Publications and Conference Contributions
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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Mai, L. & von Sikorski, C. (2025). Narratives are key: How narratives influence solutions journalism and promote climate-friendly behavior. Media Psychology, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2025.2567363
Jenny, M. A., Lehrer, L., Eitze, S., Sprengholz, P., Korn, L., Shamsrizi, P., Geiger, M., Hellmann, L., Mai, L. Maur, K., & Betsch., C. (2022). Accelerating climate protection by behavioural insights: the Planetary Health Action Survey (PACE). The Lancet Planetary Health, 6, 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2542-5196(22)00281-9
Journal Articles Under Review
Mai, L., Kuhlmann, J., Böhm, A.M., Lahfid, M. & Menzel, C. (2025) Changing environments – changing minds? Signs of drought in imagined nature walks influence subjective restoration and affect, but not psychological predictors of action. OSF. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/fveh9_v1
Conference Contributions (peer-reviewed)
Mai, L. (2025). Lösungsjournalismus als Strategie zur Förderung umweltfreundlicher Verhaltensweisen. Presentation at the Fachgruppentagung by the DGPuK Methods Division, Salzgitter, Germany.
Mai, L. & von Sikorski, C. (2025). Narratives are key: How narratives influence solutions journalism and promote climate-friendly behavior. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Environmental Communication Division, Denver, U.S.
Mai, L. & von Sikorski, C. (2024). Lösungen und Narrative in der Klimakommunikation: Medienpsychologische Wirkmechanismen und Effekte auf umweltbezogene Einstellungen und Verhaltensintentionen. Presentation at the 53rd congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pychologie, Vienna, Austria.
Invited Talks
Mai, L. (2023). Fehl –und Desinformationen widerlegen, 60th IPU Congress on fake news in climate change communication, Oderbrück, Germany.