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Climate Psychology with Dr Evangelos Ntontis


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In this episode of Open Skies, we talk to Dr. Evangelos Ntontis, a Lecturer in Social Psychology at The Open University, about climate psychology and its applications. He explains how his background in discourse analysis has helped him explore the framing of climate change

discussions and the importance of considering the environment and societal factors in understanding human behaviour related to climate change.

Dr Ntontis highlights how you can explore these topics further in a new OpenLearn course and the OU module D110: Exploring psychological worlds.


Chapters:

00:00 Introductions

03:29 Discourse Analysis and Qualitative Research Methods

07:00 D110 and the psychology of climate change denialism

8:22 Exploring Climate Psychology: The OpenLearn Module

15:08 Researching stressors as a climate change impact

21:43 The interaction of inequality and climate change impacts


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Explore Further:

Studying Psychology at The Open University

https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/psychology

 

D110: Exploring psychological worlds: thinking, feeling,

doing

https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/modules/d110

 

OpenLearn: Introducing Climate Psychology

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/introducing-climate-psychology-facing-the-climate-crisis

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