Tue June 26, 2018
Shahzeen Attari at The Interval: Motivating Action on Climate Change
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Climate change may be the biggest challenge humanity has faced, yet in polls Americans rank environmental concerns low (if at all) among the country's problems. Environmental researcher Shahzeen Attari will discuss this information disconnect and lead a dialogue about how to change it.
Can stories help build public support and ultimately the political will we need to reverse climate trends? What narratives can convey complex facts and lead people to care about them?
The Interval at Long Now welcomes
Shahzeen Attari (Indiana University / CASBS Stanford)
Facts, Feelings and Stories: How to Motivate Action on Climate Change
Check-in begins 6:30pm; talk will start 7:30pmat The Interval at Long Now
Dr. Shahzeen Attari's past research has looked at what we know and think we know about the energy and water systems we use every day. Her new work, funded by a 02018 Andrew Carnegie fellowship, will explore how to best communicate environmental facts that inspire individual behavior change and support for better climate policy. With a background that combines engineering, environmental science, and cognitive science Attari is uniquely equipped to explore the area of improving environmental decision-making.
This event is co-presented by the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), where Dr. Attari is currently a fellow.
Long Now members can watch a free livestream of this event
Shahzeen Attari works on environmental decision making at the individual level. Her research focuses on biases that shape people's judgments and decisions about resource use and systems and how to motivate action on climate change. She is an Associate Professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. She holds a joint PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering & Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon, as well as a BS in Engineering Physics from the University of Illinois. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Earth Institute and the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) at Columbia University. Dr Attari is a 02017-18 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) and a 02018 Andrew Carnegie Fellow.
More about CASBS at Stanford:Since 01954 the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) has been a preeminent national and international locus for cutting-edge, interdisciplinary, and transformative thinking and research on some of the most important challenges and issues. Its aim is discovery in the service of advancing social science methods, theories, and topics that address and answer socially significant questions. At the heart of the CASBS enterprise is its residential fellowship program, which attracts the finest minds from psychology, sociology, economics, political science, anthropology, history, philosophy, linguistics, and related disciplines.
Long Now members hear about Interval events first: become a member today.
You can watch videos of past Interval talks.
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Can stories help build public support and ultimately the political will we need to reverse climate trends? What narratives can convey complex facts and lead people to care about them?
The Interval at Long Now welcomes
Shahzeen Attari (Indiana University / CASBS Stanford)
Facts, Feelings and Stories: How to Motivate Action on Climate Change
Check-in begins 6:30pm; talk will start 7:30pmat The Interval at Long Now
Dr. Shahzeen Attari's past research has looked at what we know and think we know about the energy and water systems we use every day. Her new work, funded by a 02018 Andrew Carnegie fellowship, will explore how to best communicate environmental facts that inspire individual behavior change and support for better climate policy. With a background that combines engineering, environmental science, and cognitive science Attari is uniquely equipped to explore the area of improving environmental decision-making.
This event is co-presented by the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), where Dr. Attari is currently a fellow.
Long Now members can watch a free livestream of this event
Shahzeen Attari works on environmental decision making at the individual level. Her research focuses on biases that shape people's judgments and decisions about resource use and systems and how to motivate action on climate change. She is an Associate Professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. She holds a joint PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering & Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon, as well as a BS in Engineering Physics from the University of Illinois. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Earth Institute and the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) at Columbia University. Dr Attari is a 02017-18 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) and a 02018 Andrew Carnegie Fellow.
More about CASBS at Stanford:Since 01954 the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) has been a preeminent national and international locus for cutting-edge, interdisciplinary, and transformative thinking and research on some of the most important challenges and issues. Its aim is discovery in the service of advancing social science methods, theories, and topics that address and answer socially significant questions. At the heart of the CASBS enterprise is its residential fellowship program, which attracts the finest minds from psychology, sociology, economics, political science, anthropology, history, philosophy, linguistics, and related disciplines.
Long Now members hear about Interval events first: become a member today.
You can watch videos of past Interval talks.
Photo of bristlecone pine on Mount Washington, Nevada by Scotty Strachan
Climate change may be the biggest challenge humanity has faced, yet in polls Americans rank environmental concerns low (if at all) among the country's problems. Environmental researcher Shahzeen Attari will discuss this information disconnect and lead a dialogue about how to change it.
Can stories help build public support and ultimately the political will we need to reverse climate trends? What narratives can convey complex facts and lead people to care about them?
The Interval at Long Now welcomes
Shahzeen Attari (Indiana University / CASBS Stanford)
Facts, Feelings and Stories: How to Motivate Action on Climate Change
Check-in begins 6:30pm; talk will start 7:30pmat The Interval at Long Now
Dr. Shahzeen Attari's past research has looked at what we know and think we know about the energy and water systems we use every day. Her new work, funded by a 02018 Andrew Carnegie fellowship, will explore how to best communicate environmental facts that inspire individual behavior change and support for better climate policy. With a background that combines engineering, environmental science, and cognitive science Attari is uniquely equipped to explore the area of improving environmental decision-making.
This event is co-presented by the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), where Dr. Attari is currently a fellow.
Long Now members can watch a free livestream of this event
Shahzeen Attari works on environmental decision making at the individual level. Her research focuses on biases that shape people's judgments and decisions about resource use and systems and how to motivate action on climate change. She is an Associate Professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. She holds a joint PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering & Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon, as well as a BS in Engineering Physics from the University of Illinois. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Earth Institute and the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) at Columbia University. Dr Attari is a 02017-18 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) and a 02018 Andrew Carnegie Fellow.
More about CASBS at Stanford:Since 01954 the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) has been a preeminent national and international locus for cutting-edge, interdisciplinary, and transformative thinking and research on some of the most important challenges and issues. Its aim is discovery in the service of advancing social science methods, theories, and topics that address and answer socially significant questions. At the heart of the CASBS enterprise is its residential fellowship program, which attracts the finest minds from psychology, sociology, economics, political science, anthropology, history, philosophy, linguistics, and related disciplines.
Long Now members hear about Interval events first: become a member today.
You can watch videos of past Interval talks.
Photo of bristlecone pine on Mount Washington, Nevada by Scotty Strachan
read more
Can stories help build public support and ultimately the political will we need to reverse climate trends? What narratives can convey complex facts and lead people to care about them?
The Interval at Long Now welcomes
Shahzeen Attari (Indiana University / CASBS Stanford)
Facts, Feelings and Stories: How to Motivate Action on Climate Change
Check-in begins 6:30pm; talk will start 7:30pmat The Interval at Long Now
Dr. Shahzeen Attari's past research has looked at what we know and think we know about the energy and water systems we use every day. Her new work, funded by a 02018 Andrew Carnegie fellowship, will explore how to best communicate environmental facts that inspire individual behavior change and support for better climate policy. With a background that combines engineering, environmental science, and cognitive science Attari is uniquely equipped to explore the area of improving environmental decision-making.
This event is co-presented by the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), where Dr. Attari is currently a fellow.
Long Now members can watch a free livestream of this event
Shahzeen Attari works on environmental decision making at the individual level. Her research focuses on biases that shape people's judgments and decisions about resource use and systems and how to motivate action on climate change. She is an Associate Professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. She holds a joint PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering & Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon, as well as a BS in Engineering Physics from the University of Illinois. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Earth Institute and the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) at Columbia University. Dr Attari is a 02017-18 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) and a 02018 Andrew Carnegie Fellow.
More about CASBS at Stanford:Since 01954 the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) has been a preeminent national and international locus for cutting-edge, interdisciplinary, and transformative thinking and research on some of the most important challenges and issues. Its aim is discovery in the service of advancing social science methods, theories, and topics that address and answer socially significant questions. At the heart of the CASBS enterprise is its residential fellowship program, which attracts the finest minds from psychology, sociology, economics, political science, anthropology, history, philosophy, linguistics, and related disciplines.
Long Now members hear about Interval events first: become a member today.
You can watch videos of past Interval talks.
Photo of bristlecone pine on Mount Washington, Nevada by Scotty Strachan
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