Anthony leiserowitz biography

Anthony Leiserowitz is a human geographer at Yale University who studies public perceptions of climate change.
Anthony Leiserowitz, PhD is the JoshAni – TomKat Professor of Climate Communication and founding Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
Anthony Leiserowitz, Ph.D.

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Dr. Anthony Leiserowitz, Ph.D.

Anthony Leiserowitz, Ph.D. is the founder and Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and a Senior Research Scientist at the Yale School of the Environment. He is an internationally recognized expert on public climate change beliefs, attitudes, policy support, and behavior, and the psychological, cultural, and political factors that shape them and conducts research globally, including in the United States, China, India, and Brazil.

He has published more than 250 scientific articles, chapters, and reports and has worked with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the National Academy of Sciences, the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, the Harvard Kennedy School, the United Nations Development Program, the Gallup World Poll, and the World Economic Forum, among others. He is a recipient of the Friend of the Planet Award from the National Center for Science Education, the Mitofsky Innovator Award from the American Association of Public Opinion Research, the Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Co

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Anthony Leiserowitz

Anthony Leiserowitz is a human geographer at Yale University who studies public perceptions of climate change. He has particularly examined perceptions within the United States, where people are considerably less aware of climate change than in other countries. In the U.S., awareness of information about climate change is heavily influenced by emotion, imagery, associations, and values. Their public discourse reflects a lack of understanding of the science involved in climate change and little awareness of the potential for effective responses to it.^[2]^[3]

Early life and education

Sometimes referred to as Tony Leiserowitz, he grew up on a farm in Michigan. His parents were sculptors. He received his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University in 1990, and then moved to Colorado with the intention of working as a ski bum. While there, he became interested in climate change and went to University of Oregon to study under Paul Slovic, an expert in risk perception. In 2003, Leiserowitz received his Ph.D. in human geography

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Anthony Leiserowitz

Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
anthony.leiserowitz@yale.edu
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Anthony Leiserowitz, Ph.D. is a scientist at the Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. He is an expert on public opinion about climate change and the environment. His research investigates the psychological, cultural, and political factors that influence public attitudes, policy support, and behavior. He conducts research at the global, national, and local scales, including many surveys of the American public. He also conducted the first study of worldwide public values, attitudes, and behaviors regarding sustainability, including environmental protection, economic prosperity, and human development. He has served as a consultant to the John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University), the United Nations Development Program, the Gallup World Poll, and the World Economic Forum.

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