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Nicholas Frank Pidgeon

Nicholas Frank Pidgeon

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Social Sciences and Humanities
UK
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
94
Citations
35860
World Ranking
140
National Ranking
21

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Nicholas Frank Pidgeon is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences and engineering, with a focus on areas such as sociology and political science, management, monitoring, policy and law, building and construction, applied psychology, and civil and structural engineering.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Risk Perception and Management
  • Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis

Key publications by Nicholas Frank Pidgeon illustrate an emphasis on public perception and social dimensions of energy and climate issues. Recent papers include:

  • "Climate concerned but anti-nuclear: Exploring (dis)approval of nuclear energy in four European countries" (2021), published in Energy Research & Social Science
  • "Emotional reactions to climate change: a comparison across France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom" (2023), published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Public perceptions of heat decarbonisation in Great Britain: Awareness, values and the social circle effect" (2024), published in Energy Research & Social Science
  • "Beyond public acceptance: Towards systemic societal responsiveness of net zero infrastructures" (2025), published in Energy Research & Social Science
  • "'I Can't Imagine Living Anywhere Else': A Qualitative Longitudinal View of Low Carbon Home Residence" (2025), published in Housing Theory and Society

Nicholas Frank Pidgeon has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Gisela Böhm
  • Wouter Poortinga
  • Endre Tvinnereim
  • Katharine Steentjes
  • Claire Mays

Common venues for their research publications are:

  • Energy Research & Social Science
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Housing Theory and Society

The scientist's combined expertise in social sciences and engineering fields facilitates interdisciplinary approaches to climate-related challenges, social acceptance of renewable technologies, and strategies for sustainable and low-carbon living environments.

Best Publications

  • The psychological distance of climate change.

    Alexa Spence;Wouter Poortinga;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon

  • Man-Made Disasters

    Barry A. Turner;Nick F. Pidgeon

  • Public Views on Climate Change: European and USA Perspectives

    Irene Lorenzoni;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon

  • Perceptions of climate change and willingness to save energy related to flood experience

    A. Spence;Wouter Poortinga;Catherine Butler;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon

  • Qualitative research and psychological theorizing.

    Karen L. Henwood;Nick F. Pidgeon

  • Framing and Communicating Climate Change: The Effects of Distance and Outcome Frame Manipulations

    Alexa Spence;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon

  • Exploring the Dimensionality of Trust in Risk Regulation

    Wouter Poortinga;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon

  • Uncertain climate: An investigation into public scepticism about anthropogenic climate change

    Wouter Poortinga;Alexa Spence;Lorraine E. Whitmarsh;Stuart B. Capstick

  • The role of social and decision sciences in communicating uncertain climate risks

    Nicholas Frank Pidgeon;Baruch Fischhoff

  • International trends in public perceptions of climate change over the past quarter century

    Stuart B. Capstick;Lorraine E. Whitmarsh;Wouter Poortinga;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon

  • The Social Amplification of Risk: Assessing Fifteen Years of Research and Theory

    Jeanne X. Kasperson;Roger E. Kasperson;Nick Pidgeon;Paul Slovic

  • Man-made disasters: Why technology and organizations (sometimes) fail.

    Nicholas Frank Pidgeon;M. O'Leary

  • Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands

    David J. Beerling;Euripides P. Kantzas;Mark R. Lomas;Peter Wade

  • Safety Culture and Risk Management in Organizations

    Nick F. Pidgeon

  • Public engagement with climate change: the role of human values

    Adam J. Corner;Ezra Markowitz;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon

  • Climate change or nuclear power-No thanks! A quantitative study of public perceptions and risk framing in Britain

    Nicholas Frank Pidgeon;Irene Lorenzoni;Wouter Poortinga

  • Experience of extreme weather affects climate change mitigation and adaptation responses

    Christina Demski;Stuart Capstick;Nick Pidgeon;Robert Gennaro Sposato

  • Trust in Risk Regulation: Cause or Consequence of the Acceptability of GM Food?

    Wouter Poortinga;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon

  • Reframing nuclear power in the UK energy debate: nuclear power, climate change mitigation and radioactive waste

    Karen Bickerstaff;Irene Lorenzoni;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon;Wouter Poortinga

  • Nuclear power, climate change and energy security: Exploring British public attitudes

    Adam J. Corner;Daniel Venables;Alexa Spence;Wouter Poortinga

  • Cross-national comparisons of image associations with "global warming" and "climate change" among laypeople in the United States of America and Great Britain

    Irene Lorenzoni;Anthony Leiserowitz;Miguel De Franca Doria;Wouter Poortinga

Frequent Co-Authors

Wouter Poortinga
Wouter Poortinga Cardiff University
Irene Lorenzoni
Irene Lorenzoni University of East Anglia
Gene Rowe
Gene Rowe Norwich University
Lorraine Whitmarsh
Lorraine Whitmarsh University of Bath
Timothy O'Riordan
Timothy O'Riordan University of East Anglia
John Barrett
John Barrett University of Leeds
Terre Satterfield
Terre Satterfield University of British Columbia
Jenni Barclay
Jenni Barclay University of East Anglia
Paul Slovic
Paul Slovic University of Oregon
Baruch Fischhoff
Baruch Fischhoff Carnegie Mellon University

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