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5511
National Ranking
2608

Overview

Thomas Webler is affiliated with Keene State College in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the social sciences and environmental science, with a particular emphasis on sociology, political science, global and planetary change, health, toxicology, mutagenesis, building and construction, and communication.

Their main research topics include:

  • Risk Perception and Management
  • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Underground infrastructure and sustainability

Thomas Webler has contributed to a number of scientific publications, typically focusing on the intersection of risk analysis, environmental policy, and public attitudes. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors about Cigarette-Butt Littering among College-Aged Adults in the United States," 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Unpacking the idea of democratic community consent-based siting for energy infrastructure," 2020, Journal of Risk Research

In addition, Webler has frequently collaborated with various researchers. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Seth Tuler
  • Bonnie Ram
  • Roger E. Kasperson
  • Jeannette Sutton
  • Karin Jakubowski

Their publications have appeared predominantly in these venues:

  • Energy Research & Social Science
  • Risk Analysis
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Environmental Science & Policy
  • Journal of Risk Research

Their research addresses complex societal and environmental issues by analyzing public perception and policy frameworks related to risk and sustainability. This work intersects with interdisciplinary domains focusing on climate change, environmental health, and energy infrastructure governance.

Best Publications

  • Fairness and competence in citizen participation : evaluating models for environmental discourse

    Ortwin Renn;Thomas Webler;Peter M. Wiedemann

  • Fairness and Competence in Citizen Participation

    Ortwin Renn;Thomas Webler;Peter Wiedemann

  • Risk, uncertainty, and rational action

    Carlo C. Jaeger;Thomas Webler;Eugene A. Rosa;Ortwin Renn

  • Public participation in impact assessment: A social learning perspective

    Thomas Webler;Hans Kastenholz;Ortwin Renn

  • What Is a Good Public Participation Process? Five Perspectives from the Public

    Thomas Webler;Seth Tuler;Robert F Krueger

  • “Right” Discourse in Citizen Participation: An Evaluative Yardstick

    Thomas Webler

  • Public participation in decision making: A three-step procedure

    Ortwin Renn;Thomas Webler;Horst Rakel;Peter Dienel

  • Fairness and Competence in Citizen Participation: Theoretical Reflections from a Case Study

    Thomas Webler;Seth Tuler

  • A Brief Primer on Participation: Philosophy and Practice

    Thomas Webler;Ortwin Renn

  • Four Perspectives on Public Participation Process in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making: Combined Results from 10 Case Studies

    Thomas Webler;Seth Tuler

  • Voices from the Forest: What Participants Expect of a Public Participation Process

    Seth Tuler;Thomas Webler

  • The craft and theory of public participation: a dialectical process

    Thomas Webler

  • Social norms and efficacy beliefs drive the Alarmed segment[rsquor]s public-sphere climate actions

    Kathryn L. Doherty;Kathryn L. Doherty;Thomas N. Webler

  • A novel approach to reducing uncertainty: The group Delphi☆

    Thomas Webler;Debra Levine;Horst Rakel;Ortwin Renn

  • Risks and risk governance in unconventional shale gas development.

    Mitchell J. Small;Paul C. Stern;Elizabeth Bomberg;Susan M. Christopherson

  • The social amplification of risk framework: New perspectives

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  • Public Participation in Watershed Management Planning: Views on Process from People in the Field

    Thomas Webler;Seth Tuler

  • Unlocking the Puzzle of Public Participation

    Thomas Webler;Seth Tuler

  • A Need for Discourse on Citizen Participation: Objectives and Structure of the Book

    Ortwin Renn;Thomas Webler;Peter Wiedemann

  • Integrating scientific and local knowledge to inform risk-based management approaches for climate adaptation

    Nathan P. Kettle;Kirstin Dow;Seth Tuler;Thomas Webler

  • Procedural and Substantive Fairness in Landfill Siting: A Swiss Case Study

    Ortwin Renn;Thomas Webler;Hans Kastenholz

Frequent Co-Authors

Ortwin Renn
Ortwin Renn University of Stuttgart
Eugene A. Rosa
Eugene A. Rosa Washington State University
Paul C. Stern
Paul C. Stern Social and Environmental Research Institute
Baruch Fischhoff
Baruch Fischhoff Carnegie Mellon University
Thomas Dietz
Thomas Dietz Michigan State University
Mitchell J. Small
Mitchell J. Small Carnegie Mellon University
William R. Freudenburg
William R. Freudenburg University of California, Santa Barbara
Steve Rayner
Steve Rayner University of Oxford
Barbara Zielinska
Barbara Zielinska Desert Research Institute
Robert B. Jackson
Robert B. Jackson Stanford University

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