Empowering People to Act for a Better Life for All

IF 3.9 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

European Psychologist Pub Date : 2021-07-15 DOI:10.1027/1016-9040/A000436

Hannah Wallis, S. Bamberg, Maxie Schulte, E. Matthies

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Abstract

Abstract. The ongoing intensification of the socio-ecological crisis requires a “Great Transformation” ( WBGU, 2011 ) of central societal systems involving aspects such as mobility, energy production, and nutrition. Thus, from a scientific point of view, the Great Transformation is a highly normative topic with a strong focus on societal and political processes of change. We are convinced that psychology can play a fruitful role in creating the social science for sustainability transformation that is needed for this purpose. However, for this to happen, psychology needs a shift toward a more impact-oriented research perspective, focusing on how people can effectively influence their ecological footprint and/or foster societal change as consumers, producers, or active citizens and community members. As starting points for developing such transformation-oriented psychological research perspectives, the present paper shows how a multilevel perspective on societal transformation processes can be combined with the vision of a solidarity-based lifestyle. Against this theoretical backdrop, we see an important role for psychology in studying how people cope with an ecological crisis by inventing new environmental lifestyles and identities, despite being locked into the currently unsustainable socio-technical systems.

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让人们行动起来，为所有人创造更美好的生活

摘要社会生态危机的持续加剧需要中央社会系统的“大转型”（WBGU，2011），涉及流动性、能源生产和营养等方面。因此，从科学的角度来看，大变革是一个高度规范的主题，重点关注社会和政治变革进程。我们相信，心理学可以在创造可持续发展转型所需的社会科学方面发挥富有成效的作用。然而，要做到这一点，心理学需要转向更注重影响的研究视角，关注人们作为消费者、生产者或活跃的公民和社区成员如何有效地影响他们的生态足迹和/或促进社会变革。作为发展这种以转型为导向的心理学研究视角的起点，本文展示了如何将社会转型过程的多层次视角与基于团结的生活方式相结合。在这种理论背景下，我们看到心理学在研究人们如何通过创造新的环境生活方式和身份来应对生态危机方面发挥着重要作用，尽管人们被锁定在目前不可持续的社会技术体系中。

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European Psychologist PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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