Using impure altruism to promote pro-environmental behavior

Is it possible to nudge people into more environmentally friendly behaviour using impure altruism as a driver?

International Studies Quarterly, Volume 62, Issue 3, p.534–547, doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqy013 Abstract In the early 1990s, the Russian public held overwhelmingly favorable attitudes toward the United States

Journal of Business Research. Vol. 186 Abstract Employees are increasingly vocal about and attentive toward their organizations’ social policies and practices. Scholars have identified two main channels

International review of social psychology, vol 37:1 Abstract Feygina and colleagues (2010, Study 3) reported that people who prefer the status quo can be encouraged towards pro-environmental responses w

Christofer Edling

I am Professor of Sociology at Lund University, and I have held positions at Jacobs University Bremen, Stockholm University, and Uppsala University where I was SCAS Pro Futura Fellow for four years. M and

Pol Campos-Mercade

I use randomized controlled-trials (RCT), lab experiments, and theory to investigate issues related to education, health, and behavioral economics. I am especially interested in studying how incentive

Olle Risberg

I am a researcher at the Department of Philosophy at Uppsala University, Sweden, and at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm. I am also a member of the Young Academy of Sweden. My research fo

Joakim Kulin, Researcher at Department of Sociology, Umeå University.ABSTRACT It is increasingly evident that greenhouse gas emissions and global warming pose serious existential risks to human societi

Offentliga samtal: Vem ska anställa alla hundraåringar?

I Sverige har antalet hundraåringar mer än fördubblats sedan år 2000 och lär fördubblas inom de närmaste tjugo åren. Det talas om att höja pensionsåldern, men på arbetsmarknaden efterfrågas folk under 40 år. Så vad ska alla friska åldringar sysselsätta sig med? Hur länge kan vi faktiskt arbeta utan att förlora i skärpa?

Nature, Scientific Reports Abstract Did cultures change shortly after, and in response to, the COVID-19 outbreak? If so, then in what way? We study these questions for a set of macro-cultural dimensions