Karen Akerlof
Biographic Data
| ID | 5912817 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen Akerlof |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen |
| FAMILY NAME | Akerlof |
| SIGNATURE | AKERLOF K |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Mason University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7756-2197 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Learning outcomes and evaluation metrics for training researchers to engage in science policy
Making research evidence accessible and relevant to policymakers is one way that the scientific enterprise confers direct societal benefits. With global norms increasingly promoting these types of broader impacts, new initiatives to do so, including training researchers to engage in policy, have flourished. But what should this training entail, and how would we know whether it has been effective? A review of academic and professional literature i…
Training researchers to engage in policy in the United States
Building additional programmatic capacity - through shared learning and partnerships - could lend support to this emerging trend in science policy with implications for US research and governance
What’s local policy got to do with it? Testing the efficacy of federal interventions to protect coastal parks from sunscreen chemical pollution in Hawaii and North Carolina
Science communication in Congress
These findings support the proposed model and highlight the importance of staff scientific fluency and the decision-making context for science communication in Congress
Promoting environmentally friendly sun-protection behaviors among coastal state residents
Global perspectives on scientists’ roles in legislative policymaking
Categorizing Professionals’ Perspectives on Environmental Communication with Implications for Graduate Education
The study of environmental communication originated as a diverse multidisciplinary field encompassing a wide array of communicator perspectives. However, as the field evolved, mass media and journalism became its perceived scholarly focus. As a result, environmental communication processes may be less well-understood across other settings, such as scientific and research institutions, non-governmental organizations, and federal agencies. To under…
Climate and health concerns of Montana’s public and environmental health professionals
Montana environmental and public health officials said that departmental action was needed on climate change, indicating the readiness of rural health professionals to take action. Further studies of health professionals in rural regions are warranted
Risky business
Vulnerable Populations Perceive Their Health as at Risk from Climate Change
Climate change is already taking a toll on human health, a toll that is likely to increase in coming decades. The relationship between risk perceptions and vulnerability to climate change's health threats has received little attention, even though an understanding of the dynamics of adaptation among particularly susceptible populations is becoming increasingly important. We demonstrate that some people whose health will suffer the greatest harms …
The relationship between personal experience and belief in the reality of global warming
Do people “personally experience” global warming, and if so how, and does it matter
Public Perceptions of Climate Change as a Human Health Risk
We used data from nationally representative surveys conducted in the United States, Canada and Malta between 2008 and 2009 to answer three questions: Does the public believe that climate change poses human health risks, and if so, are they seen as current or future risks? Whose health does the public think will be harmed? In what specific ways does the public believe climate change will harm human health? When asked directly about the potential i…
Reframing climate change as a public health issue
Presentations about climate change that encourage people to consider its human health relevance appear likely to provide many Americans with a useful and engaging new frame of reference. Information about the potential health benefits of specific mitigation-related policy actions appears to be particularly compelling. We believe that the public health community has an important perspective to share about climate change, a perspective that makes t…
Public Perceptions of Climate Change as a Human Health Risk
We used data from nationally representative surveys conducted in the United States, Canada and Malta between 2008 and 2009 to answer three questions: Does the public believe that climate change poses human health risks, and if so, are they seen as current or future risks? Whose health does the public think will be harmed? In what specific ways does the public believe climate change will harm human health? When asked directly about the potential i…
Reframing climate change as a public health issue
Presentations about climate change that encourage people to consider its human health relevance appear likely to provide many Americans with a useful and engaging new frame of reference. Information about the potential health benefits of specific mitigation-related policy actions appears to be particularly compelling. We believe that the public health community has an important perspective to share about climate change, a perspective that makes t…
The relationship between personal experience and belief in the reality of global warming
Do people “personally experience” global warming, and if so how, and does it matter
Vulnerable Populations Perceive Their Health as at Risk from Climate Change
Climate change is already taking a toll on human health, a toll that is likely to increase in coming decades. The relationship between risk perceptions and vulnerability to climate change's health threats has received little attention, even though an understanding of the dynamics of adaptation among particularly susceptible populations is becoming increasingly important. We demonstrate that some people whose health will suffer the greatest harms …
Risky business
Categorizing Professionals’ Perspectives on Environmental Communication with Implications for Graduate Education
The study of environmental communication originated as a diverse multidisciplinary field encompassing a wide array of communicator perspectives. However, as the field evolved, mass media and journalism became its perceived scholarly focus. As a result, environmental communication processes may be less well-understood across other settings, such as scientific and research institutions, non-governmental organizations, and federal agencies. To under…
Climate and health concerns of Montana’s public and environmental health professionals
Montana environmental and public health officials said that departmental action was needed on climate change, indicating the readiness of rural health professionals to take action. Further studies of health professionals in rural regions are warranted
Global perspectives on scientists’ roles in legislative policymaking
What’s local policy got to do with it? Testing the efficacy of federal interventions to protect coastal parks from sunscreen chemical pollution in Hawaii and North Carolina
Science communication in Congress
These findings support the proposed model and highlight the importance of staff scientific fluency and the decision-making context for science communication in Congress
Promoting environmentally friendly sun-protection behaviors among coastal state residents
Learning outcomes and evaluation metrics for training researchers to engage in science policy
Making research evidence accessible and relevant to policymakers is one way that the scientific enterprise confers direct societal benefits. With global norms increasingly promoting these types of broader impacts, new initiatives to do so, including training researchers to engage in policy, have flourished. But what should this training entail, and how would we know whether it has been effective? A review of academic and professional literature i…
Training researchers to engage in policy in the United States
Building additional programmatic capacity - through shared learning and partnerships - could lend support to this emerging trend in science policy with implications for US research and governance
Climate Change Communication and Perception (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Geography (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Climate change (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Law (5 works)