Publications

Cologna, V., Mede, N.G., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E. W., Mihelj, S., Oreskes, N., Schäfer, M.S., van der Linden, S., et al. Trust in scientists and their role in society across 67 countries. 

Mede, N.G.*, Cologna, V.*, Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E. W., Mihelj, S., Oreskes, N., Schäfer, M.S., van der Linden, S., et al. Perceptions of Science, Science Communication, and Climate Change Attitudes in 67 Countries: The TISP Dataset. *Authors contributed equally 

Dablander, F.*, Sachisthal, M.*, Cologna, V., Strahm, N., Bosshard, A., Grüning, N., Brick, C., Green, A., Aron, A.R. & Haslbeck, J.* Climate Change Engagement by Scientists. *Authors contributed equally 

Framing effects in expert assessments of optimal GDP development. 

Ecological economics (2024, in press)

Manuel Suter, Noel Strahm, Till Bundeli, Kaja Kaessner, Viktoria Cologna, & Sebastian Berger

Trust in climate science and scientists: a narrative review. 

PLOS Climate (2024, in press)

Viktoria Cologna, John Kotcher, Niels G. Mede, John Besley, Edward W. Maibach, & Naomi Oreskes.

A reflection on non-epistemic values in environmental psychology research. 

Umweltpsychologie (2024, in press)

Viktoria Cologna

Realizing the full potential of behavioral science for climate change mitigation. 

Nature Climate Change (2024)

Kristian S. Nielsen, Viktoria Cologna, Jan M. Bauer, Sebastian Berger, Cameron Brick, Thomas Dietz, Ulf J. J. Hahnel, Laura Henn, Florian Lange, Paul C. Stern, & Kimberly S. Wolske

Attitudes towards technology and their relationship with pro-environmental behaviour: development and validation of the GATT scale. 

Journal of Environmental Psychology (2024)

Viktoria Cologna, Anna Lisa Kreissel, Anne Berthold, Michael Siegrist

Drop some money! The influence of income and subjective financial scarcity on pro-environmental behaviour.
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 91 (2023)

Anne Berthold, Viktoria Cologna, Martina Hardmeier, Michael Siegrist

The communication of value judgements and its effects on climate scientists’ perceived trustworthiness.
Environmental Communication (2022)

Viktoria Cologna, Christoph Baumberger, Reto Knutti, Naomi Oreskes, Anne Berthold

Trends in American scientists’ political donations and implications for trust in science.
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 9(1) (2022)

Alexander A. Kaurov, Viktoria Cologna*, Charlie Tyson*, Naomi Oreskes *Authors contributed equally

Don’t gloss over social science! A response to: Glavovic et al. (2021) ‘the tragedy of climate change science’.
Climate and Development (2022)

Viktoria Cologna, Naomi Oreskes 

The influence of scarcity perception on people’s pro-environmental behavior and their readiness to accept new sustainable technologies.
Ecological Economics, 196 (2022)

Anne Berthold, Viktoria Cologna, Michael Siegrist

Why home gardens fail in enhancing food security and dietary diversity.
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2022)

Marié J. Du Toit, Olivia Rendón, Viktoria Cologna, Sarel S. Cilliers, Martin Dallimer

Knowledge, perceived potential and trust as determinants of low- and high-impact pro-environmental behaviours.  
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 79 (2022)

Viktoria Cologna, Anne Berthold, Michael Siegrist

To strike or not to strike? An investigation of the determinants of strike participation at the Fridays for Future climate strikes in Switzerland.
PLOS One, 16(10) (2021)

Viktoria Cologna, Gea Hoogendoorn, Cameron Brick

Making theory useful for understanding high-impact behavior. A response to van Valkengoed et al.
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 75 (2021)

Florian Lange, Kristian S. Nielsen, Viktoria Cologna, Cameron Brick, Paul Stern

The call for impact-focused environmental psychology.
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 75 (2021)

Kristian S. Nielsen, Viktoria Cologna, Florian Lange, Cameron Brick, Paul Stern (All authors contributed equally)

Majority of German citizens, US citizens and climate scientists support policy advocacy by climate researchers and expect greater political engagement.
Environmental Research Letters, 16(2) (2021)

Viktoria Cologna, Reto Knutti, Naomi Oreskes, Michael Siegrist

The role of trust for climate change mitigation and adaptation behaviour: A meta-analysis.
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 69 (2020)

Viktoria Cologna, Reto Knutti, Naomi Oreskes, Michael Siegrist

Flood risk perceptions and the UK media: Moving beyond “once in a lifetime” to “Be Prepared” reporting.
Climate Risk Management, 17 (2017)

Viktoria Cologna, Rosalind H. Bark, Jouni Paavola

The Role of Risk Perceptions in Climate Change Communication: A Media Analysis on the UK Winter Floods 2015/2016. 

In W. Leal Filho, E. Manolas, A. M. Azul, U. M. Azeiteiro, & H. McGhie (Eds.) Handbook of Climate Change Communication: Vol. 2: Practice of Climate Change Communication. (2018)

Viktoria Cologna, Rosalind H. Bark, Jouni Paavola

Viktoria Cologna. The Role of Trust, Confidence and Expert Credibility for Climate Change Mitigation [Doctoral Thesis, ETH Zurich]. 2021.