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Frenk van Harreveld

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Professor of Psychology | UvA | Research Director Psychology Department | Co-founder @ Seven (UvA climate institute) | Researching uncertainty, attitudes & sustainable behaviour | https://www.uva.nl/profiel/h/a/f.vanharreveld/f.vanharreveld.html

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Why Technology Won’t Save Us Unless We Change Our Behavior | TechPolicy.Press We can design greener tech and smarter AI, but unless people use them and trust them, they won’t matter, writes Frenk van Harreveld.

The missing piece in climate and health policy isn’t innovation.
It’s human behaviour.

Here’s why we need to rethink how policy supports action—not just invention.

www.techpolicy.press/why-technolo...

#BehavioralScience #PublicPolicy #TechForGood

@techpolicypress.bsky.social

15.07.2025 12:58 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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In defense of doubt: Act of resistance in an age of bogus certainty - Salon.com Uncertainty is not defeat or paralysis. Acknowledging what we don't know is our best defense against toxic lies

🧠 Can doubt make us better citizens? Or is it just weakness dressed up?

My essay for
@salonnewsroom.bsky.social:

🔗 www.salon.com/2025/07/13/i...

Curious what
@noupside.bsky.social and @samfr.bsky.social
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#CriticalThinking #Complexity #OpenMind

15.07.2025 12:53 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My new essay in Salon: “The Radical Case for Doubt in an Age of Dangerous Certainty.” On why democratic resilience depends on space for ambivalence, complexity, and not knowing—especially when the stakes are high.

www.salon.com/2024/06/27/t...

@jonathanhaidt.bsky.social @ezraklein.bsky.social

14.07.2025 21:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why Technology Won’t Save Us Unless We Change Our Behavior | TechPolicy.Press We can design greener tech and smarter AI, but unless people use them and trust them, they won’t matter, writes Frenk van Harreveld.

We don’t have a technology problem—we have a behavior problem.

In Tech Policy Press, I I argue innovation won’t be enough without changing how we act, decide, and relate to each other.

www.techpolicy.press/why-technolo...

#BehavioralScience #Policy

@zey.bsky.social @techpolicypress.bsky.social

14.07.2025 13:14 👍 16 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0