Why numbers are sometimes better than words. What people think you say when you say “little chance,” “probably not,” or “highly likely.”

The Environmental Psychology Vienna lead and co-director of Universität Wien's #Environment & #Climate Hub, @SabinePahl, will give a central keynote at the largest psychology congress in the DACH region, the #DGPs2024, next week. 👥🧠 Her topic:

It’s not about damn plastic, it’s about damn people🪸🫂 In her #DGPs2024 keynote, @SabinePahl talks about her research on the human dimensions of plastics from qualitative methods and (field) experiments to policy recommendations. Watch out for new work coming soon! Universität Wien

Super-happy to share the first paper from my PhD, published in ERSS🧵 We explore how UK politicians view their responsibility to lead by example with low-carbon behaviour (or not) TLDR: some MPs lead by example on the quiet, but fear being "extreme" 1/ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Urban nature positively affects depression, anxiety, and attention 🧠🌿 Meta-analysis of field experiments by Marilisa Herchet and colleagues 👩‍🔬 We particularly enjoyed the nuanced discussion of the results ✨ #DGPs2024

New study in Journal of Environmental Psychology with involvement of our team! 🚨 Across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities & age groups (N = 56,968), a large research team examined the measurement invariance of the Nature Exposure Scale (NES) & Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS).🔑 findings?⤵️

Strong evidence showing that getting a PhD is extremely bad for your mental health. A new paper uses Swedish medical records and matches them to the full population of PhD students for which the authors could get gender and birth year data from 2006 to 2017. After some exclusion

Another multi-country study (🇺🇸🇧🇷🇪🇸) led by Claudio Rosa, with involvement from our team, just got published Journal of Environmental Psychology. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 1⃣ Those who regularly engage in nature-based recreation feel better.

1/7🚨New paper alert: We have a new paper out led by twitterless Rodolfo Sapiains Centro de Ciencia del Clima y la Resiliencia CR2 (G.Azocar, A.M. Ugarte, y Paulina Aldunce). We studied climate change perceptions and emotions in 18(!) Latin-American countries: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New paper on #microplastics out in Science Magazine🥤🗑️🐟 20 years after the 1st publication on microplastics, Prof. Richard C Thompson OBE FRS, Dr. Winnie Courtene-Jones, @SabinePahl, Karen Raubenheimer & colleagues summarize what we have learned so far. ▶️science.org/doi/pdf/10.112…

Pleased to share a new paper on ‘how mental health services can support young people with #ClimateDistress' which reports on a pilot study with 3 stakeholder groups of a youth mental health charity in England-led by Marc Williams CAST Prof. Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE doi.org/10.1080/283247…

🧵 WHAT'S GOING ON IN SPAIN AND HOW YOU CAN HELP even if you live in a different country. A thread:

Todos los que desde cargos públicos habéis alentado fake news y bulos sobre presas en medio del caos. No tenéis vergüenza. Los bomberos han tenido que salir públicamente a decir que estáis entorpeciendo las labores de rescate de la gente. Esto debería tener consecuencias penales.

🙋🏻 quiero recordar que hay 15 científicos que se enfrentan a 21 meses de cárcel por echar zumo de remolacha en el congreso en protesta por la inacción del gobierno contra el cambio climático. Luego nos sorprende que la inquisión condenara a Galileo.

Exciting new paper, with a contribution from Nina Vaupotič from our team! In 5 preregistered experiments, the research team shows that scientists who acknowledge their own knowledge limits are seen as more trustworthy 🔎🧠 ➡️doi.org/10.1038/s41562…

Instead of listing my publications, as the year draws to an end, I want to put pressure on the commonplace assumption that productivity must always increase. Good research is disruptive and thinking time is central to high quality scholarship and necessary for disruptive research

"Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, new research shows" scientificamerican.com/article/microp…