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Academic Articles Categorie: Social transformations

Public engagement and climate change: exploring the role of hairdressers as everyday influencers

Latter, B., Hampton, S., Baden, D. et al. Public engagement and climate change: exploring the role of hairdressers as everyday influencers. Humanit Soc Sci Commun (2026). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-06781-4

Measuring carbon capability beyond the carbon footprint

Ghura, A., Hampton, S. & Whitmarsh, L. Measuring carbon capability beyond the carbon footprint. Commun. Sustain. 1, 18 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44458-025-00015-5

Multiple roles of business for climate action

Hampton, S. et al. (2025) ‘Multiple roles of business for climate action’, iScience, 28(12), p. 114059. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2025.114059.

Just business? Rethinking the role of small and medium enterprise climate action through a just transition lens

Eadson, W. et al. (2026) ‘Just business? Rethinking the role of small and medium enterprise climate action through a just transition lens’, Energy Research &; Social Science, 131, p. 104480. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2025.104480.

Preferences for urban street space reallocation to encourage cycling: A Best-Worst Scaling profile case approach

Malet Lambert, I., Poortinga, W., Potoglou, D., & Xenias, D. (2025). Preferences for urban street space reallocation to encourage cycling: A Best-Worst Scaling profile case approach. Travel Behaviour and Society. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2025.101205

Shifting horizons: Significant life events and pro-environmental behaviour change in early adulthood

Mitev K, Whitmarsh L, Gattis M, Nash N (2025) Shifting horizons: Significant life events and pro-environmental behaviour change in early adulthood. PLOS Clim 4(10): e0000709. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000709

Parenting and climate change: assessing carbon capability in early parenthood

Hampton, S., Taylor, E. & Whitmarsh, L. Parenting and climate change: assessing carbon capability in early parenthood. Popul Environ 47, 34 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-025-00506-6

The goal proximity of employee green behaviour: validating and refining the Green Five taxonomy

Maguire, D., Michaelides, G. and Tregaskis, O. (2025) ‘The goal proximity of employee green behaviour: validating and refining the Green Five taxonomy’, Journal of Environmental Management, 393, p. 126877. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2025.126877.

“Moments of Change” and Low-Carbon Behaviors: A Multidisciplinary, Systematic Review

Whitmarsh, L., K. Mitev, N. Nash, et al. 2025. “ “Moments of Change” and Low-Carbon Behaviors: A Multidisciplinary, Systematic Review.” Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 16, no. 4: e70014. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.70014.

Empowering city decision-makers: A practical guide to learning for decarbonisation at the city-level

Barton, H., Hoolohan, C., Jones, C. & McLachlan, C. (2025) Empowering city decision-makers: A practical guide to learning for decarbonisation at the city-level, Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 167, 2025, 104046, ISSN 1462-9011, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104046.
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