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nathanielgeiger.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan. Social psychology and climate change communication. https://nathanielgeiger.wixsite.com/michigan
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Why do we have measles outbreaks every year

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"Writing is thinking" The danger of relying on OpenAI’s Deep Research (The Economist) www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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This is a really nice meta-analysis of hope-based messaging for climate engagement by @nathanielgeiger.bsky.social Anyone working on a meta-analysis of fear appeals? Hard to get an overview otherwise, people seem to be doing their own N ~ 300 studies with different stimuli, samples, measures, ...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Today I learned the term "Keynesian beauty contest" and IMO this seems to describe the current crypto market so well.

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As a reminder. You are always free to choose empathy. And to sustain a norm of concern and kindness for those most in need. It isn't weakness. It makes you strong. Think tree roots supporting each other through mycelium strands of connection, communication, and relief.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

HOT RESEARCH NEWS! Motonormativity ("car brain") is a bias that stops people making rational judgements about driving en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motonor... Our new study shows where this bias comes from AND how it makes people think they're odd for supporting changes to the transport system 🧵

submitted 11 days ago • 31 comments

Bat signal: If you are a researcher working on topics related to sustainable and equitable transportation whose work/funding is being impact by the Trump administration, please hit me up today or early tomorrow if you'd like to talk about it on the record, or just post thoughts in the thread. 👇

submitted 22 days ago • 7 comments

putting out this call again: folks at DOE, EPA, FERC, OSTI, EIA etc who want to securely chat with a reporter.......my signal is mollytaft.76 (perhaps goes without saying but don't use work networks or devices to reach out)

submitted 22 days ago • 5 comments

Elon Musk is a terrible president.

submitted 24 days ago • 1697 comments

🚨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.

submitted 24 days ago • 1328 comments

Is the loneliness epidemic reducing climate action? Our new paper (w/ @janetkswim.bsky.social) suggests maybe so! We find that social support is associated with greater action hope, which is associated with more climate action. Open access article: bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

submitted 28 days ago • 166 comments

Interesting to watch a group identity form in real time.

submitted 30 days ago • 3 comments

Does loneliness correlate with support for the populist radical right? In the Netherlands, yes-lonelier individuals were more likely to support the PRR across 15 years of data (2008-2023), with effect sizes comparable to health correlates of loneliness. (1/9) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 37 days ago • 8 comments

New paper in BJSP! We (me, JanetSwim & JohnFraser) explore how social support can promote climate action. We find that those receiving more social support have more hope about taking action, and this action hope predicts more intended and self-reported behavior. Read here: shorturl.at/HiZHt

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The brilliant @aiannucci.bsky.social on disrupters

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Next time you see me talking to myself, I'll point you to this research

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say

submitted 101 days ago • 222 comments

🚨 New preprint 🚨 Are climate scientists less trusted than scientists in general? 🤔🌍 Yes, we find evidence of a significant trust gap between climate scientists and scientists in general. 👇🧵 osf.io/preprints/os...

submitted 100 days ago • 9 comments

New in J. of Enviro. Psych w/Kaitlin Raimi, Mel Sarge, Ash Gillis and Julia Cunningham. Climate change is displacing people inside and outside the US. We investigate how framing climate migration affects Americans' support for climate and migration policy authors.elsevier.com/a/1iJwy_6CY1...

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First hard frost of the season this morning

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🚨 Paging social psychologists! Actually (checks notes) paging ALL psychologists! We (Florida) are hiring for a TT asst prof in QUANT psych! Area open; if you’re doing cool rigorous quant-focused work…we want to hear from you. Deadline: 10/15 Job ad: psych.ufl.edu/wp-content/u... [Cross-post]

submitted 520 days ago • 2 comments

It's so cool that cops got their feelings hurt a few years ago and now we basically don't have traffic laws anymore

submitted 518 days ago • 6 comments