Scientists as activists: An ethnography of the ‘critical moments’ in scientists’ transition to climate activism

Samuel Finnerty

doi:10.1371/journal.pclm.0000828

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Scientists as activists: An ethnography of the ‘critical moments’ in scientists’ transition to climate activism

Samuel Finnerty

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: s.finnerty@lancaster.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6617-3866

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Scientists as activists: An ethnography of the ‘critical moments’ in scientists’ transition to climate activism

Samuel Finnerty

Published: February 20, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000828

About the Authors

Samuel Finnerty

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: s.finnerty@lancaster.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6617-3866

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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