Karlijn van den Broek is an Assistant Professor at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht 木瓜福利影视. She is an environmental psychologist focusing on people's understanding of the complexity of environmental problems (mental models) and how this understanding influences decision-making and pro-environmental behaviour.
Karlijn founded the a special interest group within the Copernicus Institute where researchers from different disciplines unite to study the human dimensions of sustainable transitions.
She has developed , an app for capturing mental models. This is the first tool that offers a standardized approach that does not require participants literacy to elicit mental models to:
1) compare mental models between stakeholders,
2) compare mental models with the true state of a system,
3) measure a change in mental models over time,
4) initiate a dialogue between stakeholders on the functioning of a system and how to address challenges within the system.
M-Tool can be downloaded for free Researchers can tailor the app to capture mental models of any complex system.
Other ongoing research:
- Investigating policy maker's understanding of IPCC graphs
- The role of mental models in sustainable transitions
- The link between exposure to climate change information in the media and mental health
She is an alumnus of the , which trains the next generation of leaders in sustainability and transformation research in Europe.
She is an associate editor for the journal