Why We See Climate Change Differently—and How Optimism Can Bridge the Divide Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time, yet we don’t all view it the same way. Some of us see it as an urgent crisis demanding immediate action, while others dismiss it or avoid thinking about it altogether. Why do these differences exist? And what can we do to bridge the gap? Our recent study explored these questions by looking at how our personal characteristics—political views, education, personality traits, and optimism—shape our attitudes toward global warming.

Why We See Climate Change Differently—and How Optimism Can Bridge the Divide

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time, yet we don’t all view it the same way. Some of us see it as an urgent crisis demanding immediate action, while others dismiss it or avoid thinking about it…

We argue that communications with more right-wing groups will be more effective in shifting beliefs where they emphasise optimism about the potential for social action to address climate change, rather than promoting fear of its effects. 2/2

Who's Interested in Global Warming? We report on a study of the correlates of attitude to global warming (GW). We build on prior research on the role of demographic variables, personality, and political orientation in predicting attit...

In our paper ‘Who's Interested in Global Warming?’, we find that belief in global warming is lower for those with more right-wing political orientation. Higher for higher optimism, and this effect is stronger for those with more right wing beliefs. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Yes there is certainly high rise housing that works but The Barbican and similar developments are not at the end of the market where there is the greatest need and different kinds of problems.

I am not attacking you on this just looking for a thoughtful response about how we avoid repeating mistakes made in the past.

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Well I did live through it.

Didn’t we do this in the sixties and accidentally invented sink estates?

"Under weaknesses, you've put 'Accidentally stopped the fight against Ebola'?"

the most surprising and disappointing aspect of becoming a global health philanthropist is the existence of an opposition team

My interviews on Policing TV about the dynamics of ignorance in policing.
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The best books about trading and traders Mark Fenton-O'Creevy shares the 5 best books on books about trading and traders. Have you read Trading Psychology 2.0?

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There you go, metric is good for you.

list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Hi Michael,

Very happy to have a chat about mutual interests. Do send me an IM or an email (I am easily found on Google)

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Sarah Crew on LinkedIn: Uncomfortable knowledge, the production of ignorance, and the… Essential, if uncomfortable, reading for senior leaders in Policing, especially as we consider reform. There is so much here that rings true. It takes real…

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The UK parliament has joined Bluesky, with proper verified domains and everything:

• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk

What is callow is shaming someone for a simple error

He may be a dinosaur but I doubt he had anything to do with the Battle of the Somme 🤣

Uncomfortable knowledge, the production of ignorance, and the trustworthiness of UK policing Abstract. In this article, we draw on emerging theories of the production of ignorance in organizations. We conduct a qualitative analysis of two forms of

One of the joys of supervising a PhD is when the student provides you with a reading you would never have come across but immediately connects to something you are working on. Today I feel lucky.Thankyou Sharon Davidson! academic.oup.com/policing/art...

Also, the increasing Climate impacts are likely to act as a drag on the economy, not to mention Trump's planned trade wars

I think we may be forgetting all the times this claim has been made before and so far AI is overpromising and underdelivering

Uncomfortable knowledge, the production of ignorance, and the trustworthiness of UK policing Why do organisations that employ many good people commited to serving the public fail to notice, or challenge terrible behaviour? Some of the answers may lie in recent work on the production and uses ...

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Selecting futures: The role of conviction, narratives, ambivalence, and constructive doubt Institutional decisions about the future, that matter, are usually made in a context of considerable uncertainty. Although the intention is success the possibility of failure must inevitably be prese...

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My paper with David Tucket on Selecting futures: The role of conviction, narratives, ambivalence, and constructive doubt.

The German economy relies less on the stock-market than the US economy - see e.g. www.afme.eu/publications...

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We report on a a case study of responses to the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2 police forces. Drawing on high reliability organisation theory, we examine factorssupporting a successful response to the crisis and what can be learned to improve future resilience. oro.open.ac.uk/96438/

Personality and wealth To what extent do personality traits predict wealth in adulthood over and above standard demographic factors? In all 3240 adults in the UK completed a Big Five personality test and reported on their ...

Our latest study on the role of personality in wealth accumulation. Implications for financial advisors supporting different personality types. doi.org/10.1002/cfp2...

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Mark Fenton-O'Creevy
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Dec 6, 2023
In our study of 1202 working adults men were more likely than women to be #investors, & older adults were more likely to be investors. Tolerance of #ambiguity and #competitiveness were personality predictors of investment. oro.open.ac.uk/94227/