Citizens, Environment and Safety (CES)

Department of Psychology

Citizens, Environment and Safety (CES)

The research group Citizens, environment and safety is interested in the relation between citizens and consumers and the environment, as well as human factors influencing safety-related behaviour.

We study research questions such as:

  • What are drivers and barriers regarding the environmental behaviour of citizens?
  • How can organizational psychology and human factors be used to improve safety, performance, and well-being?
  • What explains traffic behaviour and how can negative impacts on people and the environment be reduced?
  • Which human factors influence the effectiveness and sustainability of environmental and safety policies?

The group leads and participates in a larger number of national and international research projects in the areas of energy behaviour, climate communication, virtual reality as a means to enhance safety culture and risk control, environmental investments, environmental and climate policy support, citizen engagement, and empowerment.

Current projects

Current projects

AdvanCing behavioural Change Through an INclusive Green deal research behaviour and social practices aimed at involving and improving the conditions of vulnerable groups in the Ecological Transition and the EU Green Deal.  

Involved members: Kenneth Vilhelmsen, Franziska Gehlmann, Giuseppe Masini, Erica Löfström, Christian Klöckner 

ACCTING

Circular Economy Modelling for Climate Change Mitigation is an interdisciplinary research project to develop a new generation of advanced models and model-based scenarios that can analyze the impact of future material use along with the contribution of various CE strategies and policies on GHG emission mitigation. Our role in the project is to develop a measurement framework survey tool to assess the consumer behaviour related to the CE.

Involved members: Altamash Bashir, Christian Klöckner 

CircoMod

Inclusive Citizenship in a World in Transformation: Co-Designing for Democracy

Involved members: Erica Löfström, Christian Klöckner

INCITE-DEM

Which narratives of sustainability can inspire people in their respective roles within society (e.g., as privileged or disadvantaged individuals, politicians, administrators, managers) to be part of the necessary radical socio-ecological change? Our aim in this project is to investigate the corresponding psychological processes that foster or hinder pro-ecological behaviours.  

Involved members: Parissa Chokrai, Christian Klöckner 

Narrating Sustainability

Citizen engagement in the energy transition. This project is about climate activism. It investigates how current and former activists experience the process of engagement: what makes some people stay engaged long-term while others quit, and how the engagement influences one’s emotions related to climate change.  

Involved members: Britta Eklöf, Åshild RøenChristian Klöckner

Investigating mobility transition in Norway. The role of citizens in the transition of the transportation system. This project examines how psychological parameters are associated with the adoption of mobility innovations in Norway.  

Involved members: Milad Mehdizadeh, Pardis S. YegaiTrond Nordfjærn, Christian Klöckner 

NTRANS

Gamification of a museum biodiversity exhibit, focusing specifically on fostering knowledge, empathy and understanding of how local species interact.

Involved members: Kristoffer Fjællingsdal, Isabel Richter

Nøkling i Knipe

Sustainable Consumer Engagement and Demand Response

Involved members: Stepan Vesely, Christian Klöckner

SENDER

In this NFR-funded project, we develop and test a comprehensive socio-psychological theory explaining pro-environmental behavior spillover (i.e., how the enactment of one pro-environmental behavior may trigger further behavioral changes).  

Involved members: Ragnheidur Torfadottir, Gloria Amaris, Stepan Vesely, Christian Klöckner, Heather B. Trulove, Ellen van der Werff, John Thøgersen  
Contact: Stepan Vesely 

Spillover 

Involved members: Christian Klöckner

SSH Centre

«Sweet Spot» project to solve marine plastic pollution in Norway:

The Sweet Spot project is an interdisciplinary collaboration to identify the primary sources and hot-spot areas of plastic pollution in Norwegian waters and to investigate transformative solutions to the marine plastic problem. The science of machine learning, artificial intelligence, laboratory analysis, behavioural change, supply chain management and business model research will be integrated with the active involvement of local and regional actors.  

Involved members: Natalya Amirova, Isabel Richter 

Sweet Spot project

Completed projects

Completed projects

Drivers | CAMPAIGNers | Climart 
Climate Change Emotions | ECHOES
ENCHANT | ENTRANCES | Protein2.0
S-MOB | SMARTEES | World of Wild Water

 


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