Monday, October 16, 2023
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The Pyle Center (702 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53706)
Conference organizers: Markus Brauer and David Sherman
Registration
The registration deadline is October 2, 2023. The event is in-person only and will not be recorded or streamed.
Description
The goal of the Social Science & Sustainability Solutions (4S) Conference is to bring together social psychologists from all over the country (most of whom will have attended the Annual Convention of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology just before), University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers who work on sustainability-related questions but who are not necessarily social psychologists, and energy efficiency, electrification, and sustainability professionals in the community.
The conference will take place on Monday morning, October 16, 2023, and most attendees will leave Monday after lunch. We will offer a social program on Sunday (likely a hike to see the fall colors).
The event is co-sponsored by the UW–Madison Office of Sustainability, the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, the Institute for Diversity Science, as well as the Society of Experimental Social Psychology.
Speakers
Conference Program
8:30-9:00 Breakfast and registration9:00-10:15 First speaker sessionKathy Kuntz: Carrot Cake for Everyone: One Local Government’s Approach to Accelerating Climate Action
Jessica Nolan: Tackling Climate Change with Evidence-based Behavioral Interventions: The Case for Social Norms
Max Besbris: Risk, Uncertainty, and Mobility among the Middle Class in an Era of Climate Change
Madalina Vlasceanu: Climate Interventions Must Be Tailored to Actions and Audiences: A 60-country Global Megastudy
August Ball: Equity in the Environmental Field: Why Collective Diversity and Representation is Not Enough10:15-10:30 Break10:30-10:45 Artistic interlude10:45-12:00 Second speaker sessionDavid Sherman: Environmental Engagement in a Diverse WorldSophia Winkler-Schor: Cultivating Lasting Change: How to Promote Reforestation Among Small Land Owners in Developing Countries
Kaiping Chen: How to Scale up and Sustain Community Engagement in Environmental Policymaking: Integrating Digital Crowdsourcing and Data Science with In-Person EngagementRainer Romero-Canyas: When Psyche met Gaia: Thoughts and Feelings About Problematic Solutions for Environmental ProblemsJanet Swim: The Role of Hope for Healing the Planet12:00-1:00 Networking lunch