Jennifer Dobai

Jennifer Dobai (she/her) is a PhD student in Community Psychology and has been a research assistant at VERiS for the past five years. Her work focuses on the intersections of sustainability, social justice, and psychology to move towards sustainably just futures. Her past research investigated how municipal actors involved in climate action planning consider and/or incorporate social justice into local climate action planning and plans. More recently, her research has focused on negative eco-emotions (e.g., eco-anxiety, eco-anger, eco-guilt) experienced by youth, with a focus on youth climate activists, and pathways to build hope and resilience during the climate crisis. Her dissertation will expand on this research to explore youth experiences during a polycrisis and how arts-based methodologies can cultivate and sustain hope.