“If politicians were held accountable for their actions and inactions, more effective measures to address environmental challenges could be achieved.”
Elke Weber
Version with Spanish subtitles
Awarded the 16th BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Social Sciences, Elke Weber analyzes how people make decisions in the face of risks such as climate change. In the interview, she explains how psychology can help overcome cognitive biases and inform the design of more effective policies, and highlights the role of emotions, perception, and culture in collective action.
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Social Sciences has gone in this sixteenth edition to Elke Weber in recognition of her work on “environmental decision-making and human responses to climate change from an interdisciplinary perspective that draws on psychology, neuroscience, behavioral economics, sociology and environmental science.”