Centre for Collective Action Research, University of Gothenburg

02/06/2022

Det viktigaste för att människor ska acceptera lagar och skatter som införs för att minska vår klimatpåverkan är att de upplevs som rättvisa. Det visar en forskningsöversikt från Göteborgs universitet som nyligen publicerades i tidskriften Nature Climate Change. Andra faktorer såsom kuns...

07/03/2022

New CeCAR-publication by Magnus Bergquist, Andreas Nilsson, Niklas Harring and Sverker Carlsson Jagers. A meta-analysis of determinants of public opinion about climate change taxes and laws, published in Nature Climate Change, showing that perceptions of distributional fairness is the strongest determinant, while medium-sized effects are found for both climate change seriousness and climate risk perceptions, and that all demographic variables had small or close to zero influence.

Although public acceptance is essential for effective climate policies, the underlying drivers are still not well understood. Now, meta-analysis results show that perceived fairness and effectiveness have the strongest relationships with support for climate taxes and laws.

25/11/2021

Lunchföreläsning idag med CeCAR:s föreståndare Sverker Carlsson Jagers. Välkommen!

Lunchföreläsning med Sverker Jagers

12/09/2021

Why do people believe that carbon taxes are unfair? The answer is in the newly published article by Marina Povitkina, Sverker Carlsson Jagers, Simon Matti and Johan Martinsson. Open access!

In order to reach climate goals, governments need to gain support from their voters for the necessary policy interventions, such as carbon dioxide tax…

09/06/2021

CeCAR Summer conference 2021, 17-18 June

Most welcome to the CeCAR Summer Conference. As this year’s keynote speakers we are proud to announce Prof. Cristina Bicchieri and Prof. Sander van der Linden. The keynotes will be followed by shorter presentations by CeCAR-researchers, representing the breadth and depth of the research within the centre. Register now to get the link for the on-line conference.

Most welcome to register for the 2021 CeCAR summer conference, on-line this year. We are proud to announce Prof. Cristina Bicchieri and Prof. Sander van der Linden as this year’s keynote speakers. The keynotes will be followed by shorter presentations, so called egg-timers, by CeCAR-researchers, r...

25/05/2021

Follow the lunchwebbinar Seaspiracy - Researchers React live.

19/05/2021

New CeCAR publication on large-scale collective action to avoid an Amazon tipping point by Mairon G. Bastos Lima, Niklas Harring, Sverker Carlsson Jagers, Åsa Löfgren, Martin Persson, Martin Sjöstedt, Bengt Brülde, David Langlet, Will Steffen & Francisco Alpízar

The destruction of the Amazon is a major global environmental issue, not only because of greenhouse gas emissions or direct impacts on biodiversity an…

09/04/2021

Är du intresserad av miljöpolitik och vill lära dig mer om varför individer, politiska beslutsfattare eller organisationer agerar som de gör i miljöfrågor? Då är kursen ”Miljöpolitik i teori och praktik” något för dig. Vi har pratat med de ansvariga för kursen, Felicia Robertson och...

29/03/2021

New report on policy options for sustainable food consumption:

25/03/2021

Sverker Jagers is now presenting live at the The Case for Democracy Week at the V-Dem Institute, together with other top scholars in the field on environmental politics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcew0ahVO9E

07/03/2021

Lyssningstips! Björn Rönnerstrand resonerar kring vaccinering och det kollektiva handlandets problem i Filosofiska rummet tillsammans med Lena Halldenius och Torbjörn Tännsjö.

Vad väger tyngst, individens rätt till sin egen kropp eller den kollektiva samhälleliga nyttan?