JULIET CARLISLE

Dr. Carlisle is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of Environment, Society & Sustainability at the University of Utah. Her research focuses on political behaviour and public opinion, with particular emphasis on environmental politics and policy. She examines how demographic, cognitive, psychological, and contextual factors shape attitudes toward climate change, energy development (including offshore oil drilling and large-scale solar), and public health issues such as vaccination.

She is co-author of The Politics of Energy Crises (2017), published by Oxford University Press, which applies agenda-setting and punctuated equilibrium theories to energy crises, with particular attention to the roles of public opinion, business interests, and environmental activism.

Her current research includes four projects: (1) contestation of election results; (2) generational differences in climate change attitudes; (3) climate emotions and collective engagement across generations; and (4) public opinion and energy development in the American West.

My research substantively deals with public opinion and participation, survey research, environmental politics, and political socialization. I seek to explain the causes and characteristics of public opinion and behavior regarding politics, the environment, and energy development.