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🎙️ Webinar 🎙️ The activist’s dilemma: weighing the impact of disruptive protest - 10 July 17:00 (BST)
From motorway sit-ins to museum protests, disruptive protests are hard to ignore. One of the most high-profile groups behind these actions, the UK-based Just Stop Oil, have announced they’re “hanging up the hi-vis”, and stepping back from civil disobedience. The move has reignited a familiar question: do these tactics win public support—or provoke backlash?
10 hours ago


Strategies and tactics to curb the fossil fuel industry
Many activist groups believe there is a clear and urgent moral imperative to stop the companies most responsible for climate breakdown from making the crisis worse. More and more campaigners, communities and organisations are recognising that meaningful change means targeting the industry itself. Not the individual consumer, not the abstract public, but the companies digging and drilling, the banks backing them, and the systems that allow them to carry on.
Jun 11


Where is the AI safety movement?
Whether or not we realize it, artificial intelligence is reshaping the world with breathtaking speed. Promoted as a panacea to cure diseases, revolutionize industries and tackle the world’s most intractable problems, AI is also quietly displacing workers, amplifying biases and creating surveillance systems pervasive and pernicious enough for any dystopian. As if that weren’t enough, there’s the prospect of super intelligent AI outpacing human control altogether.
Jun 9


📢 New research 📢 Disruptive climate actions increase support for pro-environmental political parties
Our new report, Protest and the Ballot Box, analyses 916 days of polling on voting intention in the United Kingdom, Germany and Sweden. The headline: disruptive climate protests shift voting intention towards pro-climate parties. Effects are small but consistently tilt toward greener parties—though the UK shows some signs of polarisation.
May 15


What protests actually achieve — and what’s next: Spring newsletter
It’s been a busy few months at Social Change Lab. This edition of the newsletter brings you our latest media appearances, updates on our research into protest impact, and a sneak peek at what’s coming next — from ballot box effects to the wetlands of Sweden. Plus, find out how you can contribute to our blog.
Apr 22


Just Stop Oil may divide opinion – but their tactics reshaped the climate movement
This opinion piece originally appeared in Big Issue on 3 April 2025: Just Stop Oil are 'hanging up the hi-vis'. Even unpopular groups can
Apr 3


Climate confusion: Everyone is worried about climate change and no one is sure what to do
Guest post by Elizabeth Rose, climate activist, researcher, and writer, who shares insights from her research exploring public opinion on so
Mar 4


Activism targeting fossil fuel companies: what works?
Social Change Lab is currently mapping and analysing the available tactical approaches to reduce emissions by targeting fossil fuel companie
Feb 25


Understanding the impact of "low action logic" protests - read our new report
We are excited to share our new report, Making a scene and making sense - How disruptiveness and logic influence media coverage and support
Feb 19
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