Meet Dr Ganga Shreedhar, behavioural and experimental economist.

For the love of weather by Gemma Plumb & Aisling Creevey

Episode notes

Dr Ganga Shreedhar was an absolutely fascinating guest. She is an assistant professor in behavioural science at the London School of Economics. Ganga is an applied behavioural and experimental economist studying how to change human behaviour in ways that can benefit people and the planet. She discusses how the weather impacts our mood, behaviour and perhaps more importantly here in the UK - the nation's obsession with weather in conversation.

Ganga discusses why your mood might be low when it’s dark and damp, happy when it’s sunny and warm and why a weather forecast might never be right!

We were surprised to hear that weather might impact how much you spend or how much is invested in the stock market and even how much risk you might take day to day. On a more serious note Gang discusses new theories about how to communicate climate ch ... 

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