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Overview

Wouter Poortinga is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily within the fields of Social Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans various subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Applied Psychology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Transportation.

The main research topics addressed by Wouter Poortinga cover Environmental Education and Sustainability, Climate Change Communication and Perception, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy, Environmental Sustainability in Business, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, and Urban Transport and Accessibility.

Recent publications by Wouter Poortinga examine the relationships between environmental factors, public health, and social behavior. Notable papers include:

  • "When worry about climate change leads to climate action: How values, worry and personal responsibility relate to various climate actions" (2020, Global Environmental Change)
  • "Built environment, urban vitality and social cohesion: Do vibrant neighborhoods foster strong communities?" (2020, Landscape and Urban Planning)
  • "The role of perceived public and private green space in subjective health and wellbeing during and after the first peak of the COVID-19 outbreak" (2021, Landscape and Urban Planning)
  • "Behaviour change to address climate change" (2021, Current Opinion in Psychology)
  • "Political Orientation Moderates the Relationship Between Climate Change Beliefs and Worry About Climate Change" (2020, Frontiers in Psychology)

Wouter Poortinga frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Lorraine Whitmarsh, Gisela Böhm, Britt Hallingberg, Rhiannon Phillips, and Denitza Williams. These collaborations contribute to research across environmental psychology, climate change behavior, and policy-related social studies.

Their work is published in a variety of journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • Travel Behaviour and Society
  • Landscape and Urban Planning

Best Publications

  • Values, Environmental Concern, and Environmental Behavior A Study into Household Energy Use

    Wouter Poortinga;Linda Steg;Charles Vlek

  • The psychological distance of climate change.

    Alexa Spence;Wouter Poortinga;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

  • 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

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

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

  • Household preferences for energy-saving measures: A conjoint analysis

    Wouter Poortinga;Linda Steg;Charles Vlek;Gerwin Wiersma

  • The prevalence and clustering of four major lifestyle risk factors in an English adult population

    Wouter Poortinga

  • Social capital: An individual or collective resource for health?

    Wouter Poortinga

  • Social relations or social capital? Individual and community health effects of bonding social capital

    Wouter Poortinga

  • Community resilience and health: the role of bonding, bridging, and linking aspects of social capital.

    Wouter Poortinga

  • Climate change perceptions and their individual-level determinants: A cross-European analysis

    Wouter Poortinga;Lorraine Whitmarsh;Linda Steg;Gisela Böhm

  • 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

  • When worry about climate change leads to climate action: How values, worry and personal responsibility relate to various climate actions

    Thijs Bouman;Mark Verschoor;Casper J. Albers;Gisela Böhm

  • 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

  • Trust, the Asymmetry Principle, and the Role of Prior Beliefs

    Wouter Poortinga;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon

  • The introduction of a single-use carrier bag charge in Wales: Attitude change and behavioural spillover effects

    Wouter Poortinga;Lorraine E. Whitmarsh;Christine Suffolk

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas Frank Pidgeon
Nicholas Frank Pidgeon Cardiff University
Lorraine Whitmarsh
Lorraine Whitmarsh University of Bath
Linda Steg
Linda Steg University of Groningen
Irene Lorenzoni
Irene Lorenzoni University of East Anglia
Gene Rowe
Gene Rowe Norwich University
Timothy O'Riordan
Timothy O'Riordan University of East Anglia
Patrick Devine-Wright
Patrick Devine-Wright University of Exeter
Taciano L. Milfont
Taciano L. Milfont University of Waikato
Chris G. Sibley
Chris G. Sibley University of Auckland
Anne Vernez Moudon
Anne Vernez Moudon University of Washington

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