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Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Director of the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney

Ben Newell is a Professor in the School of Psychology and Director of the Institute for Climate Risk and Response at the University of New South Wales. His research interests include judgment and decision-making, with particular interest in the application of this work to societal issues like climate change. He is co-author of the books Open Minded: Searching for Truth about the Unconscious Mind and Straight Choices: The Psychology of Decision Making.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor, School of Psychology, UNSW
  • –present
    Director, UNSW Institute for Climate Risk and Response

Education

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    University of Nottingham, BSc, Psychology
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    University of New South Wales, PhD, Psychology

Publications

  • 2022
    Straight Choices: The Psychology of Decision Making, Routledge
  • 2010
    The Psychology of Global Warming: Improving the fit between the Science and the Message, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society