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A house in brisbane shows marks from previous floods.

A UNSW Sydney scientist explains some of the psychological processes that influence our decision making around home insurance and climate change. 

Institute for Climate Risk and Response

The research institute will offer advice to industry on how to assess and respond to climate change.

person standing on hill looking at the sunset/sunrise

Despite the popular and intuitive notion that people find climate change psychologically distant, a new review of the evidence shows that’s not the case at all.

100-dollar notes in a pile

Commonwealth Bank data shows the Australians who withdrew super spent more, but paid down their debt.

Woman catching a public bus to work

There's a lot individuals can do to trigger action on climate change, UNSW researchers say.

a man stares at a gambling game on a screen in a dark room

How to inject more reality into gamblers’ overestimation of their chances of winning? One simple tool is feedback.

Doctor talking to patient

Psychology researchers advising the NSW government say a behavioural science model could prove the answer to increasing vaccination rates.

Woman buying multiple packs of toilet paper

‘Panic buying’ might be a normal human response to uncertainty, after all.

A bushfire in the Australian outback

With last summer’s bushfires largely out of the headlines, has the psychological distance people might feel towards climate change increased?

sad anxious woman

Is it safe to nip out for milk? Should I download the COVIDSafe app? Is it OK to wear my pyjamas in a Zoom meeting? All these extra decisions are taking their toll.

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