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S.H. (Saara) Taavila

PhD candidate
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group Social Psychology
Area of expertise: Environmental psychology, political psychology, misinformation
Photographer: Saara Taavila

Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
Postal address
  • Postbus 15900
    1001 NK Amsterdam
Contact details
  • Profile

    I am a PhD Candidate at the UvA, supervised by Dr. Bastiaan Rutjens and Dr. Nils Jostmann. I am researching topics within the social psychology of sustainability, specifically individuals' perceptions of complexity in climate change mitigation. I am also interested in cognitive biases such as overconfidence, and working on a project to experimentally test the relationship between overconfidence and susceptibility to fake news.

    Prior to starting my PhD, I completed my MSc in Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where I specialized in political psychology, and my BSc (with Honours) in Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. 

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  • Research

    Current research projects

    Perceptions of complexity in climate change mitigation: how does perceiving sustainability as a complex, nonlinear, and highly uncertain issue lead affect attitudes towards climate change?

  • Teaching
    • BSc courses: Practical Training for Psychological Research, Motivation, Attitudes and Behavior Change
    • Supervision of theses (BSc/MSc)
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