Event Information
The next EEU seminar will be held on Monday the 7th of April at 12:10 – 13:15 in B44.
The seminar will be held by Marcella Veronesi, and she will be presenting a paper on the topic of Climate Change in the Classroom. Marcella Veronesi is a Full Professor in Applied Economics at the Technical University of Denmark and a leading expert in environmental and behavioral economics. Her research focuses on climate change, renewable energy, and food security.
When: Monday, February 10th at 12:10-13:00.
Where: B44 or via Zoom.
Speaker: Marcella Veronesi
Title: Climate change in the classroom
Abstract: Knowledge gaps and biased beliefs concerning both climate change and climate policy represent a major obstacle to the decarbonization process. Climate education may represent a scalable solution to address such biased beliefs. In the context of a nationwide reform of the secondary school curriculum in Italy, we built a course on climate change and climate policy and implemented a field experiment training thousands of teachers across some 2,800 schools on climate change and policy in a staggered fashion. At baseline and endline we collected survey data to examine starting knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, perceptions, and preferences and how such outcomes vary following exposure to climate education. Our study highlights important initial knowledge gaps and provides evidence on the ability of climate education to address biased beliefs at scale.
Hope to see you there!