Goda Perlaviciute
Biographic Data
| ID | 6817843 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Goda Perlaviciute |
| GIVEN NAMES | Goda |
| FAMILY NAME | Perlaviciute |
| SIGNATURE | PERLAVICIUTE G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Groningen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1380-7340 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Climate policy feasibility across Europe relies on the conditional middle
A systematic review of public acceptability and perceived impacts of eleven energy sources and mitigation technologies
Inclusive community energy initiatives? Understanding involvement of different socio-demographic groups
In order for community energy initiatives (CEIs) to grow and contribute to a just and sustainable energy transition, citizens from different socio-demographic groups need to be involved. Initial evidence however shows that CEIs tend to be set up and led by relatively well-off, well-educated, older men. Less is known about socio-demographic differences in CEI membership and willingness to join, and what explains why demographic groups may differ i…
Engagement of citizens in energy governance: Unravelling participatory capital for energy sufficiency in France and the Netherlands
Energy governance, the process through which rules are set and enforced regarding the ways energy is produced, distributed, and consumed, is, to a large extent, controlled by states and (trans)national energy corporations. Hence, current democracies are ill-equipped to incorporate citizen’s perspectives in decision-making effectively. Increasing citizens’ influence in energy governance through public participation could help bring democratic answ…
Citizen assemblies should involve citizens as experts on their own values
Citizen assemblies (CAs) could enrich policymaking by unveiling public values and preferences for climate polices. Yet, the current paradigm guiding CAs is rationalistic and primarily fact orientated. This might underexploit the potential of CAs to bring a unique contribution to climate policymaking. I propose a paradigm shift that creates explicit room for citizens’ values in CAs. Using concrete examples, I illustrate how every step of CAs could…
Responsible carbon dioxide removals and the EU’s 2040 climate target
No abstract. First para: The European Union (EU) has recently initiated the debate on its 2040 climate targets with the EU Commission’s proposal of a net 90% greenhouse gas emission reduction target relative to 1990 (EC 2024a). The EU Commission’s impact assessment indicates that carbon dioxide removals (CDR) will play an important role in the EU’s climate policy for 2040, on a path to EU’s climate neutrality target in 2050 (EC 2024b). The scienc…
Are we on the same page? Understanding value similarity and its impact on public trust in institutions of the energy sector
Value similarity – the extent to which people think institutions managing risks hold different or similar values to themselves, affects trust in those institutions and as such, plays a critical role in the public acceptability of energy projects and policies. Yet, we do not know what constitutes value similarity. How do people judge the level of similarity between their own values and the values of an institution? What role do different values pl…
The psychological distance of climate change is overestimated
An interdisciplinary understanding of energy citizenship: Integrating psychological, legal, and economic perspectives on a citizen-centred sustainable energy transition
Energy citizenship is an emerging concept in policy and practice. Yet scientific theorising around energy citizenship is scarce, and rarely bundled in interdisciplinary discourse. In this article, we present an interdisciplinary definition of energy citizenship as people's rights to and responsibilities for a just and sustainable energy transition. Energy citizenship contains multiple aspects and allows for various approaches, of which we zoom in…
Opposing out loud versus supporting in silence: Who wants to participate in decision-making about energy projects
Public participation in decision-making is widely expected to contribute to democratic society, better decisions, and higher public acceptability of energy projects. The realization of the desired functions of public participation depends, however, on who participates in decision-making. In opinion surveys about two planned wind parks in the Netherlands, we found that opponents were more willing to participate than supporters. Those who would not…
Trust in institutions and public acceptability of risky energy production: Testing the causal relationships in the context of Groningen earthquakes
Public acceptability of energy production does not only depend on people's opinions of energy projects but also on whether people trust those who are in charge of regulating them. Indeed, research shows that trust in regulating institutions is positively related to public acceptability of energy production, and more generally, to public acceptability hazard-prone activities. Most evidence for this relationship, however, stems from correlational a…
Emotions towards a mandatory adoption of renewable energy innovations: The role of psychological reactance and egoistic and biospheric values
Policies that mandate the adoption of renewable energy innovations could ensure their widespread adoption. Yet, such policies may not be implemented if they face strong opposition from the public, especially when strong negative emotions are at the core of opposition. In a field experiment (N = 97), we investigated people’s emotional responses to two policy options aimed at increasing the adoption of heat pumps in a neighbourhood in the city of G…
The more public influence, the better? The effects of full versus shared influence on public acceptability of energy projects in the Netherlands and China
Public participation in decision making is considered an important factor that could enhance public acceptability of decision-making process and resulting decisions on renewable energy projects. Yet, little is known about when and how public participation can enhance public acceptability. In two experimental studies where no real decisions were taken, we compare the effect of shared influence versus full influence (either with or without expert s…
Afraid, angry or powerless? Effects of perceived risks and trust in responsible parties on emotions towards gasquakes in the Netherlands
Energy projects can pose serious risks that can elicit negative emotions in people, threatening their well-being and fueling public resistance. As energy projects are oftentimes controlled by governments and industry, people have to rely on responsible parties for preventing and reducing the risks. We introduced the TEAR model and examined to what extent trust in responsible parties, in addition to perceived risks, is related to people’s negative…
Contested climate policies and the four Ds of public participation: From normative standards to what people want
Stimulating public participation in decision making is heralded as a way to get climate policies accepted by the public. Yet, little is known about whether and when public participation can increase policy acceptability. This is true in particular of practices organized by responsible parties to engage the public in decision making. Based on a vast body of interdisciplinary literature, four types of normative standards for effective public partic…
Public Participation in Climate Policy Making: Toward Reconciling Public Preferences and Legal Frameworks
Climate policies require public support. But if people feel excluded from decision making, this can fuel resistance to such policies. Legal frameworks, such as the Aarhus Convention, mandate extensive obligations to engage the public in decision making on local projects, such as renewable energy siting. But such frameworks often overlook the macro-level decisions that affect local projects. Public influence at a project level may be limited by su…
Effects of trust and public participation on acceptability of renewable energy projects in the Netherlands and China
Perceived risks, emotions, and policy preferences: A longitudinal survey among the local population on gas quakes in the Netherlands
Energy production can pose risks, such as nuclear accidents, oil spills, and earthquakes caused by gas production. Besides experts’ evaluations of risks, appropriate risk assessment and management require knowledge about how people experience these risks and which mitigation measures they prefer. Media are often the sole source of information about public risk perceptions. Yet, media typically only report the most severe risks. By studying percep…
Is gas perceived as sustainable? Insights from value-driven evaluations in the Netherlands
Various energy sources are positioned as sustainable, assuming this may elicit positive evaluations of these sources, particularly among people who care about nature and the environment (i.e. have strong biospheric values). For example, the gas industry and some politicians position gas as a relatively clean fossil fuel and as a transition fuel towards future sustainable energy systems. But will people, particularly those who strongly endorse bio…
Understanding the human dimensions of a sustainable energy transition
Global climate change threatens the health, economic prospects, and basic food and water sources of people. A wide range of changes in household energy behavior is needed to realize a sustainable energy transition. We propose a general framework to understand and encourage sustainable energy behaviors, comprising four key issues. First, we need to identify which behaviors need to be changed. A sustainable energy transition involves changes in a w…
The Significance of Hedonic Values for Environmentally Relevant Attitudes, Preferences, and Actions
This article aimed to demonstrate that hedonic values are important for understanding environmentally relevant beliefs, preferences, and actions, next to egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric values. In four studies, the authors found consistent support for their hypothesis that hedonic, egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric values can be distinguished empirically, suggesting that the distinction between the four types of values is not only theoret…
An Integrated Framework for Encouraging Pro-environmental Behaviour: The role of values, situational factors and goals
Contextual and psychological factors shaping evaluations and acceptability of energy alternatives: Integrated review and research agenda
An interdisciplinary understanding of energy citizenship: Integrating psychological, legal, and economic perspectives on a citizen-centred sustainable energy transition
Energy citizenship is an emerging concept in policy and practice. Yet scientific theorising around energy citizenship is scarce, and rarely bundled in interdisciplinary discourse. In this article, we present an interdisciplinary definition of energy citizenship as people's rights to and responsibilities for a just and sustainable energy transition. Energy citizenship contains multiple aspects and allows for various approaches, of which we zoom in…
Perceived risks, emotions, and policy preferences: A longitudinal survey among the local population on gas quakes in the Netherlands
Energy production can pose risks, such as nuclear accidents, oil spills, and earthquakes caused by gas production. Besides experts’ evaluations of risks, appropriate risk assessment and management require knowledge about how people experience these risks and which mitigation measures they prefer. Media are often the sole source of information about public risk perceptions. Yet, media typically only report the most severe risks. By studying percep…
Effects of trust and public participation on acceptability of renewable energy projects in the Netherlands and China
Contested climate policies and the four Ds of public participation: From normative standards to what people want
Stimulating public participation in decision making is heralded as a way to get climate policies accepted by the public. Yet, little is known about whether and when public participation can increase policy acceptability. This is true in particular of practices organized by responsible parties to engage the public in decision making. Based on a vast body of interdisciplinary literature, four types of normative standards for effective public partic…
Emotions towards a mandatory adoption of renewable energy innovations: The role of psychological reactance and egoistic and biospheric values
Policies that mandate the adoption of renewable energy innovations could ensure their widespread adoption. Yet, such policies may not be implemented if they face strong opposition from the public, especially when strong negative emotions are at the core of opposition. In a field experiment (N = 97), we investigated people’s emotional responses to two policy options aimed at increasing the adoption of heat pumps in a neighbourhood in the city of G…
The more public influence, the better? The effects of full versus shared influence on public acceptability of energy projects in the Netherlands and China
Public participation in decision making is considered an important factor that could enhance public acceptability of decision-making process and resulting decisions on renewable energy projects. Yet, little is known about when and how public participation can enhance public acceptability. In two experimental studies where no real decisions were taken, we compare the effect of shared influence versus full influence (either with or without expert s…
Afraid, angry or powerless? Effects of perceived risks and trust in responsible parties on emotions towards gasquakes in the Netherlands
Energy projects can pose serious risks that can elicit negative emotions in people, threatening their well-being and fueling public resistance. As energy projects are oftentimes controlled by governments and industry, people have to rely on responsible parties for preventing and reducing the risks. We introduced the TEAR model and examined to what extent trust in responsible parties, in addition to perceived risks, is related to people’s negative…
Are we on the same page? Understanding value similarity and its impact on public trust in institutions of the energy sector
Value similarity – the extent to which people think institutions managing risks hold different or similar values to themselves, affects trust in those institutions and as such, plays a critical role in the public acceptability of energy projects and policies. Yet, we do not know what constitutes value similarity. How do people judge the level of similarity between their own values and the values of an institution? What role do different values pl…
The Significance of Hedonic Values for Environmentally Relevant Attitudes, Preferences, and Actions
This article aimed to demonstrate that hedonic values are important for understanding environmentally relevant beliefs, preferences, and actions, next to egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric values. In four studies, the authors found consistent support for their hypothesis that hedonic, egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric values can be distinguished empirically, suggesting that the distinction between the four types of values is not only theoret…
An Integrated Framework for Encouraging Pro-environmental Behaviour: The role of values, situational factors and goals
Contextual and psychological factors shaping evaluations and acceptability of energy alternatives: Integrated review and research agenda
Understanding the human dimensions of a sustainable energy transition
Global climate change threatens the health, economic prospects, and basic food and water sources of people. A wide range of changes in household energy behavior is needed to realize a sustainable energy transition. We propose a general framework to understand and encourage sustainable energy behaviors, comprising four key issues. First, we need to identify which behaviors need to be changed. A sustainable energy transition involves changes in a w…
Is gas perceived as sustainable? Insights from value-driven evaluations in the Netherlands
Various energy sources are positioned as sustainable, assuming this may elicit positive evaluations of these sources, particularly among people who care about nature and the environment (i.e. have strong biospheric values). For example, the gas industry and some politicians position gas as a relatively clean fossil fuel and as a transition fuel towards future sustainable energy systems. But will people, particularly those who strongly endorse bio…
Perceived risks, emotions, and policy preferences: A longitudinal survey among the local population on gas quakes in the Netherlands
Energy production can pose risks, such as nuclear accidents, oil spills, and earthquakes caused by gas production. Besides experts’ evaluations of risks, appropriate risk assessment and management require knowledge about how people experience these risks and which mitigation measures they prefer. Media are often the sole source of information about public risk perceptions. Yet, media typically only report the most severe risks. By studying percep…
Effects of trust and public participation on acceptability of renewable energy projects in the Netherlands and China
Public Participation in Climate Policy Making: Toward Reconciling Public Preferences and Legal Frameworks
Climate policies require public support. But if people feel excluded from decision making, this can fuel resistance to such policies. Legal frameworks, such as the Aarhus Convention, mandate extensive obligations to engage the public in decision making on local projects, such as renewable energy siting. But such frameworks often overlook the macro-level decisions that affect local projects. Public influence at a project level may be limited by su…
Emotions towards a mandatory adoption of renewable energy innovations: The role of psychological reactance and egoistic and biospheric values
Policies that mandate the adoption of renewable energy innovations could ensure their widespread adoption. Yet, such policies may not be implemented if they face strong opposition from the public, especially when strong negative emotions are at the core of opposition. In a field experiment (N = 97), we investigated people’s emotional responses to two policy options aimed at increasing the adoption of heat pumps in a neighbourhood in the city of G…
The more public influence, the better? The effects of full versus shared influence on public acceptability of energy projects in the Netherlands and China
Public participation in decision making is considered an important factor that could enhance public acceptability of decision-making process and resulting decisions on renewable energy projects. Yet, little is known about when and how public participation can enhance public acceptability. In two experimental studies where no real decisions were taken, we compare the effect of shared influence versus full influence (either with or without expert s…
Afraid, angry or powerless? Effects of perceived risks and trust in responsible parties on emotions towards gasquakes in the Netherlands
Energy projects can pose serious risks that can elicit negative emotions in people, threatening their well-being and fueling public resistance. As energy projects are oftentimes controlled by governments and industry, people have to rely on responsible parties for preventing and reducing the risks. We introduced the TEAR model and examined to what extent trust in responsible parties, in addition to perceived risks, is related to people’s negative…
Contested climate policies and the four Ds of public participation: From normative standards to what people want
Stimulating public participation in decision making is heralded as a way to get climate policies accepted by the public. Yet, little is known about whether and when public participation can increase policy acceptability. This is true in particular of practices organized by responsible parties to engage the public in decision making. Based on a vast body of interdisciplinary literature, four types of normative standards for effective public partic…
Opposing out loud versus supporting in silence: Who wants to participate in decision-making about energy projects
Public participation in decision-making is widely expected to contribute to democratic society, better decisions, and higher public acceptability of energy projects. The realization of the desired functions of public participation depends, however, on who participates in decision-making. In opinion surveys about two planned wind parks in the Netherlands, we found that opponents were more willing to participate than supporters. Those who would not…
Trust in institutions and public acceptability of risky energy production: Testing the causal relationships in the context of Groningen earthquakes
Public acceptability of energy production does not only depend on people's opinions of energy projects but also on whether people trust those who are in charge of regulating them. Indeed, research shows that trust in regulating institutions is positively related to public acceptability of energy production, and more generally, to public acceptability hazard-prone activities. Most evidence for this relationship, however, stems from correlational a…
The psychological distance of climate change is overestimated
An interdisciplinary understanding of energy citizenship: Integrating psychological, legal, and economic perspectives on a citizen-centred sustainable energy transition
Energy citizenship is an emerging concept in policy and practice. Yet scientific theorising around energy citizenship is scarce, and rarely bundled in interdisciplinary discourse. In this article, we present an interdisciplinary definition of energy citizenship as people's rights to and responsibilities for a just and sustainable energy transition. Energy citizenship contains multiple aspects and allows for various approaches, of which we zoom in…
Citizen assemblies should involve citizens as experts on their own values
Citizen assemblies (CAs) could enrich policymaking by unveiling public values and preferences for climate polices. Yet, the current paradigm guiding CAs is rationalistic and primarily fact orientated. This might underexploit the potential of CAs to bring a unique contribution to climate policymaking. I propose a paradigm shift that creates explicit room for citizens’ values in CAs. Using concrete examples, I illustrate how every step of CAs could…
Responsible carbon dioxide removals and the EU’s 2040 climate target
No abstract. First para: The European Union (EU) has recently initiated the debate on its 2040 climate targets with the EU Commission’s proposal of a net 90% greenhouse gas emission reduction target relative to 1990 (EC 2024a). The EU Commission’s impact assessment indicates that carbon dioxide removals (CDR) will play an important role in the EU’s climate policy for 2040, on a path to EU’s climate neutrality target in 2050 (EC 2024b). The scienc…
Are we on the same page? Understanding value similarity and its impact on public trust in institutions of the energy sector
Value similarity – the extent to which people think institutions managing risks hold different or similar values to themselves, affects trust in those institutions and as such, plays a critical role in the public acceptability of energy projects and policies. Yet, we do not know what constitutes value similarity. How do people judge the level of similarity between their own values and the values of an institution? What role do different values pl…
A systematic review of public acceptability and perceived impacts of eleven energy sources and mitigation technologies
Inclusive community energy initiatives? Understanding involvement of different socio-demographic groups
In order for community energy initiatives (CEIs) to grow and contribute to a just and sustainable energy transition, citizens from different socio-demographic groups need to be involved. Initial evidence however shows that CEIs tend to be set up and led by relatively well-off, well-educated, older men. Less is known about socio-demographic differences in CEI membership and willingness to join, and what explains why demographic groups may differ i…
Engagement of citizens in energy governance: Unravelling participatory capital for energy sufficiency in France and the Netherlands
Energy governance, the process through which rules are set and enforced regarding the ways energy is produced, distributed, and consumed, is, to a large extent, controlled by states and (trans)national energy corporations. Hence, current democracies are ill-equipped to incorporate citizen’s perspectives in decision-making effectively. Increasing citizens’ influence in energy governance through public participation could help bring democratic answ…
Climate policy feasibility across Europe relies on the conditional middle
Political science (16 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (14 works) · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (13 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Business (10 works) · Economics (10 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (9 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Energy (signal processing (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works)