Žan Mlakar
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View article: Climate Policy Feasibility across Europe Relies on the Conditional Middle
Climate Policy Feasibility across Europe Relies on the Conditional Middle Open
Political feasibility of climate policies hinges on persuading the moderate middle of the electorate. A survey evaluates climate policy preferences across 13 EU countries (n=19,328, Summer 2024), identifying `Conditionals', a crucial facti…
View article: Climate Policy Feasibility across Europe Relies on the Conditional Middle
Climate Policy Feasibility across Europe Relies on the Conditional Middle Open
Political feasibility of climate policies hinges on persuading the moderate middle of the electorate. A survey evaluates climate policy preferences across 13 EU countries (n=19,328, Summer 2024), identifying `Conditionals', a crucial facti…
View article: Personal actions or systemic solutions: How the focus of the conversation influences willingness to talk about environmental issues
Personal actions or systemic solutions: How the focus of the conversation influences willingness to talk about environmental issues Open
View article: Six Faces of Climate Policy Support in the EU
Six Faces of Climate Policy Support in the EU Open
Climate change mitigation requires urgent policy action from high-income economies, yet its sociopolitical feasibility depends heavily on public support. Drawing on a survey from 13 European countries, we identify Six Faces of climate poli…
View article: Social Tipping Games: Experimental Paradigms for Studying Consumer Movements
Social Tipping Games: Experimental Paradigms for Studying Consumer Movements Open
Consumer movements like Extinction Rebellion are being increasingly examined for theirpotential to change current consumption conventions and thus facilitate societal-level change.Past consumer research employs primarily qualitative method…
View article: Collective patterns of social diffusion are shaped by individual inertia and trend-seeking
Collective patterns of social diffusion are shaped by individual inertia and trend-seeking Open
View article: Replication Data for: Individual differences in receptivity to scientific bullshit
Replication Data for: Individual differences in receptivity to scientific bullshit Open
We conducted three correlational studies (on Mechanical Turk and Prolific Academic) to examine the correlations between political ideology, belief in science, and different types of bullshit receptivity.
View article: Individual differences in receptivity to scientific bullshit
Individual differences in receptivity to scientific bullshit Open
Pseudo-profound bullshit receptivity is the tendency to perceive meaning in important-sounding, nonsense statements. To understand how bullshit receptivity differs across domains, we develop a scale to measure scientific bullshit receptivi…
View article: Individual Differences in Receptivity to Scientific Bullshit
Individual Differences in Receptivity to Scientific Bullshit Open
Pseudo profound bullshit receptivity is the tendency to perceive meaning in important-sounding, nonsense statements. To understand how bullshit receptivity differs across domains, we developed a scale to measure scientific bullshit recepti…
View article: Releasing the brake : How disinhibition frees people and facilitates innovation diffusion
Releasing the brake : How disinhibition frees people and facilitates innovation diffusion Open
In this paper, we focus on a new aspect of the diffusion process that can help explain the virality of online new product campaigns. We propose that the sense of anonymity associated with being online liberates people from impression manag…
View article: Releasing the brake: How disinhibition frees people and facilitates social change
Releasing the brake: How disinhibition frees people and facilitates social change Open
Following recent online movements (e.g. #BlackLivesMatter), online platforms became widely regarded as catalysts of social change since they allow social agents to mobilize vast audiences. However, we argue that their role as catalysts spa…
View article: Understanding and Modeling Cognitive Mechanisms in Social Diffusion
Understanding and Modeling Cognitive Mechanisms in Social Diffusion Open