Pivotal moment as global warming threatens the Earth system
Climate change is pushing the world towards a series of “tipping points” which will see rapid and irreversible change across the natural and social worlds, say a group of leading experts.
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Dr Viktoria Spaiser and Susan Ann Samuel are members of the University's COP28 delegation team
Dr Viktoria Spaiser and her PhD student Susan Ann Samuel are both attending this year's COP28 as part of the University of Leeds COP28 delegation. Dr Viktoria Spaiser will participate at COP28 mainly to promote the Global Tipping Points Report, to which she has contributed significantly and which will be launched on the 6th of...
Dr Viktoria Spaiser presents her work at the Senedd (Welsh Parliament)
Dr Viktoria Spaiser will present some of the work she has been doing as part of her UKRI FLF award at the Senedd’s Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure (CCEI) Committee Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) event on the 30th of November 2023. She has been invited along with other researchers and experts to provide insights...
New Article by Dr Nicole Nisbett and Dr Viktoria Spaiser published in Frontiers in Climate
Dr Nicole Nisbett and Dr Viktoria Spaiser from POLIS have had their article – “How convincing are AI-generated moral arguments for climate action?” – published in the Frontiers in Climate journal on 6th July 2023. For more details and the link to read the open access article, please click here.
New Article by Dr Nicole Nisbett and Dr Viktoria Spaiser, published in Global Environmental Change
Dr Nicole Nisbett and Dr Viktoria Spaiser from POLIS have had their article – “Moral power of youth activists – Transforming international climate Politics?” – published in the Global Environmental Change journal on 06 July 2023. For more details and the link to read the open access article, please click here.
Dr Viktoria Spaiser and Dr Cristina Leston Bandeira contribute to House of Lords climate change report
Dr Viktoria Spaiser and Dr Cristina Leston Bandeira have contributed to a report published by the House of Lords, Environment and Climate Change Committee. Dr Spaiser and Dr Leston Bandeira, who submitted written evidence for the committee’s inquiry, had their evidence cited twelve times in this report. Their recommendations are also to be found within the report. Please...
New Publication on the Normative Challenge posed by Fridays for Future
Positive social transformation can start with challenging the normalisation of thinking and practices that keep us trapped within the Climate Crisis. See the new paper in PLOS Climate: “How dare you?”—The normative challenge posed by Fridays For Future
Dr Viktoria Spaiser and Dr Nicole Nisbett on Ilkley Literature Festival Podcast
POLIS Associate Professor, Dr Viktoria Spaiser, and Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Nicole Nisbett, have recently appeared on Ilkley Literature Festival’s podcast, Settee Seminars. Dr Spaiser and Dr Nisbett speak about the significance of social dynamics in seeking solutions to the global climate crisis in their episode of Settee Seminars, “Stablising Earth’s Climate: Key Social Dynamics”. Theirs...
CDE members Dr Viktoria Spaiser and Dr Nicole Nisbett attending COP26
Centre for Democratic Engagement members Dr Viktoria Spaiser and Dr Nicole Nisbett are going to the COP26 in Glasgow as part of a University of Leeds team engaged in this year’s UNFCCC Climate Change Conference, 1-12 November 2021. They will be there in the context of the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship award granted to Dr...
Virtual Citizen Discussion on Climate Change Policies in the North
Centre for Democratic Engagement members Viktoria Spaiser and Nicole Nisbett have launched an online citizen discussion on climate change, from the 30 September to the 30 November. This is being developed in collaboration with various researchers across the University of Leeds, coordinated by Energy Leeds and with support from partners from the Leeds, Bradford and...