Dr. Viktoria Cologna

Staff of Collegium Helveticum

ETH Zürich

Collegium Helveticum

STW C 16

Schmelzbergstrasse 25

8092 Zürich

Switzerland

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Research area

Environmental Psychology
Trust in science
Science in society

Viktoria is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Weather and Climate Risks group at ETH Zurich and the Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ) at the University of Zurich. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Viktoria is an environmental social scientist with a focus on environmental psychology. Her research broadly focuses on the determinants of individual and collective action on climate change, trust in science, and the role of science in society and policymaking. Other research interests include climate change communication and how extreme weather events affect societal responses to climate change. She obtained her PhD from ETH Zurich in 2021 with a dissertation on the role of trust for climate change mitigation.

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Preprints

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. Preprint.
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. Preprint. *Authors contributed equally
Cologna, V., Kotcher, J., Mede, N.G., Besley, J., Maibach, E. W., & Oreskes, N. Trust in climate science and scientists: a narrative review. Invited review for Plos Climate. Preprint.
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. Preprint. *Authors contributed equally
Suter, M., Strahm, N., Bundeli, T., Kaessner, K., Cologna, V., & Berger, S. Observation of framing effects in expert assessments about optimal GDP development. Preprint.

Publications

Nielsen, K.S., Cologna, V., Bauer, J.M., Berger, S., Brick, C., Dietz, T., Hahnel, U.J.J., Henn, L., Lange, F., Stern, P.C., & Wolske, K.S. (2024, in press). Realizing the full potential of behavioral science for climate change mitigation. Nature Climate Change.
Berthold, A., Kreissel, A.L., & Siegrist, M. (2024). Attitudes towards technology and their relationship with pro-environmental behaviour: development and validation of the GATT scale. Journal of Environmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102258
Cologna, V. (2024, in press). A reflection on non-epistemic values in environmental psychology research. Umweltpsychologie. Preprint.
Berthold, A., Cologna, V., Hardmeier, M., & Siegrist, M. (2023). Drop some money! The influence of income and subjective financial scarcity on pro-environmental behaviour. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 91, 102149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102149
Cologna, V., Baumberger, C., Knutti, R., Oreskes, N., & Berthold, A. (2022) The communication of value judgements and its effects on climate scientists’ perceived trustworthiness. Environmental Communication, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2022.2153896
Kaurov, A.A., Cologna, V.*, Tyson, C.*, & Oreskes, N. (2022). Trends in American scientists’ political donations and implications for trust in science. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01382-3 *Authors contributed equally
Cologna, V., & Oreskes, N. (2022). Don’t gloss over social science! A response to: Glavovic et al. (2021) ‘the tragedy of climate change science’. Climate and Development, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2022.2076647
Berthold, A., Cologna, V., & Siegrist, M. (2022). The influence of scarcity perception on people’s pro-environmental behavior and their readiness to accept new sustainable technologies. Ecological Economics, 196, 107399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107399
Du Toit, M. J., Rendón, O., Cologna, V., Cilliers, S. S., & Dallimer, M. (2022). Why home gardens fail in enhancing food security and dietary diversity. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 804523. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.804523
Cologna, V., Berthold, A., & Siegrist, M. (2022). Knowledge, perceived potential and trust as determinants of low- and high-impact pro-environmental behaviours. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 79, 101741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101741
Cologna, V., Hoogendoorn, G. & Brick, C. 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), e0257296
Lange, F., Nielsen, K. S., Cologna, V., Brick, C., & Stern, P. C. (2021). Making theory useful for understanding high-impact behavior. A response to van Valkengoed et al. (2021). Journal of Environmental Psychology, 75, 101611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101611
Nielsen, K. S., Cologna, V., Lange, F., Brick, C., & Stern, P. C. (2021). The case for impact-oriented environmental psychology. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 74, 101559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101559
Cologna, V., Knutti, R., Oreskes, N. & Siegrist, M. (2021) 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), 024011. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abd4ac
Cologna, V. & Siegrist, M. (2020) The role of trust for climate change mitigation and adaptation: A meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 69, 101428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101428
Cologna, V., Bark, R.H. & Paavola, J. (2017) Flood risk perceptions and the UK media: Moving beyond “once in a lifetime” to “Be Prepared” reporting. Climate Risk Management, 17, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2017.04.005