Research
My work investigates what drives public opinion on environmental issues, and how strategic communication can impact environmental attitudes and risk perceptions. I specialize in understanding the role of communication and engagement around coastal environmental issues. Current research projects investigate the effect of media tone on climate change attitudes, the impact of coastal identities on environmental attitudes, risk perceptions of tribal communities about water contamination, and communication and engagement of coastal communities surrounding the development of offshore wind energy projects. The overarching goal of my research agenda is to improve our understanding of public opinion about science and the environment, and investigate how political communication can reduce polarization and inform policies that can gain broad public support.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Diamond, Emily P. & Kaitlin Urbanski. 2022. The Impact of Message Valence on Climate Change Attitudes: A Longitudinal
Experiment. Environmental Communication, 16(8), 1046-1058. doi: 10.1080/17524032.2022.2151486
Diamond, Emily P. 2022. Conservative conservationists: reconciling conflicting identities to inform climate change policy preferences. Politics, Groups, and Identities, 1-18. doi: 10.1080/21565503.2022.2124182
Diamond, Emily P. 2021. Understanding Rural Identities and Environmental Policy Attitudes in America. Perspectives on Politics. doi: 10.1017/S1537592721002231
Diamond, Emily P. & Jack Zhou. 2021. Whose Policy Is It Anyway? Public Support for Clean Energy Policy Depends on the Message and the Messenger. Environmental Politics. doi: 10.1080/09644016.2021.1969844
Diamond, Emily P. 2020. The Influence of Identity Salience on Framing Effectiveness: An Experiment. Political Psychology, 41(6): 1133-1150. doi: 10.1111/pops.12669
Diamond, Emily P., Thomas Bernauer & Frederick W. Mayer. 2020. Does providing scientific information affect climate change and GMO policy preferences of the mass public? Insights from survey experiments in Germany and the United States. Environmental Politics, 29(7): 1199-1218. doi: 10.1080/09644016.2020.1740547
Pechar, Emily, Thomas Bernauer & Frederick W. Mayer. 2018. Beyond political ideology: The impact of attitudes towards government and corporations on trust in science. Science Communication, 40(3): 291-313. doi: 10.1177/1075547018763970
Working Papers
Diamond, Emily P., Nikol Damato, David Bidwell, Tiffany Smythe. Framing the wind: Media coverage of offshore wind in the Northeastern United States. (Under review)
Diamond, Emily P., Nikol Damato, David Bidwell, Tiffany Smythe. Legitimacy through Representation: Media Sources and Discourses of Offshore Wind Development. (Under review)
Diamond, Emily P., Kaitlin Urbanski, Melva Treviño. “The ocean is a part of me”: Identifying, defining, and describing coastal place attachment.” (Under review)
Kaitlin Urbanski*, Emily P. Diamond, and Melva Treviño. Taking Stock: Assessing Rhode Island Recreational Angler Conservation Ethic and Coastal Identity. (Under review)
*URI Marine Affairs Graduate Student
Conley, Elizabeth D.* and Emily P. Diamond. Angler’s Sense of Place as an Indicator of Perceived Vulnerability to Shifting Stock Distributions. (Under review)
*URI Marine Affairs Graduate Student
Diamond, Emily P., Erica Meier, Kaitlin Urbanski & Laurel Schaider. Communicating pollutants that threaten tribal identities: A pilot study of PFAS contamination. (In prep)
Reports & White Papers
Bonnie, Robert, Drew Bennett, Emily P. Diamond, Elizabeth Rowe. 2020. Attitudes of Rural Westerners on the Environment and Conservation. Durham, NC: Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University.
Diamond, E., R. Bonnie, E. Rowe. 2020. Rural Attitudes on Climate Change: Lessons from National and Midwest Polling and Focus Groups. NI Report 20-06. Durham, NC: Duke University
Bonnie, R., E. Diamond, E. Rowe. 2020. Understanding Rural Attitudes Toward the Environment and Conservation in America. NI R 20-03. Durham, NC: Duke University.
Pechar, Emily, Brian Murray, William A. Pizer. 2018. The relationship between policy design choices, carbon prices and ambition: Evidence from the field.
Pechar, Emily, Rachel Kranton. 2017. Moderators of intergroup discrimination in the Minimal Group Paradigm: A meta-analysis.
Pechar, Emily K. (Contributing Author), Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: The assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. 2019. Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
Pechar, Emily K., Mercedes Marcano, Acacia Paton-Young, Brian Murray, & Geoff McCarney. 2016. North American Climate Policy Forum: Post-Conference Discussion and Summary Report. Ottawa, ON: Sustainable Prosperity.
Pechar, Emily K. & Mercedes Marcano. 2016. Overview of the North American Climate Policy Landscape at the National and Sub-National Levels. Ottawa, ON: Sustainable Prosperity.
Book Chapters
Balleisen, Edward, Lori Bennear, David Cheang, Megan Hayes, Emily K. Pechar, A. Catherine Preston (in press). “Institutional Mechanisms for Investigating the Regulatory Impact of a Major Crisis: The Commission of Inquiry and the Safety Board.” In Policy Shock: Recalibrating Risk and Regulation after Oil Spills, Nuclear Accidents, and Financial Crashes, ed Edward J. Balleisen, Lori S. Bennear, Kimberly D. Krawiec, and Jonathan B. Wiener. Cambridge University Press.