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Researching, Teaching & Organizing on The Climate Crisis
From cognitive neuroscience to the climate crisis
After 20 years of doing cognitive neuroscience, Prof Aron shifted to teaching, researching and organizing on the climate and ecological crisis.
These pages document the earlier research effort and the new climate psychology and action lab.
@canuclagroup: Upcoming Speaker Event at UCLA! 🚨
General Audience Title: The Essential Role of Social Mobilization in Confronting the Climate Crisis
Join Adam R. Aron who will be discussing the climate crisis.
More information is available at: https://t.co/fnDkVACE20 https://t.co/7rY0jiEh3F
@ProfBillMcGuire: I'm sorry, but the 'final warning' was years back
It is now practically impossible to stop a 1.5C rise, so we cannot sidestep dangerous climate breakdown
But we must fight for every 0.1C rise to stop dangerous becoming cataclysmic
https://t.co/rbovxSzg2z
"Offsetting, Insetting, Science-Based Can-Kicking".
Come join us tomorrow to hear @JamesGDyke speak about the pressing need for large institutions to Get Off The Gas Now!
@NaomiOreskes @BenFranta @GeoffreySupran @mzjacobson @amywestervelt @emorwee @MaibachEd https://t.co/9iOyJRjlPr
@russpoldrack: Have been reading "The Climate Crisis" by @swaziadam - it is a very clear explication of the issues from several different angles. Highly recommended! https://t.co/SD4C3RJafs
THE LATEST:
- January 2023, The Conversation publishes “3 reasons local climate activism is more powerful than people realize“.
- Oct 2022, Adam’s reviews “A Neurosurgeon’s Climate Fight” in Science Magazine
- May 2022, Adam’s book on the climate crisis is in production at Cambridge University Press.
- May 2022, our first paper from the climate and psychology lab is accepted, a pre-registered report no less! Castiglione et al. Discovering the psychological building blocks underlying climate action – a longitudinal study of real-world activism, Royal Society – Open Science.
- March 2022: Megan Phelps is interviewed by local NPR radio on eco-anxiety and climate activism.
- July 2021: Ricci’s paper “Towards real-world generalizability of a circuit for action-stopping” is published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
- July 2021: Adam interviews social and environmental psychologist Kelly Fielding and grassroots organizer Masada Disenhouse.
- April 2021: Adam is interviewed by the UCSD Climate Change Review on the psychology of collective action and activism on campus.