I am interested in macro transition processes, understood as the major systemic and individual-level changes needed to address the ecological and climate crises. My current postdoctoral work centers on the examination of institutional and public responses to proposed climate mitigation initiatives focused on the transition to a more ethical and sustainable consumption system. Similarly, my dissertation work focuses on two intersecting areas with immense ramifications for the natural world and for our society: the problem of stalled political action to address climate change, and the question of the excessive influence of political elites and powerful organizations to obstruct environmental policy efforts that are at odds with their economic and political ends.
Peer-reviewed Publications
James Painter, J. Ettinger, D. C. Holmes, Loredana Loy, J. Pinto, L. M. Richardson, L. Thomas-Walters, K. Vowles, & R. Wetts. 2023. “Climate Delay Discourses Present in Global Mainstream Television Coverage of the IPCC’s 2021 Report.” Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1):1–12. doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-00760-2.
Loy, Loredana. 2022. “Experts and the Politicization of Climate Change in Congress. A Case Study of the Environmental Protection Agency (1983–2015).” Science and Public Policy. 49(5):699-713. doi: 10.1093/scipol/scac020.
Brulle, Robert J., G. Hall, Loredana Loy, & K. Schell-Smith. 2021. “Obstructing Action: Foundation Funding and US Climate Change Counter-Movement Organizations.” Climatic Change 166(1–2):17. doi: 10.1007/s10584-021-03117-w.
Book Chapters
Loy, Loredana. “About a Speech: The Media’s Reaction to a Celebrity Advocacy Intervention.” Forthcoming in Activism On and Off Screen. Edited by Claire Parkinson and Lara Herring. Sydney University Press.
Loy, Loredana. 2017. “Media Activism and Advocacy: What’s Film Got to Do with it?” In Critical Animal and Media Studies, edited by Nùria Almiron. London: Routledge.
Loy, Loredana. 2015. “Representations of Animal Advocacy in Film.” In Lives Beyond Us: Essays on the Film Reality of Animals, edited by Kristin Irving & Seb Manley. London: Sidekick Books.