Episode 8: Perceptions of risk, risky behaviours and hazardous chemicals with Prof Sabine Pahl and Dr Ellise Suffil

In this podcast, Prof Sabine Pahl and Dr Ellise Suffill (Environmental Psychology, University of Vienna) discuss the importance of understanding different groups’ ideas about risk, and how social sciences can help us to better understand when and why risky behaviours (including the use of hazardous chemicals) might be deemed essential, or not. If you’d like to learn more about the research discussed in this podcast, please check out the references below: Slovic, P. (1988). Risk perception. Carcinogen risk assessment, 171-181. Kahan, D. M., Braman, D., Gastil, J., Slovic, P., & Mertz, C. K. (2007). Culture and identity‐protective cognition: Explaining the white‐male effect in risk perception. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 4(3), 465-505. Richter, I., Sumeldan, J., Avillanosa, A., Gabe-Thomas, E., Creencia, L., & Pahl, S. (2021). Co-created future scenarios as a tool to communicate sustainable development in coastal communities in Palawan, Philippines. Frontiers in Psychology, 5303. Anderson, A. G., Grose, J., Pahl, S., Thompson, R. C. & Wyles, K. J. (2016). Microplastics in personal care products: Exploring perceptions of environmentalists, beauticians and students. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 113(1), 454-460. Rao, N. D., & Min, J. (2018). Decent living standards: material prerequisites for human wellbeing. Social Indicators Research, 138, 225-244.