Gonzalo Palomo Vélez
@gpalomovelez.bsky.social
Environmental & Social Psych. Researcher | Postdoc at @epgroningen.bsky.social of the University of Groningen | Adjoint Researcher at Center for Climate and Resilience Research | gpalomovelez.owlstown.net
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🚨We have a new publication out with Goda Perlaviciute, Nadja Contzen, Linda Steg in which we examined how key feaures of hydrogen production impact its public accetability and the extent people trust in the actors behind such production.
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📣Convocatoria para puesto de investigación postdoctoral: #Cambioclimático y #arte 🎨 | Call for Applications for Postdoctoral Research Position: Climate Change and Art
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#Empleo #CR2
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#Empleo #CR2
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
📣Convocatoria para puesto de investigación postdoctoral: #Cambioclimático y #arte 🎨 | Call for Applications for Postdoctoral Research Position: Climate Change and Art
👉 Revisa los criterios de evaluación y las condiciones del empleo en bit.ly/empleopostdoc
#Empleo #CR2
👉 Revisa los criterios de evaluación y las condiciones del empleo en bit.ly/empleopostdoc
#Empleo #CR2
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November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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"Building public trust in #hydrogen is not only about the energy carrier itself, but also about who is producing it and why" - our colleague @gpalomovelez.bsky.social spoke about his recent paper on reputation management and hydrogen, in a nice interview with the Wubbo Ockels School at @rug.nl
It’s not just about the fuel: it also matters who produces hydrogen
Hydrogen is increasingly promoted as a clean energy carrier that could help replace fossil fuels in key sectors. Yet its success depends not only on...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"Building public trust in #hydrogen is not only about the energy carrier itself, but also about who is producing it and why" - our colleague @gpalomovelez.bsky.social spoke about his recent paper on reputation management and hydrogen, in a nice interview with the Wubbo Ockels School at @rug.nl
📘 We have a new book chapter out, where we reflect on the quantitative–qualitative binarism in methods commonly used in environmental psychology — and the onto-epistemic consequences of what often appears to be just a “technical coexistence.” 🔍
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
📘 We have a new book chapter out, where we reflect on the quantitative–qualitative binarism in methods commonly used in environmental psychology — and the onto-epistemic consequences of what often appears to be just a “technical coexistence.” 🔍
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Thanks @rug.nl for highlighting @gpalomovelez.bsky.social's recent paper on acceptability of and trust in hydrogen producers!
In short: it depends on whether the hydrogen is green or blue, and whether the producers have a sustainable track record
www.rug.nl/gmw/news/250...
In short: it depends on whether the hydrogen is green or blue, and whether the producers have a sustainable track record
www.rug.nl/gmw/news/250...
Publiek kiest voor groene waterstof, vertrouwen in producenten telt mee
Het publiek accepteert vooral groene waterstof, opgewekt uit volledig hernieuwbare energie, terwijl blauwe waterstof, deels geproduceerd uit fossiele...
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September 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Thanks @rug.nl for highlighting @gpalomovelez.bsky.social's recent paper on acceptability of and trust in hydrogen producers!
In short: it depends on whether the hydrogen is green or blue, and whether the producers have a sustainable track record
www.rug.nl/gmw/news/250...
In short: it depends on whether the hydrogen is green or blue, and whether the producers have a sustainable track record
www.rug.nl/gmw/news/250...
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✒️Autores: Rodolfo Sapiains y Gabriela Azócar, #investigadoresCR2 y académicos de la Fac. de Cs. Sociales, @uchile.bsky.social; @gpalomovelez.bsky.social, #investigadorCR2 y postdoctoral de la U. de Groningen; y Roberto Rondanelli, #investigadorCR2 y académico del Depto. de Geofísica, #UCHILE
Análisis CR2 | Ciencia climática y ecoansiedad: Una mirada a la comunidad académica chilena | Centro de Ciencia del Clima y la Resiliencia - CR2
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September 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
✒️Autores: Rodolfo Sapiains y Gabriela Azócar, #investigadoresCR2 y académicos de la Fac. de Cs. Sociales, @uchile.bsky.social; @gpalomovelez.bsky.social, #investigadorCR2 y postdoctoral de la U. de Groningen; y Roberto Rondanelli, #investigadorCR2 y académico del Depto. de Geofísica, #UCHILE
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Our colleague postdoc @gpalomovelez.bsky.social is a co-author on another new paper out this week, about the role of competence and integrity when it comes to trust of #sustainable food policy in #Chile and #Germany:
Our colleague postdoc @gpalomovelez.bsky.social is a co-author on another new paper out this week, about the role of competence and integrity when it comes to trust of #sustainable food policy in #Chile and #Germany:
Do you trust your policymakers? Effects of competence- and integrity-based trust on perceptions of sustainable food policies in Chile and Germany
In the global quest for containment of the climate crisis, government incentives and measures play an important role to promote consumers’ preferences…
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August 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Our colleague postdoc @gpalomovelez.bsky.social is a co-author on another new paper out this week, about the role of competence and integrity when it comes to trust of #sustainable food policy in #Chile and #Germany:
Our colleague postdoc @gpalomovelez.bsky.social is a co-author on another new paper out this week, about the role of competence and integrity when it comes to trust of #sustainable food policy in #Chile and #Germany:
New paper out! How does trust in institutions shape public views on sustainable food policies? And do these dynamics look the same across cultural contexts? 🌍
August 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
New paper out! How does trust in institutions shape public views on sustainable food policies? And do these dynamics look the same across cultural contexts? 🌍
🚨We have a new publication out with Goda Perlaviciute, Nadja Contzen, Linda Steg in which we examined how key feaures of hydrogen production impact its public accetability and the extent people trust in the actors behind such production.
August 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
🚨We have a new publication out with Goda Perlaviciute, Nadja Contzen, Linda Steg in which we examined how key feaures of hydrogen production impact its public accetability and the extent people trust in the actors behind such production.
Now this article exploring climate change anxiety among climate-related researchers is finally published:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
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August 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Now this article exploring climate change anxiety among climate-related researchers is finally published:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
@cr2uchile.bsky.social @epgroningen.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
@cr2uchile.bsky.social @epgroningen.bsky.social
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🧠Policy brief | "El impacto del #cambioclimático y otros fenómenos globales en la #saludmental".
Conoce cómo el #cambioclimático, las #movilidades y la #pandemia COVID-19 han impactado.
👉 shorturl.at/7CzcN
✒Autores: @gpalomovelez.bsky.social, Hanne Wiegel; Rodolfo Sapiains, y Gabriela Azócar.
Conoce cómo el #cambioclimático, las #movilidades y la #pandemia COVID-19 han impactado.
👉 shorturl.at/7CzcN
✒Autores: @gpalomovelez.bsky.social, Hanne Wiegel; Rodolfo Sapiains, y Gabriela Azócar.
August 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
🧠Policy brief | "El impacto del #cambioclimático y otros fenómenos globales en la #saludmental".
Conoce cómo el #cambioclimático, las #movilidades y la #pandemia COVID-19 han impactado.
👉 shorturl.at/7CzcN
✒Autores: @gpalomovelez.bsky.social, Hanne Wiegel; Rodolfo Sapiains, y Gabriela Azócar.
Conoce cómo el #cambioclimático, las #movilidades y la #pandemia COVID-19 han impactado.
👉 shorturl.at/7CzcN
✒Autores: @gpalomovelez.bsky.social, Hanne Wiegel; Rodolfo Sapiains, y Gabriela Azócar.
Happy to share that our exploratory study on climate change anxiety among Chilean climate-related scientists has been accepted for publication!
More details once the article is formatted and online: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
More details once the article is formatted and online: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Frontiers | Climate change anxiety in the scientific community: An exploratory study with Chilean Climate Change-related scholars
Background: Eco-anxiety or climate change anxiety can be defined as a chronic fear ofenvironmental doom, that for some people might trigger clinical psycholo...
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July 31, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Happy to share that our exploratory study on climate change anxiety among Chilean climate-related scientists has been accepted for publication!
More details once the article is formatted and online: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
More details once the article is formatted and online: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
📢 We have a new chapter out with Hanne Wiegel, Rodolfo Sapiains, and Gabriela Azócar, on the psychological implications of climate change, climate-related mobilities, and COVID-19! 🌎
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June 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
📢 We have a new chapter out with Hanne Wiegel, Rodolfo Sapiains, and Gabriela Azócar, on the psychological implications of climate change, climate-related mobilities, and COVID-19! 🌎
Contento de presentar parte de nuestro trabajo sobre las bases evolucionistas del comportamiento con impacto ambiental en la charla inaugural del año académico de la Escuela de Psi. de la U. del Bío-Bío. Gracias a José Sandoval y autoridades de la U por la amable invitación.
@cr2uchile.bsky.social
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May 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Contento de presentar parte de nuestro trabajo sobre las bases evolucionistas del comportamiento con impacto ambiental en la charla inaugural del año académico de la Escuela de Psi. de la U. del Bío-Bío. Gracias a José Sandoval y autoridades de la U por la amable invitación.
@cr2uchile.bsky.social
@cr2uchile.bsky.social
A few years ago, I contributed the Chilean sample to a cross-cultural study on the evolutionary roots of preferences for dominant leadership. Congrats to corresponding authors Lasse Laustsen and Mark van Vugt, and to the whole team!
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Cross-cultural evidence that intergroup conflict heightens preferences for dominant leaders: A 25-country study
Across societies and across history, seemingly dominant, authoritarian leaders have emerged frequently, often rising to power based on widespread popu…
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May 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A few years ago, I contributed the Chilean sample to a cross-cultural study on the evolutionary roots of preferences for dominant leadership. Congrats to corresponding authors Lasse Laustsen and Mark van Vugt, and to the whole team!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Next week I’ll be sharing some of our work on public acceptability of hydrogen in a webinar organized in the context of the GreenPaths project. Thanks for the invitation!
✍🏻 Register here: lnkd.in/dNpkPSjt
📌 More info: lnkd.in/dKMi_U9r
✍🏻 Register here: lnkd.in/dNpkPSjt
📌 More info: lnkd.in/dKMi_U9r
May 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Next week I’ll be sharing some of our work on public acceptability of hydrogen in a webinar organized in the context of the GreenPaths project. Thanks for the invitation!
✍🏻 Register here: lnkd.in/dNpkPSjt
📌 More info: lnkd.in/dKMi_U9r
✍🏻 Register here: lnkd.in/dNpkPSjt
📌 More info: lnkd.in/dKMi_U9r
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In this article for @uk.theconversation.com, CAST affiliate @steveclimate.bsky.social explores the climate controversy sparked by Katy Perry’s celebrity space flight.
"Celebrities have a positive role to play in leading by example. It’s not rocket science."
Read the article 👇
"Celebrities have a positive role to play in leading by example. It’s not rocket science."
Read the article 👇
Why Katy Perry’s celebrity spaceflight blazed a trail for climate breakdown
Katy Perry and friends were savaged after their journey into space. The backlash is justified.
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April 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In this article for @uk.theconversation.com, CAST affiliate @steveclimate.bsky.social explores the climate controversy sparked by Katy Perry’s celebrity space flight.
"Celebrities have a positive role to play in leading by example. It’s not rocket science."
Read the article 👇
"Celebrities have a positive role to play in leading by example. It’s not rocket science."
Read the article 👇
t took a while, but our paper with Tara McGuicken & María Echenique on the romantic appeal of vegetarians is finally published! 🎉🌱
🧵Here’s a quick breakdown of what we found 👇
🧵Here’s a quick breakdown of what we found 👇
April 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
t took a while, but our paper with Tara McGuicken & María Echenique on the romantic appeal of vegetarians is finally published! 🎉🌱
🧵Here’s a quick breakdown of what we found 👇
🧵Here’s a quick breakdown of what we found 👇
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Congratulations to Tabea Hoffmann and co-authors (including our colleague Žan Mlakar, Ward Rauws and Jan Willem Bolderdijk) on their new paper in the Journal of Environmental Psychology!
Read the full paper online now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read the full paper online now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Personal Actions or Systemic Solutions: How The Focus of the Conversation Influences Willingness to Talk about Environmental Issues
Talking about environmental issues with a variety of people is key in achieving pro-environmental change; it helps individuals learn how to act sustai…
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April 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Congratulations to Tabea Hoffmann and co-authors (including our colleague Žan Mlakar, Ward Rauws and Jan Willem Bolderdijk) on their new paper in the Journal of Environmental Psychology!
Read the full paper online now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read the full paper online now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
El 27 de mayo daré la charla inaugural del año académico de la Escuela de Psicología de la Universidad del Bío-Bío. Agradezco a José Sandoval-Díaz y a sus colegas por la amable invitación a hablar sobre psicología evolucionista y comportamiento ambiental.
April 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
El 27 de mayo daré la charla inaugural del año académico de la Escuela de Psicología de la Universidad del Bío-Bío. Agradezco a José Sandoval-Díaz y a sus colegas por la amable invitación a hablar sobre psicología evolucionista y comportamiento ambiental.
Just presented some results on the communicative value of sustainable buying in the context of a climate-related EHBEA-funded workshop (organized by @danielfarrelly.bsky.social and @Manpal Bhogal)
Great work from researchers working on climate-related topics from an evolutionary approach.
Great work from researchers working on climate-related topics from an evolutionary approach.
March 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just presented some results on the communicative value of sustainable buying in the context of a climate-related EHBEA-funded workshop (organized by @danielfarrelly.bsky.social and @Manpal Bhogal)
Great work from researchers working on climate-related topics from an evolutionary approach.
Great work from researchers working on climate-related topics from an evolutionary approach.
1/ @Sarah Gradidge, Tara McGuicken, and I, have a new paper out about consumer acceptance of cultured meat (also called in-vitro meat or lab grown meat) 🥩🐔😕
March 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
1/ @Sarah Gradidge, Tara McGuicken, and I, have a new paper out about consumer acceptance of cultured meat (also called in-vitro meat or lab grown meat) 🥩🐔😕
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🚫 Why does #TheHague #fossilfuel advertising ban matter to mitigating #climatechange?
Our colleague Thijs Bouman & co-authors Jan Willem Bolderdijk & Keith Smith explore the impact of the bold initiative beyond its symbolism in a new paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here's a short 🧵:
Our colleague Thijs Bouman & co-authors Jan Willem Bolderdijk & Keith Smith explore the impact of the bold initiative beyond its symbolism in a new paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here's a short 🧵:
Local fossil fuel ad ban as a catalyst for global change
Nature Climate Change - The Hague in the Netherlands was the first city in the world to enact a law prohibiting advertisements for fossil fuel products and services. Although the ban is restricted...
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March 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🚫 Why does #TheHague #fossilfuel advertising ban matter to mitigating #climatechange?
Our colleague Thijs Bouman & co-authors Jan Willem Bolderdijk & Keith Smith explore the impact of the bold initiative beyond its symbolism in a new paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here's a short 🧵:
Our colleague Thijs Bouman & co-authors Jan Willem Bolderdijk & Keith Smith explore the impact of the bold initiative beyond its symbolism in a new paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here's a short 🧵:
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How can we foster our intrinsic #motivation to take better care of our planet? On 23 April at 18:00 CET, Linda Steg will speak about how to promote #climateaction and #proenvironmental #behaviour beyond extrinsic motivation: delval-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
How can we foster our intrinsic #motivation to take better care of our planet? On 23 April at 18:00 CET, Linda Steg will speak about how to promote #climateaction and #proenvironmental #behaviour beyond extrinsic motivation: delval-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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New blog post! In which I explain the issue with mediation analysis and sketch out one way to deal with the underlying causal inference problem -- in just a bit over 1,000 words!
If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance.
www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...
If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance.
www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...
Reviewer notes: That’s a very nice mediation analysis you have there. It would be a shame if something happened to it.
Mediation analysis has gotten a lot of flak, including classic titles such as “Yes, but what’s the mechanism? (Don’t expect an easy answer)” (Bullock et al., 2010), “What mediation analysis can (not) ...
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March 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
New blog post! In which I explain the issue with mediation analysis and sketch out one way to deal with the underlying causal inference problem -- in just a bit over 1,000 words!
If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance.
www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...
If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance.
www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...