LAURA THOMAS-WALTERS
I have both a professional and personal interest in climate activism. I have been conducting research into mobilising climate activists, as part of the Data Analysis and Insights Circle in Extinction Rebellion UK or in collaboration with other organisations and academics.
Please contact me for more information on any of the below research.
Barriers to climate activism
A national survey of social identification as a moderator of the intention-behaviour gap in UK climate activism.
Outputs: internal slidedeck and journal article under review
Online messaging (qual)
Focus group research to understand how Extinction Rebellion can encourage members of the public to attend a climate mobilisation talk.
Outputs: internal report and public 1 page summary
Online messaging (quant)
Online experiment using social media ads to test the impact of messaging and imagery on intentions to attend a climate mobilisation talk.
Outputs: Internal slide deck, journal article under review
Climate reparations
Online experiment surveying 1800 UK adults to understand their attitudes to the concept of "climate reparations".
Outputs: internal report
Climate narratives
Online experiment presenting ~6000 UK adults with 1 of 11 climate narratives to test their impact on intentions to attend a climate protest.
Outputs: public slide deck and internal recommendations
Media coverage
Critical analysis of the media coverage surrounding Extinction Rebellion actions.
Outputs: Internal slide deck, journal article
Protest impacts
National pre-post survey looking at the impact of The Big One protest.
Outputs: internal slide deck (contact me for details)
Protest attendees
A field survey of attendees at The Big One protest.
Outputs: internal slide deck, report being prepared
Citizen assemblies
Qualitative analysis of attitudes to citizen assemblies in the UK
Outputs: internal slide deck
Effective disruption
An analysis of effective disruption in climate activism, drawing on lessons from historic social movements.
Outputs: journal article
Protest evaluation
An analysis of the short and long-term effects of a disruptive protest on public opinion, media coverage and mobilisation
Outputs: report, journal article being prepared