Course 4: Psychological and Social Science Perspectives on Climate Change

 

Course Leaders:

• Gisela Böhm, (coordinator), Professor, DICE-Lab, UiB
• Daniel Hanβ, Ph.D. Stipendiat, DICE-Lab, UiB
• Tom Backer Johnsen, Associate Professor, DICE-Lab, UiB
• Erling Moxnes, Professor, System Dynamics Group, UiB

Invited Course Leaders:

• Ann Bostrom , Associate Professor and Associate Dean For Research, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington
• Robert O`Connor , Professor, PennState University, and Program Director for Decision, Risk and Management Sciences, NSF. Email roconnor@nsf.gov

Short Course description:

The aim of this course is to familiarize the participants with the current state of theory, research, and methods in the study of human perception and behavior in the field of climate change.

Approaches within psychology and the social sciences that investigate the role of individual actions in addressing climate change will be explored and related to the different research perspectives of the course participants.

 

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