Research Themes
Education
Efficiency
Emotion
Gender
Sample Publications
“Terror Management Theory and mortality awareness: A missing link in climate response studies?” WIREs Climate Change
“Mortality awareness and water decisions: a social psychological analysis of supply-management, demand management
and soft-path paradigms”
Water International
“Sounding the water alarm will backfire thanks to human nature” The Globe and Mail
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Recent News
To understand coronavirus transmission, we have to understand our wastewater
Drinking and wastewater systems could be a critical piece of the puzzle surrounding the disease transmission.
Flush your disgust. We can’t let emotions dampen our water policies
All of us should begin to recognize how the presence, intensity and even absence of disgust can critically influence our water decisions.
Reimagining Water Education
The demand for qualified water practitioners will only be met when universities move beyond a single-discipline approach.
“I want you to panic”
Last year, Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg started skipping school to hold a daily protest about climate change. "Adults keep saying ‘we owe it to the young people to give them hope,’” she declared. “But I don’t want your hope. I want you to panic." (Post 3/3)
Our Elaborate Defences against Bad News
When we hear “the bell tolling”, we know that one day it will toll for us. The range of emotions we exhibit in the face of death also echo in our reactions to impending climate change. (Post 2/3)
Does Scaring People into Action about Climate Change really work?
Netflix’s recent film IO envisions a dystopian future where environmental catastrophe makes earth nearly uninhabitable for human beings. But does scaring people into action on climate change really work? (Post 1/3)