Wanting to be part of change but feeling overworked and disempowered: Researchers’ perceptions of climate action in UK universities

Briony Latter; Christina Demski; Stuart Capstick

doi:10.1371/journal.pclm.0000322

Loading metrics

Open Access

Peer-reviewed

Research Article

Wanting to be part of change but feeling overworked and disempowered: Researchers’ perceptions of climate action in UK universities

Briony Latter ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: latterbi@cardiff.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7948-2134

⨯
Christina Demski,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
⨯
Stuart Capstick

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
⨯

Wanting to be part of change but feeling overworked and disempowered: Researchers’ perceptions of climate action in UK universities

Briony Latter,
Christina Demski,
Stuart Capstick

Published: January 8, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000322

About the Authors

Briony Latter

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: latterbi@cardiff.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7948-2134

Christina Demski

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Stuart Capstick

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Subject Areas
?

For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click here.
We want your feedback. Do these Subject Areas make sense for this article? Click the target next to the incorrect Subject Area and let us know. Thanks for your help!

Climate change
Is the Subject Area "Climate change" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Careers
Is the Subject Area "Careers" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Anthropogenic climate change
Is the Subject Area "Anthropogenic climate change" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Medicine and health sciences
Is the Subject Area "Medicine and health sciences" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Surveys
Is the Subject Area "Surveys" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Careers in research
Is the Subject Area "Careers in research" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Universities
Is the Subject Area "Universities" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Sustainability science
Is the Subject Area "Sustainability science" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.