Dr C. (Cameron) Brick
Assistant Professor of Social Psychology
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group Social Psychology
Area of expertise: Environmental psychology, social psychology, climate change communication, sustainability, attitudes and behavior, collective action, political psychology, quantitative methods, science communication
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
- Room number: 2.29
Postal address
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Postbus 15900
1001 NK Amsterdam
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Research
My lab group in social and environmental psychology studies how individuals react to collective problems such as climate change. Who is acting and under what conditions? We study consumer and civic actions and specialize in behavior measurement.
Research expertise
- Environmental psychology
- social psychology
- climate change communication
- sustainability
- attitudes and behavior
- collective action
- political psychology
- quantitative methods
- science communication
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Publications
2025
- Cologna, V., Trust in Science and Science-related Populism (TISP), Mede, N. G., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E. W., Mihelj, S., Oreskes, N., Schäfer, M. S., van der Linden, S., Abdul Aziz, N. I., Abdulsalam, S., Shamsi, N. A., Aczel, B., Adinugroho, I., Alabrese, E., Aldoh, A., ... Pantazi, M. (2025). Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries. Nature Human Behaviour. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02090-5
- Mede, N. G., Trust in Science and Science-related Populism (TISP), Cologna, V., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E. W., Mihelj, S., Oreskes, N., Schäfer, M. S., van der Linden, S., Abdul Aziz, N. I., Abdulsalam, S., Shamsi, N. A., Aczel, B., Adinugroho, I., Alabrese, E., Aldoh, A., ... Pantazi, M. (2025). Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries - the TISP dataset. Scientific Data, 12, Article 114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04100-7
2024
Bosshard, A., Berger, S., Lange, F., Sosa, A., Kankaanpää, E., Fellegi, E., Dydula, J., Pulicelli, M., Aliyeva, O., & Brick, C. (2024). Limited overlap among behavioral tasks, pro-environmental propensity, and carbon footprint. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 97, Article 102297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102297 [details]- Brick, C., & Freeman, A. L. J. (2024). Communicating evidence in icons and summary formats for policymakers: What works? Behavioural Public Policy, 8(3), 441-469. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2020.54 [details]
- Brick, C., Nielsen, K. S., Berger, S., Henn, L., Wolske, K. S., Lange, F., Hanss, D., Bauer, J. M., Aldoh, A., Sachisthal, M. S. M., Johnsen, S. Å. K., & Cologna, V. (2024). Current research practices on pro-environmental behavior: A survey of environmental psychologists. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 97, Article 102375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102375 [details]
- Dablander, F., Sachisthal, M. S. M., Cologna, V., Strahm, N., Bosshard, A., Grüning, N.-M., Green, A. J. K., Brick, C., Aron, A. R., & Haslbeck, J. M. B. (2024). Climate change engagement of scientists. Nature Climate Change, 14, 1033-1039. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02091-2 [details]
- Doell, K. C., & International Collaboration to Understand Climate Action (2024). The International Climate Psychology Collaboration: Climate change-related data collected from 63 countries. Scientific Data, 11, Article 1066. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03865-1 [details]
- Madsen, J. K., de-Wit, L., Ayton, P., Brick, C., de-Moliere, L., & Groom, C. J. (2024). Behavioral science should start by assuming people are reasonable. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 28(7), 583-585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2024.04.010 [details]
- Nielsen, K. S., Cologna, V., Bauer, J. M., Berger, S., Brick, C., Dietz, T., Hahnel, U. J. J., Henn, L., Lange, F., Stern, P. C., & Wolske, K. S. (2024). Realizing the full potential of behavioural science for climate change mitigation. Nature Climate Change, 14(4), 322-330. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-01951-1 [details]
- Pauer, S., Rutjens, B. T., Brick, C., Lob, A. B., Buttlar, B., Noordewier, M. K., Schneider, I. K., & van Harreveld, F. (2024). Is the Effect of Trust on Risk Perceptions a Matter of Knowledge, Control, and Time? An Extension and Direct-Replication Attempt of Siegrist and Cvetkovich (2000). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 15(8), 1008-1023. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241263884
- Röseler, R., Aldoh, A., Brick, C., & Hilbert, L. P. (2024). The Replication Database: Documenting the Replicability of Psychological Science. Journal of Open Psychology Data, 12(1), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.101 [details]
- Vlasceanu, M., Brick, C., Chan, H.-Y., Dubey, S., Geiger, S. J., Kankaanpää, R., Krouwel, A. P. M., Meijers, M. H. C., Scholz, C., & International Collaboration to Understand Climate Action (2024). Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries. Science Advances, 10, Article eadj5778. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj5778 [details]
2023
- Bosshard, A., Chatrou, A., & Brick, C. (2023). Climate Concern and Engagement: Large Face-to-Face and Online Polls by the Dutch non-profit Milieudefensie. Spanish Journal of Psychology, 26, Article e6. https://doi.org/10.1017/SJP.2023.3 [details]
- Brick, C., Nielsen, K. S., & Hofmann, W. (2023). Opportunities for Emotion Research on Biodiversity. Emotion Review, 15(4), 263-266. https://doi.org/10.1177/17540739231193755 [details]
- Geiger, N., & Brick, C. (2023). Core social motives explain responses to collective action issues. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(3), Article e12732. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12732 [details]
- Koller, K., Pankowska, P. K., & Brick, C. (2023). Identifying bias in self-reported pro-environmental behavior. Current research in ecological and social psychology, 4, Article 100087. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2022.100087 [details]
- Meijers, M. H. C., Wonneberger, A., Azrout, R., Torfadóttir, R., & Brick, C. (2023). Introducing and testing the personal-collective-governmental efficacy typology: How personal, collective, and governmental efficacy subtypes are associated with differential environmental actions. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 85, Article 101915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101915 [details]
- Zwicker, M. V., Brick, C., Gruter, G-JM., & van Harreveld, F. (2023). Consumer attitudes and willingness to pay for novel bio-based products using hypothetical bottle choice. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 35, 173-183. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2022.10.021 [details]
- Zwicker, M. V., van Harreveld, F., Zickfeld, J. H., & Brick, C. (2023). Intentions to purchase a sustainable mobile phone by network analysis in four European countries. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 40, 337-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2023.07.008 [details]
2022
- Brick, C., Hood, B., Ekroll, V., & de-Wit, L. (2022). Illusory Essences: A Bias Holding Back Theorizing in Psychological Science. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17(2), 491-506. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691621991838 [details]
- Castiglione, A., Brick, C., Holden, S., Miles-Urdan, E., & Aron, A. R. (2022). Discovering the psychological building blocks underlying climate action—a longitudinal study of real-world activism. Royal Society Open Science, 9(6), Article 210006. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210006 [details]
- Downey, H., Bretagnolle, V., Brick, C., Bulman, C. R., Cooke, S. J., Dean, M., Edmonds, B., Frick, W. F., Friedman, K., McNicol, C., Nichols, C., Herbert, S., O’Brien, D., Ockendon, N., Petrovan, S., Stroud, D., White, T. B., Worthington, T. A., & Sutherland, W. J. (2022). Principles for the production of evidence-based guidance for conservation actions. Conservation Science and Practice, 4(5), Article e12663. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12663 [details]
- Kácha, O., Vintr, J., & Brick, C. (2022). Four Europes: Climate change beliefs and attitudes predict behavior and policy preferences using a latent class analysis on 23 countries. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 81, Article 101815. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101815 [details]
- Nielsen, K. S., Brick, C., Hofmann, W., Joanes, T., Lange, F., & Gwozdz, W. (2022). The motivation–impact gap in pro-environmental clothing consumption. Nature Sustainability, 5, 665-668. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00888-7 [details]
- Pröpper, H. Y. L., Geiger, S., Blanken, T. F., & Brick, C. (2022). Truth over identity? Cultural cognition weakly replicates across 23 countries. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 83, Article 101865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101865 [details]
- Sparks, A. C., Ehret, P. J., & Brick, C. (2022). Measuring pro-environmental orientation: Testing and building scales. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 81, Article 101780. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ptjkr, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101780 [details]
2021
- Brick, A., & Brick, C. (2021). Districting that minimizes partisan bias. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 8, Article 138. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00809-7 [details]
- Brick, C., & Sherman, D. K. (2021). When Does Being Watched Change Pro-Environmental Behaviors in the Laboratory? Sustainability (Switzerland), 13(5), Article 2766. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052766 [details]
- Brick, C., Bosshard, A., & Whitmarsh, L. (2021). Motivation and climate change: A review. Current Opinion in Psychology, 42, 82-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.04.001 [details]
- Brick, C., Fillon, A., Yeung, S. K., Wang, M., Lyu, H., Ho, J. Y. J., Wong, S. C., & Feldman, G. (2021). Self-interest Is Overestimated: Two Successful Pre-registered Replications and Extensions of Miller and Ratner (1998). Collabra: Psychology, 7(1), Article 23443. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.23443 [details]
- Cologna, V., Hoogendoorn, G., & Brick, C. (2021). To strike or not to strike? an investigation of the determinants of strike participation at the Fridays for Future climate strikes in Switzerland. PLoS ONE, 16(10), e0257296. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257296 [details]
- Ehret, P. J., Hodges, H. E., Kuehl, C., Brick, C., Mueller, S., & Anderson, S. E. (2021). Systematic Review of Household Water Conservation Interventions Using the Information–Motivation–Behavioral Skills Model. Environment and Behavior, 53(5), 485-519 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916519896868 [details]
- Geiger, S. J., Brick, C., Nalborczyk, L., Bosshard, A., & Jostmann, N. B. (2021). More green than gray? Toward a sustainable overview of environmental spillover effects: A Bayesian meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 78, Article 101694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101694 [details]
- Kenward, B., & Brick, C. (2021). Even Conservative Voters Want the Environment to Be at the Heart of Post-COVID-19 Economic Reconstruction in the UK. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 9(1), 321-333. https://doi.org/10.5964/JSPP.6917 [details]
- Lange, F., & Brick, C. (2021). Changing Pro-Environmental Behavior: Evidence from (Un)Successful Intervention Studies. Sustainability (Switzerland), 13(14), Article 7748. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147748 [details]
- Sutherland, W. J., Taylor, N. G., Aldridge, D. C., Martin, P., Rhodes, C., Shackelford, G., Beard, S., Belfield, H., Bladon, A. J., Brick, C., Christie, A. P., Dobson, A. P., Downey, H., Hood, A. S. C., Hua, F., Hughes, A. C., Jarvis, R. M., MacFarlane, D., Morgan, W. H., ... Petrovan, S. O. (2021). A solution scan of societal options to reduce transmission and spread of respiratory viruses: SARS-CoV-2 as a case study. Journal of biosafety and biosecurity, 3(2), 84-90. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobb.2021.08.003 [details]
- Tierney, W., Hardy, J., Ebersole, C. R., Viganola, D., Clemente, E. G., Gordon, M., Hoogeveen, S., Haaf, J., Dreber, A., Johannesson, M., Pfeiffer, T., Huang, J. L., Vaughn, L. A., DeMarree, K., Igou, E. R., Chapman, H., Gantman, A., Vanaman, M., Wylie, J., ... Uhlmann, E. L. (2021). A creative destruction approach to replication: Implicit work and sex morality across cultures. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 93, Article 104060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104060 [details]
- Zwicker, M. V., Brick, C., Gruter, G.-JM., & van Harreveld, F. (2021). (Not) Doing the Right Things for the Wrong Reasons: An Investigation of Consumer Attitudes, Perceptions, and Willingness to Pay for Bio-Based Plastics. Sustainability (Switzerland), 13(12), Article 6819. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126819 [details]
2020
- Brick, C., McDowell, M., & Freeman, A. L. J. (2020). Risk communication in tables versus text: a registered report randomized trial on ‘fact boxes'. Royal Society Open Science, 7(3), Article 190876. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190876 [details]
- Hodges, H., Kuehl, C., Anderson, S. E., Ehret, P. J., & Brick, C. (2020). How Managers Can Reduce Household Water Use Through Communication: A Field Experiment. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 39(4), 1076-1099. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22246 [details]
- Lange, F., Brick, C., & Dewitte, S. (2020). Green when seen? No support for an effect of observability on environmental conservation in the laboratory: a registered report. Royal Society Open Science, 7(4), Article 190189. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190189 [details]
- Schüz, B., Brick, C., Wilding, S., & Conner, M. (2020). Socioeconomic Status Moderates the Effects of Health Cognitions on Health Behaviors within Participants: Two Multibehavior Studies. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 54(1), 36-48. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaz023 [details]
- Vesely, S., Klöckner, C. A., & Brick, C. (2020). Pro-environmental behavior as a signal of cooperativeness: Evidence from a social dilemma experiment. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 67, Article 101362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.101362 [details]
2019
- Brick, C. (2019). A modest proposal for restoration ecology. Restoration ecology, 27(3), 485-487. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12943
- Voisin, D., Brick, C., Vallée, B., & Pascual, A. (2019). When stereotype threat does not impair performance, self-affirmation can be harmful. Self and Identity, 18(3), 331-348. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2018.1454339
2018
- Brick, C., & Lai, C. K. (2018). Explicit (but not implicit) environmentalist identity predicts pro-environmental behavior and policy preferences. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 58, 8-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2018.07.003
- Brick, C., Freeman, A. L. J., Wooding, S., Skylark, W. J., Marteau, T. M., & Spiegelhalter, D. J. (2018). Winners and losers: communicating the potential impacts of policies. Palgrave Communications, 4(1), Article 69. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-018-0121-9
- Busic-Sontic, A., & Brick, C. (2018). Personality trait effects on green household installations. Collabra: Psychology, 4(1), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.120
- Ford, H. L., Brick, C., Blaufuss, K., & Dekens, P. S. (2018). Gender inequity in speaking opportunities at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Nature Communications, 9(1), Article 1358. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03809-5
- Moshontz, H., Janssen, S. M. J., Brick, C., & Psychological Science Accelerator: A Distributed Laboratory Network (2018). The Psychological Science Accelerator: Advancing Psychology Through a Distributed Collaborative Network. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1(4), 501-515. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245918797607
2017
- Brick, C., Sherman, D. K., & Kim, H. S. (2017). “Green to be seen” and “brown to keep down”: Visibility moderates the effect of identity on pro-environmental behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 51, 226-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.04.004
2016
- Brick, C., McCully, S. N., Updegraff, J. A., Ehret, P. J., Areguin, M. A., & Sherman, D. K. (2016). Impact of Cultural Exposure and Message Framing on Oral Health Behavior: Exploring the Role of Message Memory. Medical Decision Making, 36(7), 834-843. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X15570114
2015
- Binning, K. R., Brick, C., Cohen, G. L., & Sherman, D. K. (2015). Going along versus getting it right: The role of self-integrity in political conformity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 56, 73-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2014.08.008
- Updegraff, J. A., Brick, C., Emanuel, A. S., Mintzer, R. E., & Sherman, D. K. (2015). Message framing for health: Moderation by perceived susceptibility and motivational orientation in a diverse sample of americans. Health Psychology, 34(1), 20-29. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000101
2014
- Brick, C., & Lewis, G. J. (2014). Unearthing the “Green” Personality: Core Traits Predict Environmentally Friendly Behavior. Environment and Behavior, 48(5), 635-658. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916514554695
2010
- Brick, C. A., Seely, D. L., & Palermo, T. M. (2010). Association between sleep hygiene and sleep quality in medical students. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 8(2), 113-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402001003622925
- Canseco-Gonzalez, E., Brehm, L., Brick, C. A., Brown-Schmidt, S., Fischer, K., & Wagner, K. (2010). Carpet or cárcel: The effect of age of acquisition and language mode on bilingual lexical access. Language and Cognitive Processes, 25(5), 669-705. https://doi.org/10.1080/01690960903474912
2022
- Zwicker, M. V., Bosshard, A., & Brick, C. (2022). Organizations can make a real impact on sustainable development. One Earth, 5(7), 751-753. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.06.007 [details]
2021
- Lange, F., Nielsen, K. S., Cologna, V., Brick, C., & Stern, P. C. (2021). Making theory useful for understanding high-impact behavior. A response to van Valkengoed et al. (2021). Journal of Environmental Psychology, 75, Article 101611. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101611 [details]
- Nielsen, K. S., Cologna, V., Lange, F., Brick, C., & Stern, P. C. (2021). The case for impact-focused environmental psychology. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 74, Article 101559. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101559 [details]
2019
- Brick, C., & Spiegelhalter, D. J. (2019). Winners and Losers: Communicating the Potential Impacts of Policies: Commentary on Zeller. Nicotine & tobacco research , 21(3), 336-337. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty197
- Ford, H. L., Brick, C., Azmitia, M., Blaufuss, K., & Dekens, P. (2019). Women from some minorities get too few talks. Nature, 576(7785), 32-35. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03688-w [details]
2018
- Brick, C., & Van Der Linden, S. (2018). Time to wake up to climate change. The Psychologist, 31(12).
- Brick, C., & van der Linden, S. (2018). Yawning at the apocalypse. Psychologist, 31(9), 30-41.
Prize / grant
- Jacobs, L., Praetorius, A., Brick, C. & van Berlo, Z. (2023). IMPETUS Sustaining Grant.
- Jacobs, L., Praetorius, A., Brick, C. & van Berlo, Z. (2023). Midsize Project Grant.
- Brick, C., van Harreveld, F. & Gruter, G.-J. (2022). Mixed cotton/polyester WAste TEXtiles by upcycling to virgin monomer building blocks. https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/green-light-urgent-research-circular-plastics-and-biobased-resources
- Brick, C. (2022). APA Div. 34 Early Career Achievement Award. https://www.apadivisions.org/division-34/awards/early-career
- Brick, C. (2021). APS Rising Star. https://www.psychologicalscience.org/members/awards-and-honors/aps-rising-stars/news-rising-stars
- Brick, C. (2020). Commendation. https://improvingpsych.org/
Journal editor
- Brick, C. (editor) (2022-2025). Global Environmental Psychology (Journal). https://gep.psychopen.eu
- Brick, C. (editor) (2018-2028). Journal of Environmental Psychology (Journal). https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-environmental-psychology/editorial-board
Talk / presentation
- Brick, C. (speaker) (29-11-2022). Psychological Research on the Climate Crisis, SJP Advanced International Seminar, Madrid. https://psicologia.ucm.es/file/cartel-participantes-seminario-internacional
- Brick, C. (speaker) (17-11-2022). Impactful pro-environmental behaviour, The Conference on Environmental Psychology, Lillehammer.
- Brick, C. (speaker) (10-2-2020). Pro-environmental research, Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. david.wisniewski@ugent.be..
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Bosshard, A., Berger, S., Lange, F., Sosa, A., Kankaanpää, E., Fellegi, E., Dydula, J., Pulicelli, M., Aliyeva, O., & Brick, C. (2024). Limited overlap among behavioral tasks, pro-environmental propensity, and carbon footprint. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 97, Article 102297.