Kaitlin Raimi

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NSF award: Kaitlin Raimi uses behavioral insights to reduce household energy consumption

Sep 13, 2017

Kaitlin Raimi and colleagues from the College of Engineering (SangHyun Lee) and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (Philip S. Hart) have received a $330,000 award from the National Science Foundation to explore a new technique designed to...

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Raimi: "The influence of learning about CO2 removal on support for mitigation"

Aug 31, 2017

A new article by Victoria Campbell-Arvai, P. Sol Hart, Kaitlin T. Raimi, and Kimberly S. Wolske, The influence of learning about carbon dioxide removal (CDR) on support for mitigation policies, appears in the August 2017 edition of Climatic...

Kaitlin Raimi reviews the negative policy spillovers of energy saving behavior

Aug 3, 2017

Katilin Raimi penned a News and Views commentary on “Energy-saving behavior: Negative spillover to policy” for the July 2017 edition of Nature Climate Change. Introduction Recycle! Eat less meat! Turn off the lights! Countless media,...

Raimi in the journal of Environment and Behavior: Testing pro-environmental spillover

Jun 30, 2017

A new article by Amanda R. Carrico, Kaitlin T. Raimi, Heather Barnes Truelove, and Brianne Eby - “Putting your money where your mouth is: an experimental test of pro-environmental spillover from reducing meat consumption to monetary donations” -...

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Raimi explores psychology and environmental action in Coursera "Act on Climate" interview

Jun 26, 2017

Kaitlin Raimi was interviewed as a featured expert for the Coursera open enrollment course, Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action, taught by U-M Professor Michaela Zint. The course focuses on 'how to translate learning...

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Raimi examines how analogies might be used to educate the public about climate change

Jan 30, 2017

An article by Kaitlin Raimi, Paul Stern (National Research Council), and Alexander Maki (Vanderbilt University), "The Promise and Limitations of Using Analogies to Improve Decision-Relevant Understanding of Climate Change," has been published in...

Raimi publishes in Journal of Environmental Psychology on “Environmental peer persuasion”

Jan 16, 2017

An article by Kaitlin Raimi and Alexander Maki (Vanderbilt University), "Environmental peer persuasion: How moral exporting and belief superiority relate to efforts to influence others," was published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology on...

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Recent Ford School "Faculty Findings" in energy and environmental policy

Dec 30, 2016

Elisabeth Gerber on the dangers of extrinsic motivation Organizations around the world hope to prove that natural resource conservation and economic development can go hand in hand—that we can preserve our forests, fish, and waterways while...

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Ford School faculty news from the spring 2016 edition of State & Hill magazine

May 3, 2016

The Washington Post reports that Robert Axelrod’s The Evolution of Cooperation is one of the ten most assigned books at Ivy League universities. Originally published in 1984, the book explores how cooperation can emerge in a world of self-seeking...

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Elective courses by new and returning faculty experts in health, social welfare, and more

Nov 11, 2015

This fall, the Ford School added six governing faculty members and two policymakers-in-residence while welcoming home three faculty members who had been on leave for high-profile policy service in Washington, DC. These new and returning faculty...

Welcome to the new academic year

Aug 31, 2015

Dear members of the Ford School community,As the streets of Ann Arbor start to fill with students, as the marching band takes the field down the hill, and as we open our doors for Welcome Week, I write with my warmest greetings to new and returning...

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The Ford School faculty is growing

Jul 23, 2015

We’re delighted to announce significant growth in our faculty for the coming year, including six additions to our governing faculty. Paula Lantz, a social epidemiologist, is currently professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy at...

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Introducing Kaitlin Toner Raimi, incoming assistant professor of public policy

Jul 7, 2015

The Ford School is delighted to announce that a number of faculty members will join our community this fall. To introduce them to the Ford School and University, we’re running weekly Q&As throughout the summer that touch on their policy and personal...

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Ford School impact stories, helping communities adapt to a changing climate

Apr 25, 2015

Yohei Chiba (MPP ’12) surveys damage from the Tohoku earthquake during his 2011 internship with Direct Relief International Yohei Chiba (MPP ’12), Policy Researcher, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Quantifying the...

Dean's Symposium - Communicating Climate Change: Policymakers, Advocates, and Public Opinion

Apr 12, 2024, 9:00 am EDT

Betty Ford Classroom (1110)

Climate change is often described as a wicked problem, one with many interdependent, changing, and thorny factors to solve. For policymakers, this often means balancing complex and sometimes competing preferences from a range of stakeholders, both responding to those voices and communicating about policies in ways that will resonate with a wide range of audiences.

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2021 Earth Day Teach-In

Apr 13, 2021, 12:00-1:00 pm EDT

Join the Environmental Policy Association for an event in honor of the 51st Anniversary of Earth Day!

Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Gerry Anderson on energy policy and Michigan's economic recovery

Mar 31, 2021, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT

Join us for a conversation with Gerry Anderson (MPP '88), executive chairman of DTE Energy and co-chair of Michigan's Economic Recovery Council. Assistant Professor Kaitlin Raimi will moderate a discussion on energy policy and Michigan's economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Moral Hazards in Climate Change: The Effects of Learning about Technological Solutions on Support for Mitigation

Nov 17, 2016, 5:45-6:45 pm EST

1220 Weill Hall

In the face of mounting evidence of the dire consequences of climate change, researchers and policymakers are giving serious thought to responses that once seemed the stuff of science fiction: geoengineering, carbon dioxide removal, and adaptation.

Kaitlin Raimi

NSF award: Kaitlin Raimi uses behavioral insights to reduce household energy consumption

Raimi: "The influence of learning about CO2 removal on support for mitigation"

Kaitlin Raimi reviews the negative policy spillovers of energy saving behavior

Raimi in the journal of Environment and Behavior: Testing pro-environmental spillover

Raimi explores psychology and environmental action in Coursera "Act on Climate" interview

Raimi examines how analogies might be used to educate the public about climate change

Raimi publishes in Journal of Environmental Psychology on “Environmental peer persuasion”

Recent Ford School "Faculty Findings" in energy and environmental policy

Ford School faculty news from the spring 2016 edition of State & Hill magazine

Elective courses by new and returning faculty experts in health, social welfare, and more

Welcome to the new academic year

The Ford School faculty is growing

Introducing Kaitlin Toner Raimi, incoming assistant professor of public policy

Ford School impact stories, helping communities adapt to a changing climate

Dean's Symposium - Communicating Climate Change: Policymakers, Advocates, and Public Opinion

2021 Earth Day Teach-In

Gerry Anderson on energy policy and Michigan's economic recovery

Moral Hazards in Climate Change: The Effects of Learning about Technological Solutions on Support for Mitigation

Earth Day 2021 Teach-In: Kaitlin Raimi

Gerry Anderson on energy policy and Michigan's economic recovery

Kaitlin Raimi: Exploring belief superiority around climate change and environmental behaviors