Maria Ojala är doktor i psykologi och forskare vid Örebro Universitet. Hon är projektledare för två projekt:
(1) "Learning about global environmental problems: Emotional aspects, emotion regulation, and a sense of purpose among children, adolescents, and young adults" finansierad av Formas (2008-2010).
(2) "Att hantera det ambivalenta. Unga vuxnas attityder och beteende gällande energieffektivisering i hemmet" finansierad av Göteborg Energis forskningsstiftelse (2008-2009). Forskningsintressen: miljöpsykologi, moralpsykologi, politisk socialisation, emotionsteorier och coping.
Publikationer
Ojala, M. (2004). Emotioner som deliberativa verktyg. Lokala miljökonflikter och känslornas positiva potential. In B. Starrin, (Ed.) Emotionssociologiska uppsatser, (pp. 73-91). Arbetsrapport 2004:1. Karlstads Universitet.
Ojala, M. (2005). Adolescents' worries about environmental risks: subjective well-being, values, and existential dimensions. Journal of Youth Studies, 8, 3, 331-348.
Ojala, M. & Höijer, B. (2006). Man vill ju vara en god medborgare, men.Unga vuxnas ambivalenta attityder till källsortering. Slutrapport - Plastkretsen AB. MTM 06-01 Rep. Örebro University.
Ojala, M. (2007). Hope and worry: Exploring young people's values, emotions, and behavior regarding global environmental problems. Örebro Studies in Psychology 11. Örebro University. Doctoral dissertation.
Ojala, M. (2007). Confronting macrosocial worries. Worry about environmental problems and proactive coping among a group of young volunteers. Futures, 39, 6, 729-745.
Ojala, M. (2008). Recycling and ambivalence: Quantitative and qualitative analyses of household recycling among young adults. Environment and Behavior (on line first).
Ojala, M. (2008). Den hoppfulla oron? Unga människors engagemang inför den globala miljöproblematiken. Locus - tidskrift för forskning om barn och ungdomar, 1, 19-30.
Forward, S. & Ojala, M. (2008). Polisens attityder till trafikövervakning - En jämförelse mellan år 1999 och år 2007. VTI Rapport 616. Linköping.
Ojala, M. (2008). Hoppfull oro - en god medelväg mot klimatvänlig matkonsumtion. In B. Johansson, (Ed.) KliMATfrågan på bordet. Formas: Stockholm (in press).
Ojala, M. & Lidskog, R. (submitted) What lies beneath the surface? A case study of citizens' moral reasoning with regard to biodiversity.
Ojala, M. (in preparation) Distrust or other-oriented values? Explaining the gender difference in worry about environmental problems in two groups of young people
Ojala, M. (in preparation). Facing ambiguities - transcending dichotomies: Factors promoting an inclusion of global problems into young people's moral identity
Presentationer vid internationella konferenser
Ojala, M. (2004). Adolescents' worries about environmental risks: subjective well-being, values and existential dimensions. The IX Conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence, Porto, Portugal, May the 7th. Oral presentation
Ojala, M. (2004). A positive reappraisal of adolescents' worries about environmental risks: The relation between worry, subjective well-being, values and existential dimensions. The 2nd European Conference on Positive Psychology, Verbania Pallanza, Italy, July the 7th. Oral presentation.
Ojala, M. (2006). Confronting macrosocial worries: Worry about global environmental problems and sources of hope among two groups of emerging adults. The 3rd European Conference on Positive Psychology, 3-6 July 2006, Braga, Portugal. Oral presentation
Ojala, M. (2008). The importance of a dialectic relation between positive and negative emotions in promoting social engagement among young people. The XI Conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence, Torino, Italy. May the 9th, Oral presentation.
Ojala, M. (2008). Facing ambiguities - transcending dichotomies: Factors promoting an inclusion of global problems into young people's moral identity. 34th Annual Meeting of the Association for Moral Education, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA, November 13-16, 2008. Accepted for oral presentation.
