Egle Bernotaite

I wanted to be intellectually challenged and see what other career avenues I might be able to explore

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My capstone was looking at the language of climate change sceptics to understand whether climate change communication science would be effective on changing their minds. My findings were broadly that these people are unlikely to believe climate change science altogether, and that if policy makers and communicators want their support, they should focus on how policy/climate action tangibly improves the lives of people in local communities.

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The degree has helped sharpen my thinking. I am able to dissect problems in a more critical way and look for the underpinnings of any given problem in a variety of disciplines. For example, looking for quantitative data in qualitative problems is super helpful when trying to bring objectivity to the thinking around the solution.

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