Climate activism and its effects

DR Fisher, S Nasrin - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As activism including climate strikes have become a common occurrence around the world,
it is important to consider the growth in climate change‐focused activism and participation in …

Emerging research on intergroup prosociality: Group members' charitable giving, positive contact, allyship, and solidarity with others

WR Louis, E Thomas, CM Chapman… - Social and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This paper describes an emerging body of work on intergroup prosociality, drawing together
parallel literatures and highlighting some of the themes of the recent research. A broad …

When will collective action be effective? Violent and non-violent protests differentially influence perceptions of legitimacy and efficacy among sympathizers

EF Thomas, WR Louis - Personality and Social Psychology …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Collective action will be effective in achieving broader social change goals to the extent that
it influences public opinion yet the degree to which collective action “works” in changing …

The biographical consequences of protest and activism: A systematic review and a new typology

S Vestergren, J Drury, EH Chiriac - Social Movement Studies, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Most research on activist participation has aimed to explain motives to engage in protest and
collective action or becoming an activist. The outcomes, for the individual, have been …

“We must be the change we want to see in the world”: Integrating norms and identities through social interaction

LGE Smith, EF Thomas, C McGarty - Political Psychology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we propose a social psychological mechanism for the formation of new social
change movements. Here, we argue that social change follows the emergence of shared …

The need to refocus on the group as the site of radicalization

LGE Smith, L Blackwood… - … on Psychological Science, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The past decade has witnessed burgeoning efforts among governments to prevent people
from developing a commitment to violent extremism (conceived of as a process of …

Beyond the choice of what you put in your mouth: A systematic mapping review of veganism and vegan identity

S Vestergren, MS Uysal - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, and in the current climate crisis, the interest in veganism and sustainable
diet/lifestyle has increased. This growing interest can also be seen within academia …

The volatility of collective action: Theoretical analysis and empirical data

W Louis, E Thomas, C McGarty… - Political …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Collective action is volatile: characterized by swift, unexpected changes in intensity, target,
and forms. We conduct a detailed exploration of four reasons that these changes occur. First …

How collective action produces psychological change and how that change endures over time: A case study of an environmental campaign

S Vestergren, J Drury, EH Chiriac - British Journal of Social …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Previous research on collective action has suggested that both intra‐and intergroup
interactions are important in producing psychological change. In this study, we examine how …

The “activist identity” and activism across domains: A multiple identities analysis

WR Louis, CE Amiot, EF Thomas… - Journal of Social …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Two correlational studies of activists examined the association between belonging to
community organizations or groups and sustained activism within a particular domain. In …