Psychology and Climate Change: Human Perceptions, Impacts, and Responses - Softcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Dr. Susan Clayton is the Whitmore-Williams Professor of Psychology at the College of Wooster in Ohio. Her PhD, in social psychology, is from Yale University. Dr. Clayton’s research examines people’s relationship with the natural environment, how it is socially constructed, and how it is affected by changing environmental conditions; she is co-author of the widely used Climate Change Anxiety Scale. A fellow of the American Psychological Association and the International Association of Applied Psychology, she was a lead author on the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. She continues to research the ways in which climate change is affecting people’s lives and well-being.

Dr. Christie Manning, PhD, is a cognitive and biological psychologist who teaches in the interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Department at Macalester College in Minnesota. Her research explores how climate storytelling influences the psychological antecedents of community-level climate action, and how climate injustice impacts human well-being. Her recent co-authored books include Fostering Sustainability in Higher Education, and the academic textbook, Psychology for Sustainability, 6e. Dr Manning is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.