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Risk, human choice, and climate change - Psychology PhD studentship Supervisors Dr Nadira Faber <https://psychology.exeter.ac.uk/staff/profile/index.php?web_id=Nadira_Faber> - University of Exeter. Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh<https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/lorraine-whitmarsh> - University of Bath Collaborative partner: Met Office (Prof Peter Stott) Location: Streatham Campus, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, UK. This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the NERC Great Western Four+ Doctoral Training Partnership (GW4+ DTP) http://nercgw4plus.ac.uk/. For eligible successful applicants, the studentships comprises: * An stipend for 3.5 years (currently £15,285 p.a. for 2020-21) in line with UK Research and Innovation rates * Payment of university tuition fees; * A research budget of £11,000 for an international conference, lab, field and research expenses; * A training budget of £3,250 for specialist training courses and expenses. * Up to £750 for travel and accomodation for compulsory cohort events. Project details Climate change, a major threat to our natural environment, is largely human-made. Why do so many people act in a way that increases climate change, e.g. by buying climate-unfriendly products or not supporting policy changes? How can we improve that? Climate change is characterised by two aspects that might make behaviour change challenging. Firstly, the people who suffer most from climate change are distant to those who need to change their behaviour (for example, people in the Global South are more strongly affected than Europeans). Secondly, public communication about climate change impacts talks about risk – and the uncertainty associated with that gives people an excuse not to change their behaviour. The goals of this project are to investigate I) how distance and risk affect human choices relating to climate change and, based on that, II) how modelling and other outputs that estimate risks of climate change impacts can be communicated more effectively to the public. Methodologically, we will combine climate science with psychology by using the latest UK climate change risk modelling provided by our collaborative partner, the Met Office, and feed this into psychological testing of interventions to promote behaviour change. We are particularly interested in students who want to play an active role in designing the research. It is possible to collect data online, so the project can proceed in the case of pandemic lockdowns. Candidate requirements: We will mainly use experimental psychological methodology (surveys, behavioural experiments). Applicants should have a degree in psychology or a closely related empirical discipline and ideally have some experience of data collection and analysis. Please contact the lead supervisor for more information. Eligibility NERC GW4+ DTP studentships are open to UK and Irish nationals who, if successful in their applications, will receive a full studentship including payment of university tuition fees at the home fees rate. A limited number of full studentships are also available to international students which are defined as EU (excluding Irish nationals), EEA, Swiss and all other non-UK nationals. Studentships for international students will only cover fees at the UK home fees rate. However, university tuition fees for international students are higher than the UK home fees rate therefore the difference will need to be funded from a separate source which the student or project supervisor may have to find. Unfortunately, the NERC GW4+ DTP cannot fund this difference from out studentship funding Further guidance on how this will work will be issued in November. The conditions for eligibility of home fees status are complex and you will need to seek advice if you have moved to or from the UK (or Republic of Ireland) within the past 3 years or have applied for settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme. Further details and to apply: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=3995 Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh Director - Centre for Climate Change & Social Transformations (CAST) Department of Psychology University of Bath Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK Website: https://cast.ac.uk/team/lorraine-whitmarsh/ ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ENVPSY list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=ENVPSY&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ENVPSY, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/