IBES Assistant Professor Rachel Wetts and coauthor Loredana Loy reveal that "appeals to class-based resentment against cultural elites are one prominent strategy to urge publics to reject climate mitigation strategies."
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Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
Rachel Wetts
Acacia Assistant Professor of Environment and Society & Sociology
Research Interests
Political sociology, Environmental sociology, Race/Ethnicity, Sociology of culture, Social psychology, Organizational theory, Social theory, Computational methods, Experimental methods
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Assistant Professor of Environment and Society Rachel Wetts examines how the social value of education contributes to partisanship within climate debates.
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News from IBES
IBES: 2023 in Review
Dive into a year of accomplishments at IBES, where community-engaged scholarship, cutting-edge research, student-led projects and events, and more highlight the many ways that our community is rising to meet the 21st century’s climate, sustainability, and environmental challenges.
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IBES Awards Series: Assistant Professor Rachel Wetts
This spring, four members of IBES faculty received awards for their outstanding contributions to Brown and the broader community. This is Part I of a series highlighting the exceptional work of each awardee.
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