Hope and Resilience in Emotion-Sensitive Climate Change Education

About

In view of climate change and its effects on the natural world and humans alike, the importance of preparing for action can hardly be overestimated. Emotions seem to affect our preparedness to face this challenge. Additionally, climate change education may offer opportunities for reaching all. Therefore, this summer school explores climate change emotions and emotion-sensitive climate change education research.

The programme consists of :

Keynotes and workshops on research into climate change emotions and emotion-sensitive climate change education
Mentor groups on participants' own research project,
A day-long field trip on the Netherlands' troubled relationship with water, and how this is connected to climate change
The overall aim of the summerschool is to support early career researchers (ECRs, i.e. PhD students from the end of their first year onwards and junior postdoctoral researchers). That is why participants will be asked to prepare a presentation of their (projected) research project for discussion with a group of participants and mentors. A research focus on the psychology of climate change emotions and/or climate change education will be particularly welcomed, but the summerschool is open to any ECR that feels they can benefit from the programme

Course leader

dr. Jelle Boeve-de Pauw and dr. Wanda Sass

Target group

The HARP summer school is designed for junior Postdocs and PhD researchers from the end of their first year onwards. Applicants' research projects should have proven affinity with climate change emotions and/or emotion-sensitive climate change education

Course aim

The aim of this summer school is to develop early career researchers’ research capacities by:

a content focus on climate emotions and emotion-sensitive climate education
in depth discussion of your own research and how climate emotions, hope and resilience are (or can be) a part of it
providing opportunities for community building and networking
This summer school is one of three programmes offered by the EU funded HARP Project

Fee info