Jana Köhler, BSc MSc

 

Jana Köhler is a PhD candidate in the Urban and Environmental Psychology Group. She completed her bachelor’s degree of Business Psychology at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt (Germany) and the University of Cardiff (UK) and her master's degree of Psychological Science at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden). Her research interests can broadly be described as investigating issues within climate change cognition and how cognitions are connected to behaviour. In previous projects she has investigated motivations of citizen scientists, factors of pro-environmental behaviour change, and climate anxiety. Her master’s thesis investigated the relationship between indirect exposure to climate change-related events and climate anxiety in Sweden.

 

 

 Curriculum Vitae

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 Jana's recent publications

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2025


Köhler JK, Geiger SJ, Gellrich A, Münsch M, White MP, Pahl S. Reasonable or radical? First-order, second-order, and meta-stereotypes of different climate activists among the German public and climate activists. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2025 Jun;104:102594. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102594

Geiger SJ, Köhler JK, Delabrida ZNC, Garduño-Realivazquez KA, Haugestad CAP, Imada H et al. What We Think Others Think and Do About Climate Change: A Multicountry Test of Pluralistic Ignorance and Public-Consensus Messaging. Psychological Science. 2025 Jun;36(6):421-442. doi: 10.1177/09567976251335585

2022


Köhler JK, Kreil AS, Wenger A, Darmandieu A, Graves C, Haugestad CAP et al. The Need for Sustainability, Equity, and International Exchange: Perspectives of Early Career Environmental Psychologists on the Future of Conferences. Frontiers in Psychology. 2022 Jun 16;13:906108. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.906108

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 Jana' s recent activities

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How disruptive climate protests shaped opinions on moderate activist groups in German news articles and user comments.

Lukas Mayrhofer , Simon Faßnacht , Markus Foramitti , Jana Katharina Köhler , Boryana Todorova , Mauricio Martins , Claus Lamm
International Conference on Environmental Psychology
Conference, Talk or oral contribution
17.6.2025 - 17.6.2025

Kiss the Globe - Think, Laugh, Act

Jana Katharina Köhler
Kiss the Globe - Think, Laugh, Act
Panel discussion, round table, Talk or oral contribution
23.11.2024 - 24.11.2024

Stories of pro-environmental behaviour change (radicalization?!) over time

Jana Katharina Köhler
Talk or oral contribution
28.8.2023 - 28.8.2023

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