Exposing Denial

Rachael Shwom

Rachael Schwom, sociologist at Rutgers University, discusses why people do or do not accept and act on climate change. She explains that access to information is important, but not the only factor determining if people believe in climate change. She also shares how she got into her area of research.

Source: Denial101x (a MOOC from UQx and edX)

Credit: Rachael Shwom, originally published in UQx Denial101x Making Sense of Climate Science Denial, 2017 (CC-BY-SA 4.0)

Curated by Lea Rekow for BifrostOnline

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