2023

His research focuses on the motivations and social processes that predict environmental behaviors such as reducing meat consumption, flying, voting, and protesting. He will talk about public opinion on climate change and recent advances in measuring and conceptualizing pro-environmental behavior. Most previous studies assumed that pro-environmental behavior is a coherent psychological variable, but recent work suggests behaviors are external, diverse, and have different causes. He will also share a resource of free, open datasets and promote the diamond open-access journal Global Environmental Psychology (free for authors and readers).

It is widely acknowledged that climate change has significant implications for species diversity, natural resources, wind patterns, and weather conditions. However, the true extent of climate change's impact on us, as psychologists, and the individuals we assist, remains a pertinent question. In this lecture, we will explore how the climate crisis influences the mental well-being and daily lives of psychologists.

The lecture will be delivered by Tuva Bræin, who serves as the Chair of the Climate Committee within the Norwegian Psychological Association. Tuva holds a professional background as a trained psychologist and has authored a master's thesis and professional articles addressing psychological barriers related to climate change acceptance. Currently, she is employed as a clinical psychologist at the General Psychiatric Section at Søndre Oslo DPS.

Excessive meat consumption in affluent societies is a core global sustainability challenge. But meat consumption patterns prove very difficult to change. In Norway, where meat is a highly contested and polarising topic, increasing shares of the population are onboard with the idea of reducingtheir meat intake. Yet consumption levels do not decrease. In this talk, Arve Hansen discusses why meat consumption patterns in Norway are so stubborn, taking the experiences of active meat reducers as a main starting point. In doing so, he discusses both psychological and socio-material approaches to (changing) meat consumption. The talk draws on findings from the project MEATigation, which among other things has resulted in a special issue on meat and a paper on the Norwegian pølse.

You can find the slides from the seminar here

Christian Klöckner is a professor of social psychology (2010) and quantitative methods at NTNU (2012). Previously, he studied and obtained a Ph.D. in psychology with a specialization in environmental psychology at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany (1992-1999, 2001-2005). Since 2011, he has been a research leader at the Department of Psychology at NTNU and is part of the research group "Consumption, environment, and traffic"