Climate change impacts are here, but public support for action remains polarized. Which climate messages move people?
In a ~13,500-person megastudy, we tested 10 of the most-cited messages. Six increased pro-environmental attitudes in the U.S.—but only by 1–4 percentage points. 🧵
Robb Willer
For a short, public-facing overview of implications for talking about climate change across political divides, @woods.stanford.edu has a helpful explainer here:
woods.stanford.edu/news/how-talk-about-climate-change-across-political-divides
Robb Willer
🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨 in Science Advances. We meta-reanalyze 100 conjoint experiments to assess which immigrants citizens prefer around the world. Our evidence reinforces existing findings, identifies novel insights, and provides a basis for future research 1/n www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
2/4. "In a world that glorifies the artificial, I encourage you to cherish real intelligence. Nurture it as if your health and well-being depend on it—because it does. Invest in the people around you, and allow them to invest in you...
3/4. If you do those things, it will not necessarily make the world less chaotic...but, it will provide you with the community needed to get you through whatever life may throw your way...having that strong sense of community will be one of the greatest sources of satisfaction in your life."
TWO social psychologists got it!!!! Congrats to Mina Cikara and @olsonista.bsky.social !!!!
Honoured to share our new paper in @nature.com today. Across 12 countries in eastern and southern Africa and Southeast Asia, 1 in 6 internet-using children had experienced technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse. A thread 🧵
Meta-reanalysis of 100 conjoint experiments reveals patterns of similarity and variation in public immigration preferences worldwide.
As climate impacts intensify while political progress remains stalled, new Stanford research examines which messages can shift public beliefs across partisan divides and strengthen climate communicati...
