A5083570781- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Sustainability in Higher Education
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Social Sciences and Policies
- Climate Change and Geoengineering
- Higher Education and Sustainability
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Education in Rural Contexts
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Social Issues and Sustainability
- Educational theories and practices
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Climate variability and models
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
University of Chile
1999-2025
Center for Climate and Resilience Research
2019-2025
Universidad de Magallanes
2021-2025
The University of Queensland
2015-2016
This study investigates the psychological factors influencing intentions to protect urban wetlands in Punta Arenas, Chile. It examines residents’ perceptions and valuations of wetlands, exploring relationships between wetland-specific variables broader environmental place-based factors. A theoretical model is tested, incorporating place attachment, connectedness with nature, previous pro-environmental behaviors. The utilizes a survey 297 participants employs structural equation modeling...
Abstract Promoting effective responses to climate change, especially among people who reject its anthropogenic causes, has been challenging. Following a qualitative study, we experimentally induce one of four frames reference (identity, biodiversity conservation, economic prosperity, and change), assess their effects on participants’ behavioral intentions using three scales (consumption‐investment, consumption‐reduction, political participation). The sample ( N = 156) included thought change...
Abstract Climate adaptation is a growing imperative across all scales and sectors of governance. This often requires changes in institutions, which can be difficult to realize. Explicitly process‐oriented approaches explaining how why institutional change occurs are lacking. Overcoming this gap vital move beyond either input‐oriented (e.g., capacity) or output‐oriented assessment) approaches, understand actually occur for addressing complex contested governance issues. paper analyses causal...
Growing environmental awareness clashes with consumerism and economic dependence on non-sustainable lifestyles. Individuals experience this conflict when they make decisions a day-to-day basis. We suggest that to deal such tension people simultaneously maintain conflicting positions. The psychological mechanism of dissociation lies at the heart contradiction. In study, separate their concern for environment from practices. empirically explore framework consequences it both perception problem...
Droughts and extreme rainfall events are two of the hazards that affect many people in world frequent complex hazards, rate occurrence magnitude which expected to increase a changing climate. In this context, understanding how different actors perceive changes climate, drought, their impacts is relevant contributing successfully implementing adaptation strategies reduce impacts. This research seeks explore main climate has undergone drought precipitation events, as perceived at local levels...
Climate change is increasing the occurrence of natural disasters worldwide, and more frequent intense fires represent one most destructive expressions this trend. Chile highly vulnerable to climate change, are a recurrent phenomenon affecting many people each year. To reduce fire risk, Intergovernmental Panel on Change (IPCC) suggests reducing both exposure vulnerability through multiple initiatives, which demand increased community engagement. In such context, study explores local...
Deep structural transformations aimed at strengthening climate action and community participation are occurring in Chile, especially after the social unrest of October 2019. The ongoing political crisis has even generated unprecedented possibility writing a new constitution through an entirely democratic process. This article explores to what extent these also associated with cognitive relational changes population, terms participation. An online survey (n = 1.117) was applied people over 18...
Hasta la fecha, en América Latina, las investigaciones sobre dimensiones humanas del cambio climático son aún escasas. Para aportar a este campo, se realizó un estudio de segmentación audiencia Chile, que buscó explorar distintas perspectivas tema, utilizando datos una Encuesta Nacional (n = 2170). Los resultados mostraron mayoría los chilenos expresan altos niveles preocupación y están acuerdo el está sucediendo es causado principalmente por acciones humanas. Por otro lado, encontraron...
En el contexto de las políticas descentralización nuestro país, se ha realizado la presente investigación, carácter cualitativa, sobre los modelos intersectorialidad utilizados en VI Región. Dichos refieren a una metodología intervención,con participación varias instituciones representantes diversos sectores,que busca obtener un mayor impacto solución problemas sociales, y enparticular torno superación pobreza.Los resultados permiten develar existencia diez tipos acción intersectorial,los...
Lo primero que vamos a plantear es una serie de reflexiones sustentadas en nuestras propias experiencias tenemos desde hace un año y medio trabajando el proyecto Escuela Libre la barra Los abajo, cual nosotros nos desempeñamos como coordinadores, decía Laura, ahí, son reflexiones.