Blar i Brage INN på forfatter "Böhm, Gisela"
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Comparative risk science for the coronavirus pandemic
Bostrom, Ann; Böhm, Gisela; O'Connor, Robert; Hanss, Daniel; Bodi-Fernandez, Otto; Halder, Pradipta (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Judgment, decision making, and risk researchers have learned a great deal over the years about how people prepare for and react to global risks. In recent years, risk scholars have increasingly focused their energies on ... -
Credible threat: Perceptions of pandemic coronavirus, climate change and the morality and management of global risks
Bostrom, Ann; Böhm, Gisela; Hayes, Adam L.; O’Connor, Robert E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Prior research suggests that the pandemic coronavirus pushes all the “hot spots” for risk perceptions, yet both governments and populations have varied in their responses. As the economic impacts of the pandemic have become ... -
Did concern about COVID-19 drain from a ‘finite pool of worry’ for climate change? Results from longitudinal panel data
Gregersen, Thea; Doran, Rouven; Böhm, Gisela; Sætrevik, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)According to the ‘finite pool of worry’ hypothesis, one may expect that introducing a novel concern (e.g., about a pandemic) may reduce concern about an existing issue (e.g., about climate change). Drawing upon representative ... -
The emotional engagement of climate experts is related to their climate change perceptions and coping strategies
Jovarauskaite, Lina; Böhm, Gisela (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The study aimed to reveal the role of emotions in Lithuanian climate experts’ perceptions of climate change (i.e., their beliefs about the causes and risk perceptions of climate change) and fill the gap in scientific ... -
Exploring relationships between climate change beliefs and energy preferences: A network analysis of the European Social Survey
Verschoor, Mark; Albers, Casper; Poortinga, Wouter; Böhm, Gisela; Steg, Linda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Understanding public attitudes to climate change and energy preferences is key to a successful transformation to a low-carbon society. While many studies have examined relationships between specific variables, little is ... -
Exposure to the IPCC special report on 1.5 °C global warming is linked to perceived threat and increased concern about climate change
Ogunbode, Charles Adedayo; Doran, Rouven; Böhm, Gisela (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This article investigates the influence of exposure to the IPCC special report on 1.5°C global warming on climate change attitudes. Among a nationally representative sample of the Norwegian public, we found that exposure ... -
Individual and local flooding experiences are differentially associated with subjective attribution and climate change concern
Ogunbode, Charles Adedayo; Doran, Rouven; Böhm, Gisela (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)While several studies show an association between flooding experience and climate change engagement, a few show no evidence of such a link. Here, we explore the potential that this inconsistency relates to the measurement ... -
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 ... -
Mapping perceptions of energy transition pathways: Ascribed motives and effectiveness
Doran, Rouven; Böhm, Gisela; Pfister, Hans-Rüdiger; Hanss, Daniel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This study examines how people perceive possible pathways of a societal transition towards less carbon intensive means of energy production and use. Data were collected with questionnaires among samples of university ... -
Negative emotions about climate change are related to insomnia symptoms and mental health: Cross-sectional evidence from 25 countries
Ogunbode, Charles Adedayo; Pallesen, Ståle; Böhm, Gisela; Doran, Rouven; Bhullar, Navjot; Aquino, Sibele; Marot, Tiago; Schermer, Julie Aitken; Wlodarczyk, Anna; Lu, Su; Jiang, Feng; Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Hanss, Daniel; Maran, Daniela Acquadro; Ardi, Rahkman; Chegeni, Razieh; Tahir, Hajra; Ghanbarian, Elahe; Park, Joonha; Tsubakita, Takashi; Tan, Chee-Seng; van den Broek, Karlijn L.; Chukwuorji, JohnBosco Chika; Ojewumi, Kehinde; Reyes, Marc Eric S.; Lins, Samuel; Enea, Violeta; Volkodav, Tatiana; Sollar, Tomas; Navarro-Carrillo, Ginés; Torres-Marín, Jorge; Mbungu, Winfred; Onyutha, Charles; Lomas, Michael J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Climate change threatens mental health via increasing exposure to the social and economic disruptions created by extreme weather and large-scale climatic events, as well as through the anxiety associated with recognising ... -
Outcome expectancies moderate the association between worry about climate change and personal energy-saving behaviors
Gregersen, Thea Johansen; Doran, Rouven; Böhm, Gisela; Poortinga, Wouter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This paper explores whether efficacy beliefs can alter the relationship between worry about climate change and personal energy-saving behaviors, controlling for climate change beliefs and socio-demographics. For this ... -
Political orientation moderates the relationship between climate change beliefs and worry about climate change
Gregersen, Thea; Doran, Rouven; Böhm, Gisela; Tvinnereim, Endre; Poortinga, Wouter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Public perceptions are well established as a key factor in support for climate change mitigation policies, and they tend to vary both within and between countries. Based on data from the European Social Survey Round 8 (N ... -
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 ... -
The resilience paradox: Flooding experience, coping and climate change mitigation intentions
Ogunbode, Charles Adedayo; Böhm, Gisela; Capstick, Stuart; Demski, Christina; Spence, Alexa; Tausch, Nicole (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Climate change is projected to increase the frequency, intensity and unpredictability of extreme weather events across the globe and these events are likely to have significant mental health implications. The mental health ... -
Using card sorting to explore the mental representation of energy transition pathways among laypeople
Doran, Rouven; Böhm, Gisela; Hanss, Daniel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Meeting international emission targets will require major changes in the energy system. This paper addresses the public perception of different pathways to energy transition, and their mental representation in particular. ... -
When worry about climate change leads to climate action: How values, worry and personal responsibility relate to various climate actions
Bouman, Thijs; Verschoor, Mark; Albers, Casper J.; Böhm, Gisela; Fisher, Stephen; Poortinga, Wouter; Whitmarsh, Lorraine; Steg, Linda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The IPCC's report on Global Warming of 1.5°C positioned climate change as one of the most worrying issues mankind has ever faced. Although many people worry about climate change, there is still much unknown about the origins ...