• Emotional reactions to climate change: A comparison across France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom 

      Bøhm, Gisela Petra; Pfister, Hans-Rudiger; Doran, Rouven; Ogunbode, Charles Adedayo; Poortinga, Wouter; Tvinnereim, Endre Meyer; Steentjes, Katharine; Mays, Claire; Bertoldo, Raquel; Sonnberger, Marco; Pidgeon, Nicholas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-07-06)
      We present a study of emotional reactions to climate change utilizing representative samples from France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom (UK). Drawing on appraisal theories of emotion, we examine relations between ...
    • Expected climate change consequences and their role in explaining individual risk judgments 

      Gregersen, Thea Johansen; Doran, Rouven; Bøhm, Gisela Petra; Pfister, Hans-Rudiger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This study examines what individuals expect will be the most important impacts of climate change on their respective countries, and how these expectations relate to individual riskjudgments. Open-ended responses from ...
    • Laypeople's affective images of energy transition pathways 

      Böhm, Gisela; Doran, Rouven; Pfister, Hans-Rudiger (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      This paper explores the public perception of energy transition pathways, that is, individual behaviors, political strategies, and technologies that aim to foster a shift toward a low-carbon and sustainable society. We ...
    • Remembering and Communicating Climate Change Narratives – The Influence of World Views on Selective Recollection 

      Böhm, Gisela; Pfister, Hans-Rudiger; Salway, Andrew; Fløttum, Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      We examine how people remember stories about climate change and how they communicate these stories to others. Drawing on theories of reconstructive memory and cultural theory, we assume that recollection is systematically ...