
📣 Implications for the field:
• SIMCA is a solid starting model for environmental/climate action but needs adapting and expanding
• Rather than asking which are the most relevant predictors, we need to understand the contextual boundary conditions that determine when each predictors become relevant
• In less politicized contexts, environmental self-identity may replace social identification, and guilt may replace anger
• Social norms need to be considered to fully comprehend environmental collective action
• Social identification with a politicized group/ movement was the most robust predictor of environmental collective action
• Anger seems more relevant in (protest) contexts where injustice is focal
• Participative efficacy (an individuals' efficacy as part of a group) outshone collective efficacy
Review alert 🚨 What motivates collective action for the environment? 🔎🌍
We reviewed 27 publications to identify the proximal predictors of environmental collective action.
Here are our key findings:
Stephen Reicher's letter to the Chief Constable of Scotland, published in The Scotsman:
www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scots...
I had an amazing time on the Clean Titans Podcast discussing how collective climate action and the energy transition start from the bottom up 💡🌱 A big thanks to Syed Ali for the thoughtful and thought-provoking questions!
#EnergyTransition #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalPsychology
Thank you so much for appreciating and spreading our work, Kimberly!
If you’re a scientist, you’ll get:
📚 A clear, up-to-date overview of research in this area
✨ Inspiration for your next research project
🧠 Teaching-ready examples and exercises
🌍 A great resource to share with your practice collaborators, so they can understand your research better
If you’re a practitioner, you’ll find:
🌿 Key drivers of collective climate action - and how to foster them
🪧 Real stories and examples from the climate movement
🪞 Reflective exercises to stay motivated and grounded
💪 A source of courage in the face of the climate crisis
We dive deep into the psychology behind collective action - how people build a sense of identification with climate groups and come to believe that their collective efforts really can make a difference. It's about anger, activist burnout, protest perception and theories of socio-ecological change.
The book tackles two key questions: how can individuals be motivated to participate in collective climate action, and how can climate groups become resilient and effective?
⚡Calling all environmental researchers and members of the climate movement - big news! ⚡
We’ve just released our new book, The Psychology of Collective Climate Action - and it’s Open Access!
You can download the book from Routledge or on our Wandelwerk page: www.wandel-werk.org/en/materialien
Great collaboration with @epgroningen.bsky.social 🔥
🪴 This paper underlines that we should not assume that people currently marginalized in our society are simply not motivated enough to protect the environment - rather they face real-world barriers that we need to address!
👨🦰💰 We consistently observed that men and people with a higher income are more aware of and willing to join a Community Energy Initiative.
💪👥 This can partly be explained by perceived efficacy to join and contact with already involved members, BUT NOT with pro-environmental motivation.
Paper alert! 🚨I'm so happy that his relevant paper is out there, ready for you to read it! Led by Fleur Goedkoop and co-authored by Lise Jans, Goda Perlaviciute and myself, we've investigated motivations around Community Energy Initiatives in members and non-members. What did we find?
And a link to our triple-A framework: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
N = 3833, Germany, Turkey, UK, cross-sectional
They challenge the nothing-to-lose hypothesis by demonstrating that confrontational actions are not driven by the low efficacy of non-confrontational strategies or low political trust, but rather by the legitimacy of protest violence and the efficacy of confrontational tactics.
