Luana Schwarz

Cognitive Science BSc Student (University of Osnabrück); Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research

University of Osnabrück

Participates in 2 items

Sessions in which Luana Schwarz participates

Friday 28 May, 2021

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4:00 PM

Poster by Luana Schwarz: "Joint environmental action: multi-level dynamics of movement participation"

1 hour, 4:00 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT

Part of: Poster Session I (in GatherTown)

Luana Schwarz, University of Osnabrück (Presenter)

Wednesday 2 June, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

3:45 PM

Poster by Luana Schwarz: "Joint environmental action: multi-level dynamics of movement participation"

1 hour, 3:45 PM EDT - 4:45 PM EDT

Part of: Poster Session II (in GatherTown)

Poster Session

Luana Schwarz, University of Osnabrück (Presenter)

Sessions in which Luana Schwarz attends

Monday 24 May, 2021

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8:30 AM

Workshop with Dennis Meadows: Cognitive challenges of modeling long-term climate change dynamics

2 hours, 8:30 AM EDT - 10:30 AM EDT

Workshop

Dennis Meadows, University of New Hampshire (Speaker)

The phenomenon of climate change is still characterized by large uncertainty and ambiguous vocabulary. Thus rational discussion is difficult. In th...

12:45 PM

Paul Thagard: History of Cognitive Science and Its Relevance to Climate Change

1 hour 15 minutes, 12:45 PM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT

Talk

Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo (Speaker)

Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary study of mind, embracing psychology, computer modeling, neuroscience, linguistics, anthropology, and phi...

Tuesday 25 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:30 AM

Dennis Meadows: The influence of long-term global dynamics on climate change

1 hour 15 minutes, 9:30 AM EDT - 10:45 AM EDT

Talk

Dennis Meadows, University of New Hampshire (Speaker)

Abstract: Concern about the weather ranges from local, short-term weather reports to projections of global, centuries-long climate trends. The form...

10:50 AM

Serge Robert: The Modeling of Environmental Systems and its cognitive foundations

1 hour 15 minutes, 10:50 AM EDT - 12:05 PM EDT

Talk

Serge Robert, Université du Québec à Montréal (Speaker)

The presentation will first explain what a system is and will then give some basic notions about how to build a model of a system. It will insist o...

Wednesday 26 May, 2021

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9:30 AM

Christian Gollier: How should Society be organized to fight climate change? The economics viewpoint

1 hour 15 minutes, 9:30 AM EDT - 10:45 AM EDT

Talk

Christian Gollier, Toulouse School of Economics (Speaker)

In order to win the world war against climate change, one will have to incentivize billions of people andentreprises to implement a myriad of micro...

10:50 AM

Matthew Paterson: The centrality of politics to climate change and the problem of climate politics

1 hour 15 minutes, 10:50 AM EDT - 12:05 PM EDT

Talk

Matthew Paterson, University of Lethbridge (Speaker)

Integrating the social sciences into knowledge production about climate change is widely recognized as difficult, for various reasons. But politica...

12:35 PM

Stephen Gardiner: The centrality of ethics and justice to climate change

1 hour 15 minutes, 12:35 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT

Talk

Stephen Gardiner, University of Washington (Speaker)

Thursday 27 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:30 AM

Baruch Fischhoff: Making Behavioral Science Integral to Climate Science and Action

1 hour 15 minutes, 9:30 AM EDT - 10:45 AM EDT

Talk

Baruch Fischhoff, Carnegie Mellon University (Speaker)

The behavioral sciences were in at the beginning of the systematic study of climate change. However, for the ensuing quarter century, they largely ...

10:50 AM

Susan L. Joslyn: Communicating Climate Change: A Cognitive Perspective

1 hour 15 minutes, 10:50 AM EDT - 12:05 PM EDT

Talk

Susan Joslyn, University of Washington (Speaker)

This lecture will describe a research program directed at uncovering the cognitive mechanisms involved in non-expert understanding and use of infor...

12:35 PM

Thomas Dietz: What we know and what we need to know about climate decision making

1 hour 15 minutes, 12:35 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT

Talk

Thomas Dietz, Michigan State University (Speaker)

Research on environmental decision-making provides a strong basis for understanding decision that have consequence for climate. In particular, thre...

2:00 PM

John Robinson: Normalizing Sustainability: beyond behaviour change

1 hour 15 minutes, 2:00 PM EDT - 3:15 PM EDT

Talk

John Robinson, University of Toronto (Speaker)

Typical arguments for why we have not yet come close to achieving our climate and sustainability goals have to do with the power of vested interest...

Monday 31 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

3:15 PM

Raul Lejano: Narrative and Climate: Relational Perspectives on Communication

1 hour 15 minutes, 3:15 PM EDT - 4:30 PM EDT

Talk

Raul Lejano, New York University (Speaker)

One of the relatively unexplored dimensions of climate denial is the power ofits narrative in attracting adherents. We investigate the properties o...

Wednesday 2 June, 2021

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9:30 AM

Thibaud Griessinger: From individual action to systemic change: How can cognitive science contribute to the emergence of more sustainable and resilient social organisations

1 hour 15 minutes, 9:30 AM EDT - 10:45 AM EDT

Talk

Thibaud Griessinger, ACTE Lab (Speaker)

The level of ecological degradation caused by human activities now presents such a risk of global instability that we have no choice but to rethink...

5:00 PM

Ben Newell: From “why should I bother?” to “Yes, we can!”: Risk, willingness, and cooperation in action on climate change

1 hour 15 minutes, 5:00 PM EDT - 6:15 PM EDT

Talk

Ben Newell, UNSW Sydney (Speaker)

A complete policy response to climate change, habitat destruction, plastic pollution, and other Anthropocene challenges requires action by governme...

Thursday 3 June, 2021

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11:15 AM

John Ehrenfeld: Flourishing, not sustainability, is the right vision for the future

1 hour 15 minutes, 11:15 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT

Talk

John Ehrenfeld, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Speaker)

1-Flourishing, not sustainability, is the right vision for the future2- The Right Way to Flourish....

12:35 PM

Leidy Klotz: A Legacy of Less: Subtracting in the Anthropocene

1 hour 15 minutes, 12:35 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT

Talk

Leidy Klotz, University of Virginia (Speaker)

2:15 PM

Manjana Milkoreit: Expanding the Toolbox of Climate Governance: Facilitating Collective Imagination

1 hour 15 minutes, 2:15 PM EDT - 3:30 PM EDT

Talk

Manjana Milkoreit, University of Oslo (Speaker)

Political organizations across various scales are engaged in addressing climate change through the design of policies (e.g., a carbon tax), plans (...

3:35 PM

William E. Rees: The Enigma of Climate Inaction – On the Human Nature of Policy Failure

1 hour 15 minutes, 3:35 PM EDT - 4:50 PM EDT

Talk

William E. Rees, University of British Columbia (Speaker)

H. sapiens is a self-described intelligent species, yet seems committed to destroying its own habitat. Human-induced climate change, driven by carb...

5:00 PM

Robert Costanza: Overcoming our societal addiction to growth

1 hour 15 minutes, 5:00 PM EDT - 6:15 PM EDT

Talk

Robert Costanza (Speaker)

Friday 4 June, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

Julia Steinberger: Struggle for survival: The importance of climate activism from the perspectives of political economy and science communication

1 hour 15 minutes, 9:00 AM EDT - 10:15 AM EDT

Talk

Julia Steinberger, University of Leeds (Speaker)

Climate activism is crucial for any sustained progress on climate action. I will discuss this from two systemic perspectives in social science: pol...

10:20 AM

Karen O’Brien: Transformation in Action: The role of agency in responding to the climate crisis

1 hour 15 minutes, 10:20 AM EDT - 11:35 AM EDT

Talk

Karen O'Brien, University of Olso (Speaker)

What kind of actions are most effective in shifting cultures and systems at the rate, scale, speed, and depth that is called for today?  With more ...

2:35 PM

Maxwell Boykoff: Engaged Scientists: Academic Climate Advocacy and Activism in 2021

1 hour 15 minutes, 2:35 PM EDT - 3:50 PM EDT

Talk

Maxwell Boykoff, University of Colorado (Speaker)

Is academic climate advocacy to be celebrated or derided? There are various flavours of climate advocacy and activism among academic researchers. S...