Wouter Poortinga

Public support for climate action is solid but conditional. People believe in climate change and value environmental protection, but doubt fairness of climate policies. Govt & business need to show leadership otherwise support for climate measures may fade (infra4nextgen.com/wp-content/u...) (8/8)

⚖️ Fairness gap: Perhaps most importantly, a major finding is that many citizens see climate policies as lacking fairness. Few believe future policies will be unbiased or inclusive, and many think governments and businesses are not doing their fair share. (7/)

✊ Engagement: Younger adults are most active in climate groups, protests, and petition signing, while older groups show higher willingness to contribute financially. (7/)

🏭 Responsibility: People assign the most responsibility to business and industry, followed by governments and then individuals. (6/)

🌍 Climate concern: Over 90% in every country agree that the climate is changing, although levels of personal worry vary widely. (5/)

⚡ Policy support: Subsidising renewable energy has broad support (65%). Views on fossil-fuel taxes and appliance bans are more mixed. (4/)

🌱 Environmental protection over growth: Across all countries, most people prioritise protecting the environment over economic growth and jobs. Support is strongest in Portugal (80%) and still a majority in Poland (54%). (3/)

The report looks at how people across Europe think about climate change, who they believe should take responsibility, and which climate policies they are willing to support. (2/)

A few findings that stood out:

New research out today on European public opinion on climate change, fairness, and climate action, using data from the #CRONOS3 panel across 11 countries (2024–25).(1/)

Full report here 👉: infra4nextgen.com/wp-content/u...

@ess-survey.bsky.social @cast-centre.bsky.social

Make it Green: New report on the role of public opinion in addressing climate change | Infra4NextGen The Infra4NextGen project has today published a new report featuring analysis of Make it Green items from the self-completion web first panel (CRONOS-3).

The Infra4NextGen project has published a report featuring analysis of climate change questions from our panel survey (CRONOS-3).

Written by @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social (Cardiff University), the report covers attitudes towards #climate change, fairness, and action in 11 countries.

🚀 Early Career Researchers — this one’s for you!

The @iaps2026.bsky.social ECR Workshop is happening on 29 June 2026, just before the conference kicks off. A space for PhD & MSc students in people–environment studies to share their work, get feedback, and connect with peers + mentors. (1/3)

Bottom line: modest reallocation of road space to well-designed, segregated cycle lanes is widely accepted – but removing parking risks backlash.

Open access article: doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...

Key findings:
• Segregated lanes > painted (for cyclists and drivers)
• Reallocate road space > footpaths
• Removing car parking is consistently unpopular
• Strongest resistance from those who see any change as an attack on freedom to drive (3/4)

We asked 509 people in Britain how street space should be reallocated for cycling – testing combos of bike lanes, traffic restrictions and cycle parking using a Best–Worst Scaling experiment. (2/4)

📢 New paper out: “Preferences for urban street space reallocation to encourage cycling” with Isabella Malet Lambert, Dimitris Potoglou, Dimitrios Xenias and me. (1/4)

Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...

🌍 Call for applications: IAPS ECR Workshop at @iaps2026.bsky.social

Open to MSc/PhD students in people–environment studies. Present your work, get feedback and connect with peers

🔍 Apply here app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...

More info: lnkd.in/eyUCFikD

🌍 Travel grants (€800) available

IAPS Conference 2026 29 June - Friday 3 July 2026, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom. The theme of IAPS 2026 is Sustainability as Wellbeing: Towards healthy, green, and equitable communities.

Are you a PhD or MSc student interested in people's transactions with environments?
Want to discuss your work with peers & 2 mentors?
The ECR workshop @iaps2026.bsky.social is for you!
Deadline 9th January.
Be where many experts in the field once started out.
stories.surrey.ac.uk/iaps2026/#gr...

👇 For MSc and PhD students in people-environment studies 👇

NERC RED-ALERT CDT: Flushed pharmaceuticals: understanding behaviours to reduce environmental impact. at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - NERC RED-ALERT CDT: Flushed pharmaceuticals: understanding behaviours to reduce environmental impact. at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

We are recruiting a PhD researcher to study how flushed/poured medicines affect our water systems, and how to shift those behaviours.

🔗 Full project details & how to apply: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Deadline: Friday, January 16, 2026

📢 JOB KLAXON📢 postdoc in #EnvironmentalPsychology at the University of Gothenburg. Join the DEEP group to study psychological drivers of support for environmental policy.
2-year full-time position. Deadline Nov 27, 2025.

Details: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

This is bad.

4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...

Car Size

xkcd.com/3167/

Scientists charged too much to come to work in UK, says Royal Society Combined upfront cost of the five-year Global Talent Visa and the Immigration Health Surcharge stands at £5,941

NEW: Upfront costs for top overseas scientists to come to work in the UK can be more than 20 times those charged by other countries, Royal Society says.

Government insists this doesn’t contradicts its ambition to lure top researchers, at a time of turmoil in US science.

www.ft.com/content/7144...

Hi all! I’m looking for research jobs in social psychology, environmental action, & climate policy. I study pro-environmental action, moral and identity processes, scientist advocacy, and universities’ climate responses. I use qualitative and quantitative methods for research with real-world impact.

WGSSS studentships are open to home & international students (30% international cap). Non-traditional backgrounds welcome!

Thinking about it? please contact
📧 PoortingaW@cardiff.ac.uk
📧 BuehnerM@cardiff.ac.uk
📧 WilliamsM93@cardiff.ac.uk

We can supervise on #EnvironmentalPsychology topics, incl.

• Future thinking & climate change
• Climate anxiety & distress
• Consumption, plastics & behaviour change
• Environmental behaviour in mobility, energy & diet

Projects are student-led, but we offer guidance in shaping proposals. 🌱 (2/3)

🌿 PhD Opportunity in Environmental Psychology: We would like to invite students to apply for the student-led 2026 WGSSS PhD Studentship Competition at Cardiff University. (1/3)

🗓️ Deadline: 11 Dec 2025

🔗 wgsss.ac.uk/student-led-general-competition

IAPS is offering up to seven €800 travel grants to help early career researchers attend the ECR Workshop (and #IAPS2026).

Those accepted to the workshop will be invited to apply (expected late Feb 2026).

More info about ECW 👉 stories.surrey.ac.uk/iaps2026/#gr...

(3/3)

Interested? Submit a 250-word abstract (same deadline as #IAPS2026 conference). Submissions encouraged from Global South and from MSc completing dissertation & PhD students at any stage.

Successful applicants will later submit a paper (~2000 words) for mentors to review ahead of workshop (2/3)

If you want to learn more about these design concepts, you can in our MSc environmental psychology @surreypsychology.bsky.social in our Psychology of Architecture module www.surrey.ac.uk/postgraduate...