Adela Plechata retweeted
There are days in life that shake you.
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at @Columbia & academic career... 1/🧵
Adela Plechata retweeted
I am recruiting 2 PhD students for Fall'25 @csaudk to work on bleeding-edge topics in #NLProc #LLMs #AIAgents (e.g. LLM reasoning, knowledge-seeking agents, and more).
Details: cs.au.dk/~clan/openings
Deadline: May 1, 2025
Please boost!
cc: @WikiResearch @AiCentreDK @CPH_SODAS
Adela Plechata retweeted
Come work with us! @CVandeweerdt is hiring a three-year post-doc on a project using machine learning and survey experiments to understand who advocates for climate action in the media, and why it matters. 👩‍💼 Job call here: candidate.hr-manager.net/App…
🌍 Our new study investigating the role of social interaction and environmental feedback in promoting identification with environmentalists and fostering collective climate action is now out! doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025… The simulation video is from a first-person perspective. (1/4)
Key findings:
Social interaction conditions increased identification with climate action supporters.
Only social interaction coupled with environmental feedback significantly increased the intention for collective climate action and to reduce meat consumption. (3/4)
Interested in implementing this VR activity? 🎮 Download the .apk: osf.io/yf4w7/resources
Big thanks to my co-authors @GMakransky and Thomas Morton. We are also grateful to Michael Atchapero for the VR development, & @michaelbomfrost for his input on the cooking activity. (4/4)
Adela Plechata retweeted
🚨Job alert!🚨
@annargrs and I are looking for a 2 year PostDoc in AI-interviewer project!
You will develop and critically test the AI-interview methods, where generative LLMs are instructed to conduct interviews.
It's at ITU CS dep in Copenhagen. DM me or Anna if interested!
Adela Plechata retweeted
Excellent piece by @lwhitmarsh & @samhampton đź’
It's unhelpful to promise we can reach climate targets without 'telling people how to live their lives'.
1. Enabling lifestyle changes is essential
2. The govt should make changes easier & cheaper
3. Action can improve wellbeing🌍
Keir Starmer says the UK can decarbonise without disruption – that’s neither true nor helpful bit.ly/3Z74GsG
Adela Plechata retweeted
Can a virtual reality game convince people to go easy on the antibiotics? 💊 @APlechata , Guido Makransky and @robert_bohm find big increases in intentions to be prudent w/ antibiotics after a VR experience. This could help combat antimicrobial resistance. nature.com/articles/s41746-0…
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
Our paper on the effectiveness of experiential VR-based communication in promoting prudent antibiotic use is out! 🦠💊🎮
Link: doi.org/10.1038/s41746-024-0… (1/5)
Much like our previous study on promoting climate-friendly eating, we found that increased efficacy beliefs explain the impact of experiential communication. (lnkd.in/d8DDMSD2) (4/5)
Huge thanks to my amazing co-authors @GMakransky and @robert_bohm . It’s been a pleasure working with you! 🙏 (5/5)
🌿 Exciting News! 🌍 Our latest research article on promoting pro-environmental behavior is out now! We explore experiential climate communication vs. standard info-based approaches, comparing two VR-based conditions. 🎮(1/4) doi.org/10.1080/17524032.202…
Our study highlights the power of experiential communication in shaping efficacy beliefs. Experiencing the impact of our choices firsthand—both positive and negative—on the environment is far more impactful than simply receiving information about it. (3/4) #ClimateAction
Environmental and climate communication may need to shift away from traditional information-based techniques and embrace methods that allow for immersive, experiential engagement. (4/4) #metaverse
Exciting PhD opportunity in Health and Environmental Psychology with the amazing @RosaLavelleHil!
New Ph.D. position in Health and Environmental Psychology in Copenhagen investigating the relationship between physiology, psychology, and culture in response to extreme heat. Please share!
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=1…