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October 9, 2019  by Martijn Van Zomeren

Does it help to hope (in the context of climate change)?

Martijn van Zomeren doesn’t hate hope. But he certainly thinks hope is overrated. Recent research found that when people were more hopeful about solving climate change, they were not more motivated to do anything about it. Hoping may thus make us feel better, while doom is coming to the world.

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December 20, 2017December 19, 2017  by Nina Hansen and Judith Daniels

Combining social and clinical psychology to understand how trauma impacts women’s empowerment in Bolivia

How does the experience of trauma impact women’s empowerment and economic participation over time? Social and clinical psychologists join efforts to follow the development of Bolivian girls over the next ten years.

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