Essays about: "climate psychology"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 44 essays containing the words climate psychology.

  1. 21. Understanding Community Resilience: Resilience in the community response to the 14th June 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Edward Persson; [2019]
    Keywords : resilience; community; community resilience; social capital; post-disaster; community based organisations; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Community resilience is a highly relevant topic and the focus of much contemporary research, however it has yet to be distilled down to an exact science. The current thesis applies a theoretical framework for community resilience as an analytical lens when investigating the community response to the Grenfell fire and tragedy of 14th June 2017. READ MORE

  3. 22. How to Construct a Narrative Pathway through Climate Chaos

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Alexander Eslick; [2019]
    Keywords : Climate Change ; Chaos ; Narrative ; the flood ; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis highlights the importance of narratives for Human experience and its connection to the climate using a methodological and epistemological standpoint of Hermeneutics. Using the categories of economics, the unknown and psychology an argument is laid out for the likelihood of increased future chaos as a result of Climate Change. READ MORE

  4. 23. There is No Alternative: A Symbolic Interactionist Account of Swedish Climate Activists

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Kristoffer Berglund; [2019]
    Keywords : climate change; climate activism; symbolic interactionism; sociology of emotions; climate anxiety; environmentalism; social psychology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Today, a climate crisis is immanent. In this thesis I have conducted nine semi-structured interviews with Swedish climate activists. READ MORE

  5. 24. Establishing a biopsychosocial model for conspiracy theory ideation

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Linus Hallner; [2018]
    Keywords : Conspiracy theory ideation; cognitive neuroscience; psychology; socialpsychology; radicalization; populism;

    Abstract : This paper aims to provide the grounds for a biopsychosocial understanding of the underpinnings of conspiracy theorist ideation by studying research articles from different scientific disciplines. Cross-disciplinary concurring results are presented and discussed, as well as some examples of how conspiracy theories have been used during the 20th century. READ MORE

  6. 25. Seeing is believing is doing? : On the role of future-oriented imagination in developing motivation for a sustainable lifestyle

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Viktoria Vingmarker; [2018]
    Keywords : environmental psychology; future-oriented imagination; pro-environmental behaviour; pro-environmental self-identity; sustainable development; sustainable lifestyles;

    Abstract : The environmental and climate-related sustainability challenges facing the world today are complex, accelerating and urgent, and they call for change from multiple stake­hol­ders. While govern­ments, busi­nes­ses and other insti­tutions hold a high degree of responsibility for initia­ting and enabling the neces­sary change processes towards sustainable practices, so do also individuals and com­munities. READ MORE