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Maria Wolrath-Söderberg is an Associate Professor at Södertörn University, Department of Culture and Learning. She specializes in how people reason about climate change through rhetorical analysis and behavioral studies.
- Focus on climate change and sustainability communication
- Department of Culture and Learning, Södertörn University
- Research on legitimization processes for climate inaction
- Contributions to environmental humanities and policy debates
Research Interests: Her work explores the gap between climate knowledge and action, examining how individuals and organizations justify climate-harmful behavior through concepts like personal climate accounts. She investigates rhetorical strategies for promoting sustainable transformation in higher education.
Recent Publications: Analyzed climate delay reasoning (2023), studied academic air travel justification (2022), examined fear and conscience in travel decisions (2021), and challenged the flight shame narrative through knowledge-based solutions (2019). Her research applies Aristotle's topos theory to modern sustainability challenges.
Academic Contributions: Led the Higher Education Pedagogy Unit for a decade, now focusing on teaching methods for societal challenges. Her 2012 thesis on topos theory provides a framework for handling multidimensional environmental dilemmas through critical thinking development.
