Climate Change Research

What climate change policy initiatives do citizens support? Does support for these initiatives differ if the initiatives are endorsed by a random sample of citizens who participated in a deliberative event?

Boulianne, S., Loptson, K., & Kahane, D. (2018). Citizen Panels and Opinion Polls: Convergence and Divergence in Policy Preferences. Journal of Public Deliberation, 14(1), 4. doi: http://doi.org/10.16997/jdd.294

Boulianne, S. (2018). Mini-publics and public opinion: Two survey-based experiments. Political Studies, 66(1), 119-136. doi: 10.1177/0032321717723507

Who is believed to be responsible for climate change? To what extent do citizens see their agency in relation to climate change?

Boulianne, S. & Gonzales, Ana Mariella Salinas. (February 2014). Who is responsible for action on climate change: Comparing news media coverage and public opinion data. Poster presented at the annual Warren E. Kalbach conference, MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta.

Who is given a voice in climate change discourse in the media? To what extent are scientists' voices included in this mediated discourse? What sources of information do people use in informing their climate change views?

Boulianne, S. & Belland, S. (2019). Who matters in climate change discourse in Alberta. In P. Prado, J. Pinto, & R. Gutsche (Eds). Climate Change, Media & Culture: Critical Issues in Environmental Communication. Emerald Publishing.

Boulianne, S. & Hobbs, L. (November 2014). Information Sources on Climate Change. Alberta Climate Dialogue.

Hobbs, L. & Boulianne, S. (September 2014). Knowledge of Energy and Climate Issues: The Case of the Citizens’ Panel on Edmonton’s Energy and Climate Challenges. Alberta Climate Dialogue.

How have climate change activists used social media to encourage action on climate change? How has social media been used to support or critique youth's participation in climate strikes?

Boulianne, S., Lalancette, M., and Ilkiw, D. (2020). “School Strike 4 Climate”: Social Media and the International Youth Protest on Climate Change. Media and Communication, 8(2), 208-218. doi: 10.17645/mac.v8i2.2768

How important was climate change during the 2019 Canadian federal election? To what extent did views about climate change influence voter's decisions? To what extent were political leaders addressing climate change?

Boulianne, S., Belland, S., and Larsson, AO. (2020). Climate change, social media, and political parties. In E. Dubois and T. Owen (Eds). Understanding the Digital Ecosystem: Findings from the 2019 Federal Election.

Larsson, A.O. & Boulianne, S. (2020, February). Climate Change, Facebook, and Political Leaders. Digital Media and the 2019 Federal Election Symposium, Feb2020 Ottawa, Canada