Research
- Forthcoming https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2025.2604372 “Clinging to Power: Status Threat and Attitudes toward Renewable Energy” Tammie-Louise Finnegan, Cassandra Epping, Nick Florian, and Colin Kuehl. Environmental Politics
- 2025 https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.70155 “Centering people in restoration messaging increases their likelihood to engage in restoration actions” Colin Kuehl, Todd Buck, Christiana Guthrie, Oliver Meyers, Emman Mohammad, Quinn Sedig, Shupei Yuan and Holly P. Jones. 33: e70155. Restoration Ecology
- 2025 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-90889-7_3 “Tweeting to Conserve: An Analysis of Water District Messaging during the California Drought” Colin Kuehl in Nic Guehlstorf (ed.) Environmental Policy Science’s Exploration for Innovative Data Springer
- 2025 https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-sage-handbook-of-qualitative-research-quality/book283878#description “Varied Accounts of Quality and Rigor in Qualitative Research in Political Science” Alesha Porisky, Aarie Glas, and Colin Kuehl in Uwe Flick (ed.) SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research Quality (In Press)
- 2023 https://doi.org/10.3389/frsus.2023.1167041 “Exploring Sustainability Knowledge: Developing and Assessing a Measure of What Students Know About Sustainability” Colin Kuehl, Aaron Sparks, Heather Hodges, and Eric Smith Frontiers in Sustainability 4:1167041
- 2023 https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470231153634 “Exploring the influence of aggressive and target-framing messages on pro-environmental behaviors” Shupei Yuan and Colin Kuehl. Science Communication 45(2) 225-251.
- 2022 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/omabk5taqyjx0x0dagozg/Acting-Sustainably-Public-and-Private-Environmental-Behaviors.pdf?rlkey=b85tz9b7y9aerh9w42ebrk9b0&e=1&dl=0 “Acting Sustainably: Public and Private Environmental Behaviors” Colin Kuehl, Pathways to Research in Sustainability SUS021, 1–12
- 2021 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-021-00687-6 “The Incoherence of Sustainability Literacy Assessed with the Sulitest” Colin Kuehl, Aaron Sparks, Heather Hodges, and Eric Smith Nature Sustainability 4(6) 555-560.
Environmental Behavior
My research focus is environmental politics and behavior. One strand of work focuses on the international relations of global environmental cooperation. The second focuses on individual environmental behavior, with a focus on water conservation and sustainability literacy. My interest in teaching has also led to projects on sustainability literacy and graduate student pedagogy. Some ongoing projects and recent publications are listed below: