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Tamara Niella, Ph.D.

Work Experience

Environmental Futures and Participatory Governance Researcher

Since 2026

Postdoctoral researcher (EqualSea Lab, Universidad Santiago de Compostela, Spain) in the Horizon Europe project INSPIRI, exploring participatory approaches to environmental futures and ocean sustainability. I lead stakeholder visioning workshops across the Atlantic region and contribute to interdisciplinary initiatives on transformative governance, science communication, and science-policy integration for equitable marine futures.

Honorary Fellow in Science Communication Research

Collaborator at Cognition, Values & Behavior lab (Ludwig Maximilian University) within the Munich Interactive Intelligence Initiative (MI3)  in Science Communication and Politicization of Science research projects.

2023 - 2025

Researcher on Science Communication

Postdoctoral Researcher at Cognition, Values & Behavior lab (Ludwig Maximilian University) within the Munich Interactive Intelligence Initiative (MI3)  

Since 2020

Academic Coordinator

Oxford Consortium for Human Rights

Organizing interdisciplinary workshops on Huma Rights 

2024 - 2025

Project Coordinator

Terra Cognita (Science Communication non-profit) representative in the coordination of the "Cambio Verde" competition in Argentina (Universidad T. Di Tella): project inviting high school students to engage in research projects aimed at designing and testing interventions that promote environmental behavior.  

2014 - 2018

Assistant Coordinator

At Expedicion Ciencia (Science Education non-profit) working on the organization of several science camps for teenagers and workshops for educators. 

2014 - 2017

Project Manager and Research Assistant

At TEDxperiments projects (2) coordinating innovative massive crowd experiments with teams of 20-40 volunteers at TEDxRiodelaPlata events. 

Education

2020 - 2023

Ph.D. in Social Psychology

Ph.D. in Social Psychology at the University of Oregon.

2017 - 2020

M. Sc. in Social Psychology

M. Sc. Social Psychology, Univeristy of Oregon

2012 - 2016

B. Sc. in Economics

Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Teaching Experience

  • 2023: Assistant professor (Prison Education Program, Univesity of Oregon)

  • 2020-2023: Faculty tutor for the University of Oregon's fellows student group for the Oxford Consoritum for Human Rights workshops

  • 2017-2023: Graduate Teaching Fellow (University of Oregon)

  • 2015-2017: Science Camp Instructor (Expedicion Ciencia) 

Publications

  • Niella, T., Navajas, J., Deroy, O.. Climate hypocrisy attacks are bipartisan, but their psychological impact is unequal. Global Environmental Psychology. [Accepted, 2026] Preprint: doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6940104/v1
  • Niella, T. Cross-ideological Communication: The Impact of Real Conversations Compared to Imagined Ones. University of Oregon Dissertation (2023). ProQuest 30529386
  • Niella, T., Villanueva, N., Deroy, O. Who should the government listen to? Science or Opinions? Evidence of the perceived politicization of science. [Preprint] Zenodo (2024) doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14023903
  • Navajas, J., Niella, T., Garbulsky, G. et al. Aggregated knowledge from a small number of debates outperforms the wisdom of large crowds. Nature Human Behavior 2, 126–132 (2018). doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0273-4
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