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

In this EU project, we implement socio-psychological interventions through a mobile app to study and motivate pro-environmental lifestyle changes.  

Involved members: Byungdoo Kim, Stepan Vesely, Christian Klöckner  
Contact: Stepan Vesely 

CAMPAIGNers

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

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

The Climate Change Emotions project aims at mapping the range of diverse emotional responses to climate change and systematising how they are related to climate action and mental wellbeing. It combines conducting exploratory interviews, developing a novel psychometric instrument to assess various emotional responses to climate change - the Inventory of Climate Emotions, carrying out cross-cultural survey research, and running behavioural and neuropsychological experiments to comprehensively understand the role of climate emotions in fostering planetary health. 

Involved members: Michalina Marczak, Christian Klöckner 

Climate Change Emotions

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, Christian 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, Trond 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 transport is more than just decarbonization - Norwegians' conceptions of sustainable mobility, the perceived sustainability of electric vehicles in the context of UN's Sustainable Development Goals, and policies that can be developed to motivate people to choose more sustainably produced electric vehicles.  

Involved members: Franziska Gehlmann, Christian Klöckner 

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 

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