Do Travelling Academics put their Money where their Mouth is?: Exploring Environmental Considerations and Mode Choices for Conference Travel

Oded Cats; Baiba Pudāne; Johanan van der Poel; Maarten Kroesen

doi:10.32866/001c.55711

Do Travelling Academics put their Money where their Mouth is? Exploring Environmental Considerations and Mode Choices for Conference Travel

Oded Cats, Baiba Pudāne, Johanan van der Poel, Maarten Kroesen

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Academics are often environmentally-minded, and they often travel internationally to share their research. Are they prone to attitude-behaviour gap? We collected data from 104 academics in Europe regarding attitudes towards online conferences, flight shame and carbon offsetting, and analysed their trip-making and mode choices in hypothetical conference travel situations. We find that while respondents and their social environments are conscious of the environmental impacts of flying, travel time considerations dominate their travel choices. Respondents are willing to buy a € 5 more expensive ticket or extend their travel by train by 30 seconds to reduce 1 kg of CO2.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-7
Number of pages	7
Journal	Findings
Volume	2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.55711
Publication status	Published - 2022

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Long-distance travel
Mode choice
Stated preferences
Buisiness trips

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