Monday 24 May, 2021

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

8:29 AM

Day 1 - A Perfect Cognitive Storm: Facing Surprises with Nonknowledge

1 minute, 8:29 AM EDT - 8:30 AM EDT

Eric Winsberg, University of South Florida (Speaker)

Naomi Oreskes, Harvard University (Keynote speaker)

Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo (Speaker)

Dennis Meadows, University of New Hampshire (Speaker)

Serge Robert, Université du Québec à Montréal (Instructor)

Nadia Seraiocco, Université du Québec à Montréal (Master of ceremonies)

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...

11:00 AM

Naomi Oreskes : Can Science Be Saved?: Moving Beyond Climate Denial

1 hour 15 minutes, 11:00 AM EDT - 12:15 PM EDT

Keynote

Naomi Oreskes, Harvard University (Keynote speaker)

During the Covid-19 pandemic, public debates about the validity of scientific findings and the value of science have intensified, as some Americans...

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...

2:05 PM

Eric Winsberg: Climate Science and Uncertainty

1 hour 15 minutes, 2:05 PM EDT - 3:20 PM EDT

Talk

Eric Winsberg, University of South Florida (Speaker)

Over the last several years, there has been an explosion of interest and attention devoted to the problem of Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) in cli...

3:20 PM

Greetings in Gather.Town

1 hour, 3:20 PM EDT - 4:20 PM EDT

Social

Tuesday 25 May, 2021

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

9:29 AM

Day 2 - Designing and Computing Climate Change Models: From ‘Limits to Growth’ to IPCC's Reports

1 minute, 9:29 AM EDT - 9:30 AM EDT

Patrick Grenier, Ouranos (Speaker)

Philippe Gachon, Université du Québec à Montréal (Speaker)

Jean-Pierre Blanchet, Université du Québec à Montréal (Speaker)

Serge Robert, Université du Québec à Montréal (Speaker)

Dennis Meadows, University of New Hampshire (Speaker)

Albert Lejeune, Université du Québec à Montréal (Instructor)

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...

12:35 PM

Jean-Pierre Blanchet and Patrick Grenier: Observations and Representation of Climate Processes: From Understanding to Evaluation for Climate Services

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

Talk

Patrick Grenier, Ouranos (Speaker)

Jean-Pierre Blanchet, Université du Québec à Montréal (Speaker)

Central to solving the climate change problem is the design of sophisticated observational means and model systems. The integration of reliable mea...

2:00 PM

Philippe Gachon: Climate change sciences and models: For a comprehensive level of understanding of climate risks

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

Talk

Philippe Gachon, Université du Québec à Montréal (Speaker)

In recent decades, changes in climate have caused tremendous impacts on natural and human systems across the world, with an increase in socio-ec...

3:30 PM

Orientation Session I (ONLY for Students enrolled for Credits)

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

Students with credits session

Albert Lejeune, Université du Québec à Montréal (Instructor)

Pierre Poirier, Université du Québec à Montréal (Instructor)

Serge Robert, Université du Québec à Montréal (Instructor)

Wednesday 26 May, 2021

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

9:29 AM

Day 3 - Rethinking climate models, carbon markets and governance

1 minute, 9:29 AM EDT - 9:30 AM EDT

Christian Gollier, Toulouse School of Economics (Speaker)

Matthew Paterson, University of Lethbridge (Speaker)

Stephen Gardiner, University of Washington (Speaker)

Albert Lejeune, Université du Québec à Montréal (Instructor)

Nadia Seraiocco, Université du Québec à Montréal (Master of ceremonies)

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)

9:29 AM

Day 4 - The Intersection of Behavioral Science, Cognitive Sciences and Climate Science

1 minute, 9:29 AM EDT - 9:30 AM EDT

Thomas Dietz, Michigan State University (Speaker)

Susan Joslyn, University of Washington (Speaker)

Baruch Fischhoff, Carnegie Mellon University (Speaker)

John Robinson, University of Toronto (Speaker)

Pierre Poirier, Université du Québec à Montréal (Instructor)

Fernanda Pérez Gay Juárez, McGill University (Master of ceremonies)

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...

Friday 28 May, 2021

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

9:29 AM

Day 5 - Cognitive Mechanisms of Climate Change Denial

1 minute, 9:29 AM EDT - 9:30 AM EDT

Irina Feygina (Speaker)

John Cook, Monash University (Speaker)

Sander van der Linden, University of Cambridge (Speaker)

Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol (Speaker)

Pierre Poirier, Université du Québec à Montréal (Instructor)

Fernanda Pérez Gay Juárez, McGill University (Master of ceremonies)

9:30 AM

Stephan Lewandowsky: Climate denial: drivers and consequences

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

Talk

Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol (Speaker)

I will examine both the “supply side” and “demand side” of climate denial. On the supply side I will report the evidence for the organized dissemin...

10:50 AM

Sander van der Linden: A Psychological Vaccine Against Misinformation about Climate Change

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

Talk

Sander van der Linden, University of Cambridge (Speaker)

Much like a viral contagion, false information about climate change can spread rapidly from one individual to another. Moreover, once lodged in mem...

2:45 PM

Irina Feygina: Understanding and responding to motivated cognition processes underlying climate change skepticism and denial

1 hour 15 minutes, 2:45 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT

Talk

Irina Feygina (Speaker)

Climate change skepticism and disengagement are rooted in deeply seated human motives to belong, to identify with and feel accepted by groups an...

4:00 PM

Poster Session I (in GatherTown)

55 minutes, 4:00 PM EDT - 4:55 PM EDT

Poster Session

5:00 PM

John Cook: Using inoculation and critical thinking to counter climate science denial

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

Talk

John Cook, Monash University (Speaker)

Misinformation about climate change confuses the public, reduces support for mitigation policies, and cancels out accurate information. Inoculation...

Monday 31 May, 2021

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

12:00 PM

Orientation Session II (ONLY for Students enrolled for Credits)

55 minutes, 12:00 PM EDT - 12:55 PM EDT

Students with credits session

Albert Lejeune, Université du Québec à Montréal (Instructor)

Pierre Poirier, Université du Québec à Montréal (Instructor)

Serge Robert, Université du Québec à Montréal (Instructor)

1:54 PM

Day 6 - Interpreting Signs and Narratives

1 minute, 1:54 PM EDT - 1:55 PM EDT

Raul Lejano, New York University (Speaker)

Mithra Moezzi, QQForward (Speaker)

Albert Lejeune, Université du Québec à Montréal (Instructor)

Fernanda Pérez Gay Juárez, McGill University (Master of ceremonies)

1:55 PM

Mithra Moezzi: Energy transition story shakeup

1 hour 15 minutes, 1:55 PM EDT - 3:10 PM EDT

Talk

Mithra Moezzi, QQForward (Speaker)

To combat climate change, many governments have made plans to overhaul how their jurisdictions use energy, transitioning from fossil-fuel center...

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...

Tuesday 1 June, 2021

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

9:59 AM

Day 7 - Learning, Teaching and Communicating about Climate Change

1 minute, 9:59 AM EDT - 10:00 AM EDT

Sara Harris, University of British Columbia (Speaker)

Gale Sinatra, University of Southern California (Speaker)

Connie Roser-Renouf, George Mason University (Speaker)

Matthew A. Shapiro, Illinois Institute of Technology (Speaker)

Serge Robert, Université du Québec à Montréal (Instructor)

Alexia Ostrolenk, Université de Montréal (Master of ceremonies)

10:00 AM

Connie Roser-Renouf: Effective Climate Communication Begins When We Meet Audiences Where They Are

1 hour 15 minutes, 10:00 AM EDT - 11:15 AM EDT

Talk

Connie Roser-Renouf, George Mason University (Speaker)

Audience segmentation in the U.S. and Canada has identified discrete groups with beliefs and values that predispose them to ignore, dispute, or att...

11:20 AM

Matthew A. Shapiro: Climate change-related communication challenges and the impact on the policy making process

1 hour 15 minutes, 11:20 AM EDT - 12:35 PM EDT

Talk

Matthew A. Shapiro, Illinois Institute of Technology (Speaker)

This presentation considers the varied ways that one can model and analyze the science-politics communication processwith regard to climate change....

1:00 PM

Sara Harris: Does Learning Climate Science Matter?

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

Talk

Sara Harris, University of British Columbia (Speaker)

As more reports emerge describing current climate change impacts, dire forecasts and closing windows of opportunity to take mitigating action, what...

2:20 PM

Gale M. Sinatra: Teaching and Learning about Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities

1 hour 15 minutes, 2:20 PM EDT - 3:35 PM EDT

Talk

Gale Sinatra, University of Southern California (Speaker)

Democracies depend on educated citizens who can make informed decisions about scientific issues. This presentation will focus on how teac...

Wednesday 2 June, 2021

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

9:29 AM

Day 8 - New Behaviors at an Individual Level

1 minute, 9:29 AM EDT - 9:30 AM EDT

Thibaud Griessinger, ACTE Lab (Speaker)

Karen Akerlof, George Mason University (Speaker)

Ben Newell, UNSW Sydney (Speaker)

Pierre Poirier, Université du Québec à Montréal (Instructor)

Alexia Ostrolenk, Université de Montréal (Master of ceremonies)

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...

2:30 PM

Karen Akerlof: Stationarity is Dead: Adaptation to a Changing World

1 hour 15 minutes, 2:30 PM EDT - 3:45 PM EDT

Talk

Karen Akerlof, George Mason University (Speaker)

In 2008, the authors of a famous Science article proclaimed that climate change had rendered a fundamental societal assumption, that of ec...

3:45 PM

Poster Session II (in GatherTown)

50 minutes, 3:45 PM EDT - 4:35 PM EDT

4:35 PM

Best Poster Award (in GatherTown)

20 minutes, 4:35 PM EDT - 4:55 PM EDT

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

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

11:14 AM

Day 9 - New Behaviors at an Organizational Level

1 minute, 11:14 AM EDT - 11:15 AM EDT

Manjana Milkoreit, University of Oslo (Speaker)

Leidy Klotz, University of Virginia (Speaker)

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

Robert Costanza (Speaker)

John Ehrenfeld, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Speaker)

Albert Lejeune, Université du Québec à Montréal (Instructor)

Alexia Ostrolenk, Université de Montréal (Master of ceremonies)

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)

8:59 AM

Day 10 - Climate Activism and Environmental Justice

1 minute, 8:59 AM EDT - 9:00 AM EDT

Clare Saunders, University of Exeter (Speaker)

Karen O'Brien, University of Olso (Speaker)

Maxwell Boykoff, University of Colorado (Speaker)

Lauren Feldman, Rutgers University (Speaker)

Julia Steinberger, University of Leeds (Speaker)

Nadia Seraiocco, Université du Québec à Montréal (Master of ceremonies)

Stevan Harnad, UQÀM & McGill (Instructor)

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 ...

11:40 AM

Clare Saunders: Climate change activism in the UK: Continuity and change over the last 20 years

1 hour 15 minutes, 11:40 AM EDT - 12:55 PM EDT

Talk

Clare Saunders, University of Exeter (Speaker)

Climate activism has been hitting the streets since the early 2000s, but has come in notable peaks and troughs. What is it that causes those peaks ...

1:15 PM

Lauren Feldman: Communicating Hope and Fear in a Context of Climate Emergency

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

Talk

Lauren Feldman, Rutgers University (Speaker)

Scholars, journalists, and activists continue to debate the role of emotional messaging in climate change communication. This talk will consider ex...

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...

4:15 PM

One last time in Gather.Town

1 hour 15 minutes, 4:15 PM EDT - 5:30 PM EDT

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