We need to talk: Communication prevents inaction by leveraging goodwill
Monday, July 13, 2020 - 14:20
in Psychology & Sociology
A large-scale, multi-institutional study designed to examine human behavior has shown that communication helps groups of strangers to focus on resolving common problems and provides new and surprising insights into what goes on when negotiation talks fail or succeed. The findings have implications for how to confront global, collective-action issues such as climate change mitigation.