Jennifer Jacquet is an American researcher and a professor of environmental science and policy at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, at the University of Miami. [1] [2] She also works as an associate director of research at Brown University's Climate Social Science Network. From 2012 to 2022, she worked at New York University's Department of Environmental Studies. [1] [3]
Her areas of interest include " marine ecology; conservation & evolutionary biology; cooperation; social approval; the evolution and function of guilt, honor, and shame, and the role of information technology in shaping environmental action", with a particular emphasis on tragedy of the commons issues. [3]
She read at the New York State Writers Institute, [4] [5] and published articles in Wired. [6]
Born in 1980, she grew up in Ohio. [7] She graduated from Western Washington University, from Cornell University, and from University of British Columbia. [8]
A professor of environmental studies, Jacquet believes shame is one of the best methods we have to force corporations to cease bad behavior. Unlike guilt, which is individualized, shame has a social dimension. Guilt might make you use a canvas tote bag at the store or recycle the mountain of disposable containers in your kitchen; if properly implemented, shame could cause companies to manufacture less plastic in the first place.
We've always had gossip as a form of shaming, but it now has such scale and speed and the results can be pretty ugly and undesirable. We need to take a step back and ask: "Is this how I want to spend my attention"; and "who deserves to be a victim of something this severe?"
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Jennifer Jacquet is an American researcher and a professor of environmental science and policy at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, at the University of Miami. [1] [2] She also works as an associate director of research at Brown University's Climate Social Science Network. From 2012 to 2022, she worked at New York University's Department of Environmental Studies. [1] [3]
Her areas of interest include " marine ecology; conservation & evolutionary biology; cooperation; social approval; the evolution and function of guilt, honor, and shame, and the role of information technology in shaping environmental action", with a particular emphasis on tragedy of the commons issues. [3]
She read at the New York State Writers Institute, [4] [5] and published articles in Wired. [6]
Born in 1980, she grew up in Ohio. [7] She graduated from Western Washington University, from Cornell University, and from University of British Columbia. [8]
A professor of environmental studies, Jacquet believes shame is one of the best methods we have to force corporations to cease bad behavior. Unlike guilt, which is individualized, shame has a social dimension. Guilt might make you use a canvas tote bag at the store or recycle the mountain of disposable containers in your kitchen; if properly implemented, shame could cause companies to manufacture less plastic in the first place.
We've always had gossip as a form of shaming, but it now has such scale and speed and the results can be pretty ugly and undesirable. We need to take a step back and ask: "Is this how I want to spend my attention"; and "who deserves to be a victim of something this severe?"
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