Psychology, communication and the arts
The arts can provide powerful ways to challenge, inform and engage people in conversations about global challenges. It’s also vital we understand people's underlying worldviews, psychology, values and behaviour as these play a key role in shaping their attitudes to climate change, energy transitions and disaster solutions.
Insights into these perspectives can inform how we communicate about these challenges and understand the variety of responses to them. Framing climate solutions in ways that engage with the worldviews of target audiences will help to foster community consensus and empowerment in collectively responding to climate change in socially just and sustainable ways.
Many of the researchers in this field are housed in the University's Research School of Psychology, School of Sociology, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS), the Fenner School of Environment and Society, and the College of Arts and Social Sciences. We also have a number of Visiting Fellows and Honorary members.
Leaders
Researchers
- Assoc Prof Nick Abel
- Dr Katelyn Barnes
- Ben Bohane
- Assoc Prof Kathryn Bowen
- Dr Adam Broinowski
- Professor Alison Calear
- Mr Kevin Chadwick
- Professor Bruce Christensen
- Dr Matthew Colloff
- Dr Bec Colvin
- Dr Steven Cork
- Dr Steven Crimp
- Associate Professor Kim Cunio
- Dr Christopher Cvitanovic
- Ms Kathryn Dan
- Dr Amy Dawel
- Ms Ashley Jameson Eriksmoen
- Prof Denise Ferris
- Ms Ngaio Fitzpatrick
- Dr Richard W. Frank
- Dr Rachel Friedman
- Dr Joelle Gergis
- Dr Katrina Grant
- Dr Will Grant
- Dr Lisa-Marie Greenwood
- Dr Lainie Hart
- Dr Bernd Heubeck
- Associate Professor Geoff Hinchcliffe
- Dr Alexander Hunter
- Associate Professor Gavin J.D. Smith
- Associate Professor Fiona Jenkins
- Dr Aparna Lal
- Dr Rod Lamberts
- Dr Jennyfer Lawrence Taylor
- Professor Joan Leach
- Dr Emily Macleod
- Ms Juliet Meyer
- Dr Eryn Newman
- Dr Quynh Nguyen
- Dr Ruth O'Connor
- Dr Dave Pasalich
- Professor Michael Platow
- Ms Ewelina Przybyszewski
- Dr Simon Quilty
- Dr Anna Raupach
- Mr John Reid
- Julia Reynolds
- Emeritus Professor Libby Robin
- Dr Rebecca Shellock
- Dr Russell Smith
- Professor Michael Smithson
- Dr Samantha Stanley
- Dr Firouzeh Taghikhah
- Assoc Prof Katerina Teaiwa
- Associate Professor Mitchell Whitelaw
- Mr Tom Worthington
- Ms Clare de Castella
- Dr Pia van Gelder
Students
- Katherine Aigner
- Nic Badullovich
- Rebecca Blackburn
- Sarah Boddington
- Rachel Bowman
- Intifar Chowdhury
- Allyson Crimp
- Hannah Feldman
- Guy Leedon
- Padma Newsome
- Yuanyuan Shang
- Tanya Wilkins