Sociopsychological theorizing and research on collective action (eg, social protests) has
mushroomed over the last decade, studying a wide variety of groups, contexts, and cultures …

How we perceive the future can greatly affect how we feel in the present. Even a currently
positive situation is hard to bear when we know the future will be grim. Indeed, previous …

Social and ecological crises require people to act together, for instance, against climate
change or social injustice. Psychological scholarship suggests that human agency, in terms …

There is growing recognition that identification with social groups can protect and enhance
health and well-being, thereby constituting a kind of “social cure.” The present research …

Climate change may be the most fundamental collective action problem of all time. To solve
it through collective action, collective motivation is required. Yet, given the complexity and …

For the first time this millennium, growth in carbon emissions has slowed. Indeed, the year
2014 was the first time in 40 years that the planet saw zero growth in emissions. We …

Surprisingly, hope is under-researched in contemporary social-psychological explanations
of collective action and social change. This may be because collective action research …

Social and political psychologists have attempted to reveal the reasons why individuals and
societies that acknowledge that peace would improve their personal and collective well …

The study set out to integrate collective action models and emphasize the role of emotions.
Whereas the importance of anger is indisputable, relatively little attention has been paid to …

What impact do advantaged group allies have within social movements? Although solidarity
between advantaged and disadvantaged group members is often encouraged to achieve …