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Author Archives: Jeff Rotman, Deakin University

Dr Jeff Rotman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Marketing and co-director of the Better Consumption Lab at Deakin Business School. He is the recipient of the 2021 Vice-Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher Award for Career Excellence. He specialises in research on consumer psychology with a specific focus on the areas of ethics, emotion, and sustainability.

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Our minds handle risk strangely – and that’s partly why we delayed climate action so long

by Jeff Rotman, Deakin University 7 November 20237 November 2023

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