Dr Astrid Kause

♻️🌱🌿Boost your climate change and sustainability awareness! Check out the collaborative work of @AstridKause and @MarleneSophiee on our website. Explore four new boosts under the sustainability topic tag at scienceofboosting.org/boosting-examp… @leuphana #ScienceofBoosting

We are hiring! The Chair of Behavioral Research Methods @TU_Muenchen has openings for 2 postdoc or predoc positions (100%) on computational modeling of behavior. Application deadline is September 22. For more information: msl.mgt.tum.de/en/brm/job-ope…

Effective #SciComm is challenged by constantly evolving evidence that is competing with #misinformation Read our #manifesto here, where we propose communicating science as a collective intelligence 💪 📑journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10… #InfodemicManager

Manifesto #SciCOmm lead: @dlholf Collective intelligence: @FasceAngelo @katytapper @chris_abels @ahmedkhalid75 @SoniaBoender @HendirkB @stefanmherzog @RVAwonk @AstridKause @suneman @matt_nurse @sednonsatiata @ProfSunitaSah @PhilippMSchmid @miroslavsirota @MarleneSophiee et al

What evidence do we have right now regarding the effectiveness of radical climate protests? Please forward and complete the list. Thank you!

Für wirksamen #Klimaschutz werden Techno-Lösungen allein nicht helfen. Gerade bei #Mobilität und #Ernährung wird es ohne Veränderung von Verhalten und Gewohnheiten nicht gehen. Das @UKHouseofLords hat hierzu einen epochalen Bericht vorgelegt. Langer Thread mit Kernaussagen. 1/⤵️

Exciting to see that @mfk_frankfurt is opening perhaps the 1st-ever exhibition on #climatecommunication. A key theme: the epic efforts of the fossil fuel industry to shift responsibility to consumers. #klima_x

Lobby für russisches Gas: Schröder war die Spitze des Eisbergs, wir haben unter die Wasseroberfläche geschaut. Deutsche Anwälte, Manager und etliche Politiker waren jahrelang für russische Interessen eingespannt. Hier sind sie: correctiv.org/aktuelles/russ…

We just released a new study! We explore the efficacy of smart technologies, which have been heralded to increase energy conservation. Guess what we find from our field experiments, which generated more than 16 million hourly observations. #EconTwitter ideas.repec.org/p/feb/framed/0…

We are looking for an interdisciplinary PhD candidate! In the transition toward carbon-free societies, we want to explore how to foster effective public participation between stakeholders 🤝 👉Find out more: buff.ly/3qRencR 📅 Apply before 16 October 11:59 pm (CET)

I'm looking for articles on the importance of empathy in climate change communication and perception. Recommendations very welcome! @PriestleyCentre @Andrea_L_Taylor @SaffronJONeill @cmartynski @ClimateCultures

Exciting news: My new book, The Big Myth, w/ @ErikMConway is available for pre-order @BNTrends 25% off with coupon code PREORDER25 at checkout. Please tell friends, order as a holiday present, etc. etc! @MichaelEMann @mrJamesGraham @agent_ayesha barnesandnoble.com/w/the-big-myth….

🗞️Hot off the press @NatureComms📢: Americans think a minority in the US are worried about climate change & support climate policy—it's really a super majority. This “False Social Reality” is near-universal in the US & fully inverts the true norm: nature.com/articles/s4146… 1/3

Letter writers - Think about how your language (even if positive) is gendered. For example, are you commenting on how "passionate" a woman applicant is and how "productive" a man applicant is? That, my friend, is gendered because being "passionate" does not get women promoted. 4/

📣 Hey folks, if you're a researcher studying pro-environmental/sustainability behavior, please participate in our survey 📝 Thanks so much - and please share 🤗 @Sinnit_W @SebBobeth @liemelo @ronjgerdes @AdlerMaximilian @GerhardReese @SonjaMGeiger @lsommer13 @lis_wullenkord

While you are on those fancy panels and meeting rooms giving speeches and making decisions on climate change, remember people who sleep in such homes. We must protect the most vulnerable and poor from the #ClimateCrisis . #ClimateActionNow

We are now advertising for a Teaching Fellow in Ecological Economics position at the University of Leeds! It's a permanent position, which will contribute directly to our MSc Ecological Economics program. Closing date is Monday, 20 June. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r… @ESEEORG @ISEEORG

What barriers one may face in science communication, how to overcome them, several cool examples, and how the manifesto collectively came about? Read the full text and story at scibeh.org

It also needs to ensure that communications are easy to understand, by a broad range of audiences

Our new manifesto describes science communication as a collective endeavor for counteracting spreading misinformation, because (a thread)