Adela Plechata

Post-doc at @VLL_UCPH, @KuSamf, University of Copenhagen 🌿 Exploring pro-environmental and pro-social behavior 🌍 Innovative solutions 🚀 for green transition

[Kelton Minor @keltonminor]

There are days in life that shake you.

I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at @Columbia & academic career... 1/🧵

[Akhil Arora @aroraakhilcs]

I am recruiting 2 PhD students for Fall'25 @csaudk to work on bleeding-edge topics in #NLProc #LLMs #AIAgents (e.g. LLM reasoning, knowledge-seeking agents, and more).

Details: https://t.co/JiYUnM2n38
Deadline: May 1, 2025

Please boost!
cc: @WikiResearch @AiCentreDK @CPH_SODAS

[SODAS, Copenhagen (Bluesky: @cphsodas.bsky.social) @CPH_SODAS]

Come work with us! @CVandeweerdt is hiring a three-year post-doc on a project using machine learning and survey experiments to understand who advocates for climate action in the media, and why it matters. 👩‍💼 Job call here: https://t.co/fuT0RekIMG

[Adela Plechata @APlechata]

Interested in implementing this VR activity? 🎮 Download the .apk: https://t.co/bCob8CMYx0
Big thanks to my co-authors @GMakransky and Thomas Morton. We are also grateful to Michael Atchapero for the VR development, & @michaelbomfrost for his input on the cooking activity. (4/4)

[Adela Plechata @APlechata]

🌍 Our new study investigating the role of social interaction and environmental feedback in promoting identification with environmentalists and fostering collective climate action is now out! https://t.co/0c7yK1pZ5g The simulation video is from a first-person perspective. (1/4)

[Adela Plechata @APlechata]

Key findings:
Social interaction conditions increased identification with climate action supporters.
Only social interaction coupled with environmental feedback significantly increased the intention for collective climate action and to reduce meat consumption. (3/4)

[HjalmarCarlsen @[email protected] @HjalmarCarlsen]

🚨Job alert!🚨
@annargrs and I are looking for a 2 year PostDoc in AI-interviewer project!

You will develop and critically test the AI-interview methods, where generative LLMs are instructed to conduct interviews.

It's at ITU CS dep in Copenhagen. DM me or Anna if interested!

[Dr Lois Player @loisplayer]

Excellent piece by @lwhitmarsh & @samhampton 💭

It's unhelpful to promise we can reach climate targets without 'telling people how to live their lives'.

1. Enabling lifestyle changes is essential
2. The govt should make changes easier & cheaper
3. Action can improve wellbeing🌍

[SODAS, Copenhagen (Bluesky: @cphsodas.bsky.social) @CPH_SODAS]

Can a virtual reality game convince people to go easy on the antibiotics? 💊 @APlechata , Guido Makransky and @robert_bohm find big increases in intentions to be prudent w/ antibiotics after a VR experience. This could help combat antimicrobial resistance. https://t.co/3qHSZvMNpD

[Adela Plechata @APlechata]

Huge thanks to my amazing co-authors @GMakransky and @robert_bohm . It’s been a pleasure working with you! 🙏 (5/5)

[Adela Plechata @APlechata]

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
Our paper on the effectiveness of experiential VR-based communication in promoting prudent antibiotic use is out! 🦠💊🎮
Link: https://t.co/lmM81Q17Xd (1/5)

[Adela Plechata @APlechata]

Much like our previous study on promoting climate-friendly eating, we found that increased efficacy beliefs explain the impact of experiential communication. (https://t.co/60Lewr8Agm) (4/5)

[Adela Plechata @APlechata]

Environmental and climate communication may need to shift away from traditional information-based techniques and embrace methods that allow for immersive, experiential engagement. (4/4) #metaverse

[Adela Plechata @APlechata]

🌿 Exciting News! 🌍 Our latest research article on promoting pro-environmental behavior is out now! We explore experiential climate communication vs. standard info-based approaches, comparing two VR-based conditions. 🎮(1/4) https://t.co/qAKf6NGg2Q

[Adela Plechata @APlechata]

Our study highlights the power of experiential communication in shaping efficacy beliefs. Experiencing the impact of our choices firsthand—both positive and negative—on the environment is far more impactful than simply receiving information about it. (3/4) #ClimateAction