Gregg Sparkman (@greggrsparkman) 's Twitter Profile
Gregg Sparkman

@greggrsparkman

Assistant Professor studying social psychology & social change in the Psychology and Neuroscience Department at Boston College (he/him).

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Robb Willer (@robbwiller) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨🚨Do Americans accurately perceive union benefits? 🚨🚨 Our new paper (led by Jonne Kamphorst) out this week PNASNews finds: Americans significantly and systematically underestimate material benefits associated with union benefits. 🧵👇

🚨🚨Do Americans accurately perceive union benefits? 🚨🚨

Our new paper (led by <a href="/JonneKamphorst/">Jonne Kamphorst</a>) out this week <a href="/PNASNews/">PNASNews</a> finds: 

Americans significantly and  systematically underestimate material benefits associated with union benefits.  🧵👇
Soc. Environmental, Population, Conservation Psych (@apadivision34) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢 Call for Abstracts! Division 34's 3rd Virtual Conference on Sept 26-27, 2024 Submit by May 31, 11:59pm (last global timezone): sites.google.com/sepcp.org/virt…

📢 Call for Abstracts! Division 34's 3rd Virtual Conference on Sept 26-27, 2024 

Submit by May 31, 11:59pm (last global timezone): sites.google.com/sepcp.org/virt…
Rare (@rare_org) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Normalizing these aspects of climate change can make a difference, said @flowenstein, who runs Rare’s climate culture team in Boston. ‘It helps give us permission to take those same actions ourselves.”

Data for Progress (@dataprogress) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: Sixty-two percent of voters believe oil and gas companies should be held legally accountable for their contributions to climate change. A plurality of voters support criminal prosecutions against oil and gas companies for climate-related deaths. dataforprogress.org/blog/2024/6/11…

NEW: Sixty-two percent of voters believe oil and gas companies should be held legally accountable for their contributions to climate change.

A plurality of voters support criminal prosecutions against oil and gas companies for climate-related deaths.

dataforprogress.org/blog/2024/6/11…
Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) (@doctorvive) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It was my great honor to get arrested today protesting @citi w Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 & Scientist Rebellion. It is insane that we have to confront state power in order to stop banks from destroying a livable future, but so be it. Whatever it takes. 💚👶🌎 #SummerOfHeat #EndFossilFuels

Naomi Klein (@naomiaklein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Solar panels. Heat Pumps. Electric buses." Just three of the demands Chicago Teachers Union Chicago Teachers Union is making for its next contract, because kids can't learn on a boiling planet. This is visionary bargaining for the common good. grist.org/accountability…

Data for Progress (@dataprogress) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: More than three-quarters of voters express support for the American Climate Corps, regardless of whether it is referred to by name or as a "national service program." dataforprogress.org/blog/2024/6/26…

NEW: More than three-quarters of voters express support for the American Climate Corps, regardless of whether it is referred to by name or as a "national service program."

dataforprogress.org/blog/2024/6/26…
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Our polling finds that a majority of voters oppose granting Trump immunity from criminal charges — including 64% of swing voters. dataforprogress.org/datasets/polli…

Our polling finds that a majority of voters oppose granting Trump immunity from criminal charges — including 64% of swing voters.

dataforprogress.org/datasets/polli…
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Can't take your eyes off the polls? Love writing and digital media? Want to make a difference in progressive policy? We’re hiring! Data for Progress is seeking a fall Communications Intern for a remote, paid position. Apply below! ⤵️ dataforprogress.bamboohr.com/careers/38

Julian M. Rucker, Ph.D. (@jruck_psych) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨Hey y'all! Keith Payne and I are hiring a co-lab manager to work with us at UNC Psych & Neuro starting this Fall! Please spread the word among your networks, especially to applicants interested in social psych, structural racism and inequality. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/284181

Eric Knowles (@eric_knowles) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The GOP casts Harris/Walz as too liberal for most Americans—and the press is often game to grant the premise that the Dems are to the left of the average voter. But the opposite is true: Republicans are the ones pushing unpopular policy. Read on for data. 🧵 1/14

David Zipper (@davidzipper) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Economist just published a deeply-researched story about car bloat, and it's very, very damning: "For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles." Well worth your time: economist.com/interactive/un…

The Economist just published a deeply-researched story about car bloat, and it's very, very damning:

"For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles."

Well worth your time: economist.com/interactive/un…
Gregg Sparkman (@greggrsparkman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I will be taking social psych PhD students this cycle in the Social Influence & Social Change Lab at BC working on topics related to the environment, social inequality and health (more @ sisclab.bc.edu). And if you're interested check out this opportunity!

Stylianos Syropoulos (@ssyropoulos) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Come join me at ASU! The IDEA (Intergenerational Decisions and Effective Action) Lab is recruiting a PhD student in Sustainability. In the IDEA lab we conduct research on the individual differences and social influences that drive sustainable behavior change. PM if interested!

Sara Constantino (@smconstantino) 's Twitter Profile Photo

☀️New Postdoc Opportunity!☀️Madalina Vlasceanu and I are looking for a postdoc to come join us at the Environmental Social Sciences Department at Stanford’s School of Sustainability. See link below for more information and to apply. Deadline is Nov. 1! forms.gle/88b7PjneBTAzsj…

Gregg Sparkman (@greggrsparkman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New Review Paper📢 How can institutions and social groups help ensure there's positive spillover from one climate action to another (e.g., sustainable lifestyle to climate policy support)? Check out this piece by @Ana_Sabherwal and I to find out!