People

Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment. Professor of Psychology and the School of Public and International Affairs. Director, Fung Global Fellows Program.

Faculty Advisory Committee, HMEI Associated Faculty

Environmental Policy and Ethics

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE), Psychology, School of Public and International Affairs

Decisions in a social and physical environment; human decisions that impact sustainability and the natural environment; social networks, norms and norm violation; accelerating change and creating behavioral tipping points; responses to energy and environmental technology and policy; and tools and scale development.

Center for BioComplexity, Climate Futures Initiative for Science, Values and Policy, Earth Resilience and Sustainability Initiative, Grand Challenges Program

Articles about Weber’s work with the U.S. Navy to integrate a change in the way Navy men and women at all levels use energy:

• The next energy revolution won’t be in wind or solar, it will be in our brains (Washington Post)
• Forget About Saving Energy. This is About Saving Lives – (NEXUS MEDIA)

Articles about Weber’s work on the role of legacy motives in people’s environmental decisions:

• He Was a Fine Man—He Recycled (Pacific Standard Magazine)
• Focusing on Lasting Legacy Prompts Environmental Action (Health News Digest)

Articles about Weber’s work on the benefits of crystallized intelligence for financial and other real-world choices made by older decision makers, which offsets losses in fluid intelligence:

• Crystallized Intelligence: Why Gray Is The New Gold (Science 2.0)
• Graying, but Still Golden (Sciencedaily.com)
• Seniors’ Aging Brains Find Ways to Stay Financially Sharp (U.S.News & World Report)
• Getting Old Spells Doom For Some – Not All – Money Decisions (USA Today)