Welcome to the first EXIST seminar this spring Trust and the Environment: What It Takes to Believe in the Solutions with Malcolm Fairbrother!
When: February 6 at 12.00-13.00
Where: Blåsenhus Recording Studio, von Kraemers allé 1A, Uppsala, see map here: https://link.mazemap.com/vtYD8KcT
Online: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/66201001474
How: We open the doors at 12.00 for mingle, the seminar starts 12.15 with a presentation by the invited speaker followed by discussion 12.45, and we end 13.00 sharp. Please have your lunch before or after the seminar.
February 6 at 12.00-13.00
Malcolm Fairbrother Trust and the Environment: What It Takes to Believe in the Solutions
Moderated by Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon, CRS
People around the world are concerned about climate change and other environmental problems, and want their governments to do something about them. But public support for many policies that experts recommend is low. The reason, I will argue, is predominantly a lack of trust. Drawing on data from a variety of studies, I will show that people with a high level of trust in their country’s political and administrative leaders and systems tend to support the enactment of more climate and environmental policies, but people with low levels of trust tend to be opposed. This includes even potential new institutions for the better representation of future generations.
Bio
Malcolm Fairbrother is a professor of sociology at Uppsala University, Sweden, and a researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, he received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley (USA), worked in England for ten years, and has also been a visiting researcher at institutions in Mexico, Spain, and Italy. Using both qualitative and quantitive methods, his research is about the politics of environmental protection, long-term policymaking, economic globalization, and social and political trust.
See archive with seminars from previous semesters here.