Our colleagues Adrien Chanteloup, Goda Perlaviciute, Charlie Walker Clarke and Lisa Novoradovskaya are heading to #BEHAVE2025 in #Paris later this week! They'll be sharing research on local energy collaboration, energy sufficiency and citizen participation: ekoevents.sharepoint.com/commun/Proje...

We were particularly pleased to see: 1) Commitment to reduce practical barriers to behaviour change - we know from our research that sustainable choices must be accessible, convenient and affordable.

Big news: The UK Government has published its first #PublicParticipationPlan on climate change & nature 📣 We welcome this as an important first step to involve, inspire & empower Brits to tackle climate change & protect nature. Read the plan: www.gov.uk/government/p... Key thoughts thread 🧵

Our colleague professor Linda Steg is among the lead authors for the upcoming Assessment Report 7 by the IPCC meeting in Paris this week. Through Working Group 3, she will contribute to the chapter on barriers and enablers of #climatechange #mitigation. @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social

🎁 It's #Pakjesavond - so ask Sinterklaas and the Piets to give you the gift of a subscription to the EP Groningen newsletter of 2025! It's sustainable, circular, informative and nice to look at: the perfect present for the ecologically-mindful consumer. epgroningen.nl/sign-up-for-...

Next Tuesday on 9 December, students and staff at universities across the #Netherlands will go on strike to protest proposed budget cuts to higher education. A demonstration will also be held at noon at the Dam Square in Amsterdam. Read more about it: www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat... @rug.nl

Research recap: pro-environmental behavior at work What motivates employees to be more environmentally-friendly while doing their jobs? When people care about the environment and believe their organisation does too, they're likelier to adjust how they work to reduce their environmental impact.

The Dutch National Climate Citizens Assembly explicitly focused on what values mattered to participants, rather than expecting them to be technical experts. And now, the Dutch public can show their support for the assembly's findings: www.burgerberaadklimaat.nl/Beheer/Formu... (short thread)

Waarden komen naar voren in Nationale Klimaatburgerraad Onze collega, professor Goda Perlaviciute, was maandag aanwezig toen vertegenwoordigers van de nationale klimaatburgerraad hun aanbevelingen aan het kabinet overhandigden (draadje)

Vacancy alert: we have a PhD position for motivating people to contribute to societal transitions! You'll be researching how citizen collectives (CCs) influence motivations, shared identities and behaviours. The application deadline is 15 February!

Het advies van het Nationaal Burgerberaad Klimaat staat online en is overhandigd aan de Tweede Kamer. #mijlpaal #klimaat #burgerberaad Advies is online te downloaden via lnkd.in/ebZvPuRD Belangrijk dat de adviezen breed gesteund worden, nu is de politiek aan zet. #klimaatcommunicatie

Recent research recap: which forms of climate change #mitigation do EU citizens support? Our colleague Chieh-Yu Lee (et. al) found people in the EU believe we need a mix of renewables, behavior change, nuclear energy and NETPS: AR (a/reforestation) & DACCS (direct air capture & carbon storage)

Ons collega Ellen van der Werff (@rug.nl) had een kort interview met @rtvnoord.nl over #BlackFriday (of liever #GreenFriday): "Black Friday geeft een bepaald signaal af, een bepaalde norm. Het maakt duidelijk: er is korting, sla lekker in. Het invoeren van regelgeving kan bijvoorbeeld helpen."

Vandaag denkt PBL-directeur Marko Hekkert mee met Henri Bontenbal en @Rob Jetten over klimaatbeleid in de kabinetsformatie. Samen met Jan Willem Erisman van de WKR en Kees Vendrik van het NKP schuift hij aan bij informateur Sybrand Buma. (1/2)

Whether sustainability is your job, or you want to do your job more sustainably or want your employer to be as sustainable as possible: our colleagues Brian Wagner and Ellen van der Werff are co-organising an online course all about environmental behavior at work: www.soscisurvey.de/env_sus_regi...

“The younger generation is the most ecologically informed ever." They are also “the most emotionally involved in [nature loss], have contributed the least to [its] causing, and are going to suffer most as a result.” The power of rewilding to transform our own lives, as well as nature.

A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority. People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social

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

New research recap: creative capital in energy governance Citizens are increasingly impacted by #climatechange yet average people aren't included in governance of the #energytransition. What would energy policy look like if we were all included in decisions about energy matters? @rug.nl

Are you interested in what motivates people to collaborate on #sustainability issues? Passionate about social sciences/interdisciplinary research? We have a vacancy for a #postdoc on interpersonal/group dynamics affecting collaborations in sustainable transitions/(flexible) energy communities:

Researchers are invited to sign IAMC statement on mitigation & adaptation benchmarks during #COP30: 1) reduce global greenhouse gas #emissions by ~50% compared to 2024 2) increase contribution of #solar/wind 5 to 6x 3) cut #fossilfuel production/use by 25 to 50% docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Research Fellow post on UKRI-funded interdisciplinary project on enhancing climate resilience among farming and pastoralist communities in eastern Africa Come and work with us! Please share jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/181bad99...

A decade on from the #ParisAgreement, how has it shaped global climate action? Would progress have been the same without it? A new OECD report shares insights from a survey of 250+ experts in more than 60 countries. Read more: oecd.org/en/publicati... | #OECDatCOP30

Last Friday our "vrijmibo" was more of a "byemibo" (pardon the pun, we couldn't resist) at BOEL, an indoor jeu de boel bar here in #Groningen, where we bid farewell to two talented colleagues: Anne van Valkengoed and Carina Havenga de Poel 🫂

‘Damned if we do but completely stuffed if we don’t’: heatwaves will worsen longer net zero is delayed #Climate

New environmental psychology jobs: 1 full professor, 2 postdocs: Lüneburg, Germany is hiring a Full Professor in “Psychology, in particular Behavior Change and Sustainability Transformation”. www.leuphana.de/en/universit... 1/3

Congratulations to our colleague prof. Linda Steg for once again being a Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Social Sciences! Professor Steg has been recognized as a highly cited researcher every year since 2016 & is one among 12 researchers from @rug.nl in the list in 2025 #HighlyCited2025

It’s amazing how quickly the global narrative has shifted; renewables now outcompete fossil fuels on cost, growth and jobs. If governments get the policy right, the green transition could reduce inequality rather than repeat the mistakes of the fossil fuel era. theconversation.com/renewable-en...

Come and work with my wonderful colleagues @lsepbs.bsky.social! Assistant Professor in Social #Psychology / Environmental Psychology #AcademicSky jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

There's plenty we can do to make a #circulareconomy a reality: 1. Promote circular behavior by influencing those around us 2. Invest our money in sustainable companies and boycott unsustainable businesses 3. Protest, sign petitions and contact our elected officials for circular policy

Is Nederland te klein om iets aan het klimaat te doen?

Interesting new paper by our former colleague Audra Balunde in Lithuania: "This study...adds to the growing evidence that eco-anxiety symptoms are prevalent among adult population and are negatively associated with mental health symptoms and positively associated with activism-oriented consumption"

✈️🥩♻️ How accurately do people perceive the #climate impact of different lifestyles — and how do those perceptions relate to their own behavior and policy preferences? Our new study investigated exactly this in China, Germany, and the US.🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This proposal call from the KIN (Klimaatonderzoek Initiatief Nederland) invites anyone who wants to connect science and practice to experiment and develop, test or scale up transformative practices and processes for just climate transitions (up to 500,000 euros, deadline is Tuesday, 27 January 2026)

New national climate plans have barely moved the needle on limiting global warming. Yet there is hope. According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

Ons voormalig collega @alyndakok.bsky.social (nu werkzaam bij Grunneger Power) gaat spreken over betrokkenheid van j𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲 tijdens de Energieconferentie in Groningen op 12 november! pepg.nl/energieconfe...

"Building public trust in #hydrogen is not only about the energy carrier itself, but also about who is producing it and why" - our colleague @gpalomovelez.bsky.social spoke about his recent paper on reputation management and hydrogen, in a nice interview with the Wubbo Ockels School at @rug.nl

Nice to see our research included as part of the conversation on #tippingpoints in @pbs.org's "Terra"! Our 2023 paper on #psychologicaldistance starts the show, specifically our finding that most Americans feel #climatechange is already affecting their daily lives: @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social

"From water management in Canada, to nature-based solutions in New Zealand, to poverty alleviation in Guatemala, ICCN (International Climate Council Network) members share examples of cost-effective and impactful #adaptation policies." @climatecouncils.bsky.social @klimaatraad.bsky.social

New CAST research shows that major life transitions, like starting university, can lead to greener choices, including increased recycling and active travel. ♻️ 🚴 The paper was led by Dr Kaloyan Mitev and co-authored by Prof Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE, Merideth Gattis & Dr Nick Nash. Read the paper 👇

"...social sciences enrich sustainability studies by understanding the multifaceted aspects of human and environmental interactions. Achieving effective and inclusive sustainable transitions requires integrating natural and social sciences to capture these complexities." @cellpress.bsky.social

There's a really nice PhD place going at Bath looking at sustainable student accommodation... www.findaphd.com/phds/project/integrated-behavioural-technological-solutions-for-sustainable-campus-accommodation/?p180220

Save the date! Our former colleague Valentina Lozano Nasi will give a keynote on #transilience - the perceived capacity to persist, #adapt, and transform positively in the face of #adversity - during the annual Wubbo Ockels School day on 26 March 2026: www.rug.nl/wubbo-ockels...

It's #electionday in the #Netherlands. There's 1 rare topic that unites most voters yet politicians rarely campaign on: stronger climate policy. What explains this discrepancy between what voters want & what parties campaign on? @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social @thijsbouman.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

10 years on from the Paris Agreement, the clean energy shift is outpacing expectations: ⚡ Non-fossil power 41% (2035 forecast: 38%) 🌞 Solar +1,500% vs 2015 IEA forecast 💰 Clean energy investment $2.2tn in 2025 — 2× fossil fuels Read the report 👉 eciu.net/analysis/re...

Politici beweren dat ze het belang van “de mensen thuis” behartigen. Toch is er één onderwerp dat door de meeste kiezers wordt gesteund, maar waar politici het zelden over hebben: een krachtiger #klimaatbeleid epgroningen.nl/nl/the-peopl... @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social @thijsbouman.bsky.social

In their latest paper, our colleague Chieh-Yu Lee and co-authors surveyed EU citizens about their views of NETPs (negative emission technologies and practices), alongside renewable energy, nuclear energy and behavior change. Here are their main findings: 🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Vidi grant of up to €850,000 to our colleague Thijs Bouman, frequent research collaborator Namkje Koudenburg, and 7 other University of Groningen staff to develop their own innovative research plans and research groups: www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...

📘 We have a new book chapter out, where we reflect on the quantitative–qualitative binarism in methods commonly used in environmental psychology — and the onto-epistemic consequences of what often appears to be just a “technical coexistence.” 🔍

Congratulations to our colleague @thijsbouman.bsky.social for being awarded a prestigious Vidi grant for his project A Climate of Cynicism! Thijs (together with a PhD + post doc) will examine whether cynicism rather than indifference hinders climate efforts @rug.nl epgroningen.nl/associate-pr...