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  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Riley E. Dunlap is affiliated with Oklahoma State University in the United States and is an active researcher in the fields of Social Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work predominantly intersects Sociology and Political Science, Communication, as well as Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law within environmental contexts.

The scientist's research concentrates on multiple topics related to environmental and political communication, including:

  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Media Studies and Communication
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Rhetoric and Communication Studies
  • Conferences and Exhibitions Management

Dunlap has published extensively in various scholarly venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Environmental Politics
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Journal of Sustainable Tourism
  • Global Environmental Change
  • Society & Natural Resources

Among their notable recent publications are:

  • "Nationalist ideology, rightwing populism, and public views about climate change in Europe" (2021) published in Environmental Politics
  • "Partisan asymmetry in temporal stability of climate change beliefs" (2020) published in Nature Climate Change
  • "'Time to Wake Up': Climate change advocacy in a polarized Congress, 1996-2015" (2020) published in Environmental Politics
  • "The limited influence of climate norms on leisure air travel" (2022) published in Journal of Sustainable Tourism
  • "Why do people continue driving conventional cars despite climate change? Social-psychological and institutional insights from a survey of Norwegian commuters" (2021) published in Energy Research & Social Science

Their collaborative work includes frequent coauthors such as Katharine Legun, Marianne Aasen, John Thøgersen, Arild Vatn, and Dana R. Fisher.

Dunlap's scholarly contributions include book publications, notably "The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology" published by Cambridge University Press in 2020.

Recognition for their work includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1999.

Best Publications

  • New Trends in Measuring Environmental Attitudes: Measuring Endorsement of the New Ecological Paradigm: A Revised NEP Scale

    Riley E. Dunlap;Kent D. Van Liere;Angela G. Mertig;Robert Emmet Jones

  • The “New Environmental Paradigm”

    Riley E. Dunlap;Kent D. Van Liere

  • THE POLITICIZATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND POLARIZATION IN THE AMERICAN PUBLIC'S VIEWS OF GLOBAL WARMING, 2001–2010

    Aaron M. McCright;Riley E. Dunlap

  • The Social Bases of Environmental Concern: A Review of Hypotheses, Explanations and Empirical Evidence

    Kent D. Van Liere;Riley E. Dunlap

  • Cool dudes: The denial of climate change among conservative white males in the United States

    Aaron M. McCright;Riley E. Dunlap

  • The New Environmental Paradigm Scale: From Marginality to Worldwide Use.

    Riley E. Dunlap

  • A New Ecological Paradigm for Post-Exuberant Sociology.

    William R. Catton;Riley E. Dunlap

  • The organisation of denial: Conservative think tanks and environmental scepticism

    Peter J. Jacques;Riley E. Dunlap;Mark Freeman

  • The Social Bases of Environmental Concern: Have They Changed Over Time?1

    Robert Emmet Jones;Riley E. Dunlap

  • Challenging global warming as a social problem: An analysis of the conservative movement's counter-claims

    Aaron M. McCright;Riley E. Dunlap

  • Defeating Kyoto: The conservative movement's impact on U.S. climate change policy

    Aaron M. McCright;Riley E. Dunlap

  • Environmental Concern Does it Make a Difference How it's Measured?

    Kent D. Van Liere;Riley E. Dunlap

  • A Widening Gap: Republican and Democratic Views on Climate Change

    Riley E. Dunlap;Araon M. McCright

  • The Political Divide on Climate Change: Partisan Polarization Widens in the U.S.

    Riley E. Dunlap;Aaron M. McCright;Jerrod H. Yarosh

  • Anti-reflexivity The American Conservative Movement’s Success in Undermining Climate Science and Policy

    Aaron M. McCright;Riley E. Dunlap

  • Political ideology and views about climate change in the European Union

    Aaron M. McCright;Riley E. Dunlap;Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt

  • Of Global Concern: Results of the Health of the Planet Survey.

    Riley E. Dunlap;George H. Gallup;Alec M. Gallup

  • THE GLOBALIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN AND THE LIMITS OF THE POSTMATERIALIST VALUES EXPLANATION: Evidence from Four Multinational Surveys

    Riley E. Dunlap;Richard York

  • Politics and Environment in America: Partisan and Ideological Cleavages in Public Support for Environmentalism

    R.E. Dunlap;C. Xiao;A.M. McCright

  • Trends in public opinion toward environmental issues: 1965–1990

    Riley E. Dunlap

  • American Environmentalism : The US Environmental Movement, 1970-1990

    Riley E. Dunlap;Angela G. Mertig

Frequent Co-Authors

Aaron M. McCright
Aaron M. McCright Michigan State University
Thomas Dietz
Thomas Dietz Michigan State University
Richard York
Richard York University of Oregon
Brett Clark
Brett Clark University of Utah
Thomas Rudel
Thomas Rudel Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research
Lawrence C. Hamilton
Lawrence C. Hamilton University of New Hampshire
Don A. Dillman
Don A. Dillman Washington State University

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