[Seminar] Political socialisation and the climate crisis
This presentationi instroduces the theoretical basis of the KIDSONCLIMATE project, as well as an update on the fieldwork currently underway. The project aims to explore how the emotions that learning about the climate crisis can elicit in children and pre-adolescents can influence their attitudes towards democracy and their own sense of political efficacy.
To this end, it draws on literature in political science, political sociology, and social psychology to examine the links between emotional responses – particularly feelings of betrayal and distress, hope or commitment – to the climate crisis, and perceptions of the responses of different political actors to this situation. The project focuses specifically on a population of young people described as “average”, neither activist nor apathetic, in order to bring visibility to a group that has been little studied in research on these issues. In particular, it proposes to explore how adults’ views on children’s competence, voices, and legitimacy on these issues can impact the development of forms of political interest, political competence, and feelings of political efficacy among children and young people.
When: 5 March 2026 at 12:00
Where : Polina Mendeléeff Seminar Hall, USquare Building AB, 1050 Ixelles