AI is rapidly restructuring and displacing millions of jobs globally, including half of Canadian payroll. The defining political and economic question of our time is: How can the AI dividend help raise the economic floor for everyone, not just concentrating wealth for a narrow set of shareholders?
In our new op-ed published at Policy Magazine, we outline 5 concrete ways to build guaranteed basic income with AI.
www.policymagazine.ca/how-ai-can-h...
In a world heavy with crisis and despair, it’s easy to let the "doom and gloom" take over. Our book reframes the climate crisis as an opportunity to live better, be happier, and build a future worth fighting for. Leave the lights on! Make the joyful choice.
happyclimate.org
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Got a conference coming up? Cut your emissions with our Travel Decision Guide. Created @jiayingzhao.bsky.social and our Climate Action Committee, this guide will help you decide if you should stay local or fly smarter.
Download here: bit.ly/stayorfly
My film debut is now free to watch online! The award-winning director Tom Acton sat me down for an interview that ended up in his powerful documentary - Close the Divide - to bridge the divide on climate change.
Watch here: tubitv.com/movies/10005...
Last week, I had the honour of presenting my latest research on guaranteed basic income to the All-Party Anti-Poverty Caucus in the Parliament, led by Senator Kim Pate @kpateonthehill.bsky.social , MP Elizabeth May, and MP Sean Casey.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R16r...
Porchlight has made my day: Anyone who pre-orders my new book with Liz Dunn, LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON, can now receive a signed copy and get $10 off! promo.porchlightbooks.com/pages/promot...
Thank you to Nature News for highlighting our research in a recent story about Pokémon turning 30: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Our new study on a systematic map of methods for assessing societal benefits of Earth science information:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Does higher well-being come with a higher carbon cost? Our new study in Greece suggests NO.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli...
Our new paper suggests climate communication should stop telling people what not to do and instead focus on what to do, to boost climate action likelihood and happiness:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/com...
This week’s IBioS member Article Highlight! 🌳
Dr. @jiayingzhao.bsky.social and colleagues recently published an article on “How do-more-good frames influence climate action likelihood and anticipated happiness.” 😊
Read more about it here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/com...
Big news for 2026: My new book with Liz Dunn, titled Leave the Lights On: How Joyful Decisions Can Save Our Species, is coming out from Penguin Random House on June 16th!
Our book shows how we can fight climate change and get happier at the same time: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/773541...
Would you prefer to get $0.10 for sure, or a 0.01% chance of getting $1,000 for every bottle recycled?
Our new study shows that people prefer the chance to win $1,000 over the sure $0.10, feel happier about recycling, and bring 47% more bottles to recycle!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
[1/2] As part of #MentalHealthWeek, we launch a new episode of Appointed, where I speak with @jiayingzhao.bsky.social about how poverty affects the way our brains work, how we make decisions, and stress levels!
appointedpod.simplecast.com/episodes/a-c...
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Thrilled to share moments from the King Charles III Coronation Medal Ceremony to be among the inspiring group of medalists! Grateful for Senator Kim Pate's nomination and this incredible honour!
I'm extremely honored to receive the King Charles III Coronation Medal! 🏅 Thank you Senator Kim Pate @kpateonthehill.bsky.social for nominating me, I'm looking forward to the ceremony in April!
psych.ubc.ca/news/jiaying...
Our new paper in Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social calls for a greater recognition of wildlife’s contributions to global biodiversity, led by @beckyck.bsky.social @ornithoale.bsky.social
@kimberlynicholas.bsky.social and many amazing others!
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
So honored to be featured in NPR's TED Radio Hour to explore how to combat food waste:
www.npr.org/2024/12/06/g...
The great food rescue explores how we can get more food onto plates and less into landfills by changing the food system, from the farm to your kitchen:
www.npr.org/programs/ted...
Running into Taylor Swift’s motorcade going to #3 final Eras Tour concert in Vancouver! She’s most likely in car #3 with the white phone lights. Have a fabulous show Taylor as the finale of the awesome Eras Tour! #taylorswift #erastour #vancouver
Join the Lovejoy Symposium this Thursday! Love the title ❤️ & can't wait to learn about tipping points and how to create social change to address nature loss and climate crisis: www.worldwildlife.org/pages/2024-l...
Ever feel like your actions won’t make a difference on climate change? You’re not alone. That’s pseudoinefficacy. See how storytelling & behavioral science can turn this around. bit.ly/3ZwpE4B
This work is led by Charlotte Roddick, Yuxiao Wang, Frances Chen, Dorukalp Durmus, Michael Royer, Jennifer Veitch, Yeon Soo Seo, Wenjing Cao, and Lorne Whitehead from University of British Columbia, Penn State University, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, National Research Council Canada
These findings reveal that the absence of NIR from indoor lighting impacts humans at a psychological and physiological level, with implications for health and well-being that need to be balanced with energy-saving considerations.
Here we examined the acute effects of NIR on cognition, emotional state and cardiovascular health, and found that NIR has beneficial effects on resting high-frequency heart rate variability and responses to cognitive demand, and feelings of pleasure, but reduced performance on a visual search task.
But NIR can promote wound healing, reduce inflammation, relieve pain, improve eye health, treat neurological conditions, enhance cognitive function, and promote psychological well-being. So removing NIR for sustainability reasons may have health, cognitive, and emotional consequences.
As the world becomes more sustainable, energy-efficient lighting (e.g., LEDs) and windows remove near-infrared radiation (NIR, 700-1000 nm) as an energy-saving measure.
A new paper is published! How does near-infrared radiation in ambient lighting impact cognitive performance, emotion, and heart rate variability?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our new review paper "The Psychology of Poverty: Current and Future Directions" is just published!
We introduce an organizing framework illustrating the causal links between poverty context, psychological mechanisms, and behaviors that may perpetuate poverty.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/FJRPC...
