Using behavioural science to inform policy, mostly on environmental issues and consumer protection. Adjunct Trinity College Dublin.https://bsky.app/profile/shanetimmons.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/shanetimmons.bsky.social/post/3lmjpvnrul22lRural communities & especially farmers are often painted as anti-climate action. This week, we published a report to provide some evidence on this. The results, based on a survey of the public (n=1200) and almost 500 farmers (recruited at events, door-to-door, etc), are pretty interesting: 🧵11 Apr 2025 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:thsadfkoayzdvexcc3fdceb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmjpvnrul22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/shanetimmons.bsky.social/post/3li5o4wzbtk2wPaid internship for final year undergrad/masters students to work on an exciting environmental policy project [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Feb 2025 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:thsadfkoayzdvexcc3fdceb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5o4wzbtk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/shanetimmons.bsky.social/post/3ld2havyizs2iGreat to showcase the breadth and quality of behavioural research in Ireland at this year’s Econ, Psych & Policy conference @esri.ie - already looking forward to next year! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Dec 2024 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:thsadfkoayzdvexcc3fdceb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld2havyizs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/shanetimmons.bsky.social/post/3lckxx7pbks2t@epaireland.bsky.social today published our report on how people make decisions when faced with a "collection action problem" - i.e. situations where individual effort is needed for the benefit of the larger group. https://www.epa.ie/publications/monitoring--assessment/climate-change/EPA-BI-Series-No-3-(2024)-Encouraging-Cooperation-in-Climate-Collective-Action-Problems.pdf @esri.ie 1/905 Dec 2024 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:thsadfkoayzdvexcc3fdceb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lckxx7pbks2thttps://bsky.app/profile/shanetimmons.bsky.social/post/3lc3dalxxvs2pWith #BlackFriday sales in full force, the trade-off between cheaper clothes and the environmental harm producing them causes is even more hidden from consumers. Our recent working paper tests whether eco-labels can shift consumers away from fast fashion. 🧵 1/629 Nov 2024 10:02 +0000at://did:plc:thsadfkoayzdvexcc3fdceb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc3dalxxvs2p