Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Tvinnereim, Endre"
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Associations évoquées par le changement climatique chezdes citoyens français et norvégiens
Fløttum, Kjersti; Gjerstad, Øyvind; Tvinnereim, Endre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11-07)Communication related to climate change as well as to its consequences constitutes a major challenge; all the more so since climate is a nonobservable phenomenon, in stark contrast to the weather. In this perspective, ... -
Attitudes to public spending on environmental risk reduction: the role of temporal and spatial distance
Kysela, Eva; Tvinnereim, Endre; Ivarsflaten, Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Climate change is often perceived as a distant threat affecting people in distant places and the far future. Such perceptions could dampen public willingness to spend on climate change mitigation. We contribute to the ... -
Climate change risk perceptions and the problem of scale: Evidence from cross-national survey experiments
Tvinnereim, Endre; Lægreid, Ole Martin; Liu, Xiaozi; Shaw, Daigee; Borick, Christopher; Lachapelle, Erick (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)We examine the concept of spatial optimism, defined as the tendency for individuals to perceive climate change as less threatening to themselves than to people in geographically more distant locations. Existing studies ... -
Explaining landscape preference heterogeneity using machine learning-based survey analysis
Liu, Xiaozi; Tvinnereim, Endre; Grimsrud, Kristine; Lindhjem, Henrik; Velle, Liv Guri; Saure, Heidi Iren; Lee, Hanna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)We conducted a national survey on a high-quality internet panel to study landscape preferences in Norway, using photos as stimuli. We examined preference heterogeneity with respect to socio-demographic characteristics and ... -
Explaining public acceptance of congestion charging: The role of geographical variation in the Bergen case
Tvinnereim, Endre; Haarstad, Håvard; Rødeseike, Annika; Bugnion, Veronique (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Controversial policies introduced to improve public goods - such as the environment, mobility and public health - have shown patterns of initial opposition followed by broad acceptance once the public experiences positive ... -
Explaining topic prevalence in answers to open-ended survey questions about climate change
Tvinnereim, Endre; Fløttum, Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Citizens’ opinions are crucial for action on climate change, but are, owing to the complexity of the issue, diverse and potentially unformed1. We contribute to the understanding of public views on climate change and to ... -
Generalization of Classic Question Order Effects Across Cultures
Stark, Tobias; Silber, Henning; Krosnick, Jon A.; Blom, Annelies G.; Aoyagi, Midori; Belchior, Ana; Bosnjak, Michael; Clement, Sanne Lund; John, Melvin; Jónsdóttir, Guðbjörg Andrea; Lawson, Karen; Lynn, Peter; Martinsson, Johan; Shamshiri-Petersen, Ditte; Tvinnereim, Endre; Yu, Ruoh-rong (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Questionnaire design is routinely guided by classic experiments on question form, wording, and context conducted decades ago. This article explores whether two question order effects (one due to the norm of evenhandedness ... -
Political Orientation Moderates the Relationship Between Climate Change Beliefs and Worry About Climate Change
Gregersen, Thea; Doran, Rouven; Böhm, Gisela; Tvinnereim, Endre; Poortinga, Wouter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Public perceptions are well established as a key factor in support for climate change mitigation policies, and they tend to vary both within and between countries. Based on data from the European Social Survey Round 8 (N ... -
Scientific truth or debate: On the link between perceived scientific consensus and belief in anthropogenic climate change
Bertoldo, Raquel; Mays, Claire; Böhm, Gisela; Poortinga, Wouter; Poumadère, Marc; Arnold, Annika; Tvinnereim, Endre; Steentjes, Katharine; Pidgeon, Nick (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Scientists overwhelmingly agree that climate change exists and is caused by human activity. It has been argued that communicating the consensus can counter climate scepticism, given that perceived scientific consensus is ... -
Who cares about Norway's energy transition? A survey experiment about citizen associations and petroleum
Tvinnereim, Endre; Lægreid, Ole Martin; Fløttum, Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)Experts and academics think, write, and talk extensively about energy transition, but can the same be said about the public? A comprehensive move from fossil to renewable energy implies significant structural changes and ...