Peer-Reviewed Articles

Lyytimäki, J., Teperi, A.-M., Jylhä, K. M., da Silva Vieira, R., & Mervaala, E. (2023). Dark side of resilience: Systemic unsustainability. Frontiers in Sustainability, Sec. Resilience, 4:1241553. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsus.2023.1241553

Jylhä, K. M., Ojala, M., Odisho, S. & Riise, A. (2023). Climate-friendly food-choice intentions among emerging adults: Extending the theory of planned behavior with objective ambivalence, climate-change worry and optimism. Frontiers of Psychology, Sec. Environmental Psychology, 14: 1178449. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1178449

Mosquera, J., & Jylhä, K.M. (2023). Hur bör vi känna inför klimatförändringarna? En analys av klimatkänslornas normativitet. Tidskrift för politisk filosofi, 1, 38 - 57. https://www.politiskfilosofi.se/fulltext/2023-1/TPF_2023-1_38-57_mosquera_jylha.html

Jylhä, K. M., Stanley, S., Ojala, M., & Clarke, E. J. R. (2023). Science denial: A narrative review and recommendations for future research and practice. European Psychologist, 28(3), 151-161. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000487

Mosquera, J., & Jylhä, K. M. (2022). How to feel about climate change? An analysis of the normativity of climate emotions. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 30(3), 357-380. https://doi.org/10.1080/09672559.2022.2125150

Sangervo, J., Jylhä, K. M., & Pihkala, P. (2022). Climate anxiety: Conceptual considerations, and connections with climate hope and action. Global Environmental Change, 76, 102569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102569

Jylhä, K. M., Rydgren, J., & Strimling, P. (2022). Xenophobia among radical and mainstream right-wing party voters: Prevalence, correlates, and effects on voter mobility. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 45(16), 261–286. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2022.2061866

Pihkala, P., Sangervo, J., & Jylhä, K. M. (2022). Nuorten ilmastoahdistus ja ympäristötunteet [Climate anxiety and environmental emotions of young people]. In T. Kiilakoski (Ed.), Doing things sustainably. Youth Barometer 2021. Helsinki: Ministry of Education and Culture, The State Youth Council, and The Finnish Youth Research Network. https://www.youthresearch.fi/whats-new/news/2625-youth-barometer-2021-young-people-believe-global-solutions-will-be-found-for-environmental-problems

Jylhä, K. M., Tam, K.-P., & Milfont, T. L. (2020). Acceptance of group‐based dominance and climate change denial: A cross‐cultural study in Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Sweden. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 24(2), 198-207. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12444

Jylhä, K. M., Strimling, P., & Rydgren, J. (2020). Climate change denial among radical right-wing supporters. Sustainability, 12(23), 10226 https://doi.org/10.3390/su122310226

Jylhä, K. M. & Hellmer, K. (2020). Right‐wing populism and climate change denial: The roles of exclusionary and anti‐egalitarian preferences, conservative ideology, and antiestablishment attitudes. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 20(1), 315-335. https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.12203

Jylhä, K. M., Rydgren, J., & Strimling, P. (2019). Radical right-wing voters from right and left: Comparing Sweden Democrat voters who previously voted for the Conservative Party or the Social Democratic Party. Scandinavian Political Studies, 42, 220-244. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9477.12147

Hellmer, K., Stenson J., & Jylhä, K. M. (2018). What's (not) underpinning ambivalent sexism?: Revisiting the roles of ideology, religiosity, personality, demographics, and men's facial hair in explaining hostile and benevolent sexism. Personality and Individual Differences, 122, 29-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.10.001

Jylhä, K. M., Cantal, C., Akrami, N. & Milfont, T. L. (2016). Denial of anthropogenic climate change: Social dominance orientation helps explain the conservative male effect in Brazil and Sweden. Personality and Individual Differences, 98, 184-187.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.04.020

Jylhä, K. M. & Akrami, N. (2015). Social dominance orientation and climate change denial: The role of dominance and system justification. Personality and Individual Differences, 86, 108-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.05.041

Häkkinen, K. & Akrami, N. (2014). Ideology and climate change denial. Personality and Individual Differences, 70, 62-65.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.06.030

PhD thesis

Jylhä, K. M. (2016). Ideological roots of climate change denial: Resistance to change, acceptance of inequality, or both? Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-297879

Reports, Books, and Chapters

Ekberg, K., Forchtner, B., Hultman, M., & Jylhä, K. M. (2022). Climate obstruction: How denial, delay and inaction are heating the planet. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Climate-Obstruction-How-Denial-Delay-and-Inaction-are-Heating-the-Planet/Ekberg-Forchtner-Hultman-Jylha/p/book/9781032019475

Pihkala, P., Cantell, H., Jylhä, K. M., Lyytimäki, J., Paloniemi, R., Pulkka, A., & Ratinen, I. (2020). Ahdistuksen vai innostuksen ilmasto? Ilmastoviestinnän ja -kasvatuksen keinoja ilmastoahdistuksesta selviytymiseen [A climate of anxiety or enthusiasm? Means of climate communication and -education for coping with climate anxiety]. In E. Pekkarinen, & T. Tuukkanen (Eds). Maapallon tulevaisuus ja lapsen oikeudet [Future of the planet and the rights of the child]. Office of the Ombudsman for Children in Finland.  https://lapsiasia.fi/documents/25250457/38754461/Maapallon+tulevaisuus+ja+lapsen+oikeudet-e.pdf/

Jylhä, K. M., Rydgren, J., & Strimling, P. (2019). Sweden Democrat voters: Who are they, where do they come from, and where are they headed? Research report 2019:1. Institute for Future Studies, Stockholm. https://www.iffs.se/en/publications/iffs-reports/sweden-democrat-voters/ 

Jylhä, K. M., Rydgren, J., & Strimling, P. (2018). Sverigedemokraternas väljare: Vilka är de, var kommer de ifrån och vart är de på väg? Research report 2018:2. Institute for Future Studies, Stockholm. https://www.iffs.se/publikationer/if-rapporter/sverigedemokraterna/

Jylhä, K. M. (2018). Denial versus reality of climate change. In D. DellaSala, & M. Goldstein (Eds). Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene. Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128096659097627

Jylhä, K. M. (2016). Refusing to acknowledge the problem: Interests of the few, implications for the many. In G. Sosa-Nunez, & E. Atkins (Eds). E-IR Edited Collections: Environment, climate change and international relations. E-International Relations Publishing. https://www.e-ir.info/publication/environment-climate-change-and-international-relations/

Popular Scientific Publications

Jylhä, K. M. (2021). Denial. The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce: RSA Journal Issue 4. https://www.thersa.org/journals/rsa-journal-issue-4-2021

Jylhä, K. M. (2021). Humans as a part of the problem and solutions for climate change / Människan som del av problem och lösningar i klimatfrågan, chapter in the Exhibition catalogue of Bigert & Bergströms Tipping Point. https://everything.bigertbergstrom.com//BB_TippingPoint_digital.pdf

Jylhä, K. M. (2017). Vem engagerar sig för klimatet? Modern Psykologi.  https://modernpsykologi.se/2017/11/21/vem-engagerar-sig-for-klimatet/

Conference Presentations

Mosquera, J. & Jylhä, K. M. (November, 2022). How should we feel about climate change? A philosophical and psychological analysis of the normativity of climate emotions. Swedish Area Group Meeting in Environmental Psychology, Uppsala, Sweden.

Jylhä, K. M. (November, 2021). On the relation between populism, far-right support, and climate change denial. Swedish Area Group Meeting in Environmental Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden.

Jylhä, K. M. (May, 2021). Sociopolitical ideology, populism, and climate (in)action. Paper presented at the THINKClima Conference: Lobbying for (in)action: Climate Emergence, Interest Groups and Denial, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain (virtual conference).

Jylhä, K. M. & Hellmer, K. (2020). Right‐wing populism and climate change denial: The roles of exclusionary and anti‐egalitarian preferences, conservative ideology, and antiestablishment attitudes. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of The Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA, USA. 

Jylhä, K. M. & Hellmer, K. (September, 2019). Right-wing populism and climate change denial: The roles of exclusionary anti-egalitarian attitudes, conservative ideology, and anti-establishment attitudes. Paper presented in the Symposium ‘Public acceptance and rejection of science in a post-truth world’ (Chair: Stephan Lewandowsky) at the 21st Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

Jylhä, K. M., Rydgren, J., & Strimling, P. (July, 2019). Radical right-wing voters from right and left: Comparing Sweden Democrat voters who previously voted for the Conservative Party or the Social Democratic Party. Paper presented at the 42th annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Lisbon, Portugal.

Jylhä, K. M. & Hellmer, K. (June, 2017). Populist attitudes and climate change denial: On the roles of conservative values, anti-egalitarianism, xenophobia, and anti-political establishment attitudes. Paper presented at the 40th annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Jylhä, K. M., Cantal, C., Akrami, N. & Milfont, T. L. (July, 2016). Psychological underpinnings of climate change denial: The central role of social dominance orientation. Poster session presented at the 39th annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Warsaw, Poland.

Jylhä, K. M. & Akrami, N. (August, 2015). Sociopolitical ideology and environmentalism: Social dominance orientation as a primary predictor of climate change denial. The 11th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, Groningen, Netherlands.

Häkkinen, K. & Akrami, N. (November, 2014). Ideology and climate change denial. Swedish Area Group Meeting in Environmental Psychology, Lund, Sweden.

Häkkinen, K. & Akrami, N. (July, 2014). Ideology and climate change denial. Poster session presented at the 37th annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Rome, Italy.

Häkkinen, K. & Akrami, N. (February, 2014). Political orientation and climate change denial: The effect of climate-related anxiety. Poster session presented at the 15th annual meeting of The Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX, USA.

projects

Publications

Climate emotions and affective dilemmas: A psychological and philosophical study of their normative principles and the public perceptions. Early-career research project funded by The Swedish Research Council Formas (2023-2026). In collaboration with Dr. Julia Mosquera, Institute for Futures Studies.

Understanding political climate passivity in Sweden and the US. Research project funded by The Swedish Research Council Formas (2023-2026). PI: Per Adman, Uppsala University. In collaboration with Dr. Johan Wejryd, Uppsala University, and Dr. Nazita Lajevardi, Michigan State University.

Wicked problem governance. Research project funded by The Swedish Research Council Formas (2023-2026. PI: Mikael Karlsson, Uppsala University. In collaboration with Dr. Daniel Lindvall, Uppsala University, and Professor Mikael Granberg, Karlstad University.

Sustainable population in the time of climate change. Research project funded by the Global Challenges Foundation (2021-2023).PI: Professor Gustaf Arrhenius. In collaboration with e.g., Dr. Martin Kolk and Professor Malcolm Fairbrother, Institute for Futures Studies. 

Examining and overcoming the psychological barriers to climate action. An international postdoc project funded by the Swedish Research Council (2019-2022).

Psychological aspects of the coronapandemic. In collaboration with Dr. Annukka Vainio, University of Helsinki, Dr. Riikka Paloniemi, Finnish Environment Institute, and Dr. Prosper A. Kwei-Narh, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.

Why is dealing with global climate change postponed? Studies of the influence of different shapes and effects of climate change denialism. A research project funded by The Swedish Research Council Formas (2019-2022). Project leader: Dr. Martin Hultman, Chalmers University of Technology.

The effects of psychological structures on values ​​and voting behavior. A research project at the Institute for Futures Studies. Project leaders: Dr. Pontus Strimling and Professor Jens Rydgren.

Education

2012 - 2016     Ph.D. Psychology, Uppsala University, Sweden

2009 - 2010   M.Sc. Psychology, Uppsala University, Sweden

2006 - 2009  B.Sc. Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden

Academic work experience

2018 - pres.   Researcher, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden

2017 – 2018   Senior Lecturer (Psychology), Södertörn University College, Sweden

2016 – 2017   Senior Lecturer (Psychology), Uppsala University, Sweden

2012 – 2016   PhD candidate (Psychology), Uppsala University, Sweden

2012 – 2012   Lecturer (Psychology), Södertörn University College, Sweden

2010 – 2012   Research assistant (Social Psychology lab), Stockholm University, Sweden

2010 – 2011    Lecturer (Applied Criminology), Mid Sweden University, Sweden