Tracking environmentalism through time: Insights from the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study
prof. Taciano Milfont
Instytut Psychologii UMK zaprasza na wykład gościnny prof. Taciano Milfonta. Wykład odbędzie się 3 czerwca o godzinie 17 w budynku Instytutu przy ul. Gagarina 39 w sali 103.
Prof. Milfont jest kierownikiem Environmental Psychology Lab na Uniwersytecie w Waikato (Nowa Zelandia). Jego dorobek obejmuje publikacje w najlepszych czasopismach z dziedziny psychologii społecznej oraz środowiskowej (h-index = 83, łączna liczba cytowań = 28 212). Był redaktorem współprowadzącym w czasopismach Journal of Environmental Psychology oraz Environment and Behavior, jest członkiem założycielem Association for Psychological Science oraz Society for Personality and Social Psychology, a także uczestniczył w Zespole Zadaniowym ds. Zmian Klimatu Amerykańskiego Towarzystwa Psychologicznego w 2022 roku. Obecnie pełni funkcję profesora wizytującego na Uniwersytecie Mikołaja Kopernika, gdzie prowadzi badania z zakresu psychologii środowiskowej we współpracy z dr. Adrianem Wójcikiem, prof. UMK.
Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato | The University of Waikato, Tauranga, New Zealand
The New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study (NZAVS) is an ongoing 20-year longitudinal panel study of over 70,000 New Zealanders. Led by Professor Chris Sibley at the University of Auckland, the NZAVS began in 2009 and has produced more than 300 peer-reviewed publications. It provides extensive insights into societal trends and informs both academic research and public policy by tracking social, political, religious, health, and psychological variables over time. In this talk, I will provide an overview of NZAVS publications documenting changes in environmentalism among New Zealanders. This research has examined trajectories of climate change beliefs over time, socio-psychological predictors of pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours, links between support for human rights and environmentalism, Indigenous (Māori) perspectives on intrinsic connections with nature, and the ‘clean and green’ national identity in New Zealand. These findings highlight the value of longitudinal research in advancing environmental psychology and fostering broad public support for environmental protection.
Bio: With a track record of publishing impactful research in top-ranked journals (h-index = 83, i10-index = 200, total citations = 28,212), Prof. Milfont directs the Environmental Psychology Lab at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, and has been teaching courses in this area since 2010. He is a former associate editor of both the Journal of Environmental Psychology and Environment and Behavior, a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and served on the 2022 Task Force on Climate Change of the American Psychological Association. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University, further developing ongoing environmental psychology research with Prof. Adrian Wójcik.
