• What impact will The Hague's fossil fuel advertising ban have?
    Jun 2 2025


    Our guest this episode is associate professor Thijs Bouman, and the topic is The Hague's fossil fuel advertising ban.


    🎧 What does a fossil fuel advertising ban entail?


    🎧 What impact will The Hague's advertising ban have?


    🎧 Should we expect to see more cities enact fossil fuel advertising bans?


    Listen to the episode now and find out! You can find the audio version on Acast or Spotify!


    Music credits: "Inspire" by Ben Sound


    Hosted, researched and edited by Sara Raja


    Audio and video production by Traci White


    The Environmental Psychology Groningen podcast is your introduction course and personal tutor (or even just your really smart friend) in the inspiring and wide-ranging field of environmental psychology. Each episode will feature a conversation with one of the researchers from our group in the Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the University of Groningen, and we'll talk about what they are working on and how it plays a role in pro-environmental behaviour.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    13 mins
  • What are climate adaptation and mitigation?
    Jul 15 2024

    Our guest this episode is post doc Anne van Valkengoed, and the topic this week is climate adaptation, mitigation and anxiety.


    Are adaptation and mitigation mutually exclusive? Does climate anxiety play a role in how willing – or able – people are to pursue adaption measures? Can environmental psychology help overcome resistance to adaptation?


    Listen to the episode now and find out! You can also watch the full video version of the podcast on the Environmental Psychology Groningen YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@environmentalpsychologygro17/videos


    Music credits: Creative Minds by Ben Sound


    Hosted and researched by Traci White


    Audio and video production by Kuo-Hao Li


    The Environmental Psychology Groningen podcast is your introduction course to the inspiring and wide-ranging field of environmental psychology. Each episode will feature a conversation with one of the researchers from our group at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences at the University of Groningen about what they are working on and how it plays a role in pro-environmental behaviour.



    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    43 mins
  • What are social tipping points?
    Jun 25 2024

    Our guest this episode is post doc Žan Mlakar, and the topic this week is social tipping points.


    What initiates widespread social change? How does social change evolve over time? Why is it hard to discuss sustainability?


    Listen to the episode now and find out! You can also watch the full video version of the podcast on the Environmental Psychology Groningen YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@environmentalpsychologygro17/videos


    Music credits: Creative Minds by Ben Sound


    Hosted and researched by Traci White


    Audio and video production by Kuo-Hao Li


    The Environmental Psychology Groningen podcast is your introduction course to the inspiring and wide-ranging field of environmental psychology. Each episode will feature a conversation with one of the researchers from our group at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences at the University of Groningen about what they are working on and how it plays a role in pro-environmental behaviour.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    29 mins
  • Why is public participation important?
    Jun 3 2024

    Our guest this episode is associate professor Goda Perlaviciute, and the topic this week is why public participation and acceptance matters so much in the context of climate change.


    What are citizen assemblies? How can public involvement in energy decision making better reflect the general population? Is it possible to overcome NIMBYism (not in my backyard) with green energy projects?


    Listen to the episode now and find out! You can also watch the full video version of the podcast on the Environmental Psychology Groningen YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@environmentalpsychologygro17/videos


    Music credits: Creative Minds by Ben Sound


    Hosted and researched by Traci White


    Audio and video production by Kuo-Hao Li


    The Environmental Psychology Groningen podcast is your introduction course to the inspiring and wide-ranging field of environmental psychology. Each episode will feature a conversation with one of the researchers from our group at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences at the University of Groningen about what they are working on and how it plays a role in pro-environmental behaviour.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    29 mins