Jordana Composto
Jordana Composto
Jordana is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business and a visiting research fellow at the BSPL. She received her PhD in Psychology and Social Policy from Princeton University, advised by Professor Elke Weber. Jordana was a 2024-2025 Maeder Graduate Fellow and is a Beijer Young Scholar.
Jordana's research examines the psychological and social dynamics that affect the adoption of new energy technologies. She focuses on two psychological constructs—social norms and trust—that influence stakeholder decision-making about technologies and policy. Her dissertation work proposes a cognitive process theory of social norm interventions, finding that norm information affects the order in which people evaluate evidence for policy decisions. Her second line of work investigates organizational practices of net zero infrastructure projects, including public acceptance of carbon capture and sequestration technology, policy preferences of net zero experts, and perceptions of corporate climate commitments.
- Composto, J. W. (2025). Virtuous cycles of organizational climate action: A multilevel view of pro-environmental behavior in the workplace. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 61, 101468.
- Composto, J. W., Bielig, M., Bruns, C., & Weber, E. U. (2025). Changing norms of trust. Current Opinion in Psychology, 62, 102004.
- Composto, J. W., Constantino, S. M., & Weber, E. U. (2023). Predictors and consequences of pro-environmental behavior at work. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 4, 100107.
- Composto, J. W., Duncan, S. M., Johnson, E. J., & Weber, E. U. (2025). A meta-analysis of query theory, a psychological process account of framing effects. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty.
- Composto, J. W., & Weber, E. U. (2022). Effectiveness of behavioural interventions to reduce household energy demand: A scoping review. Environmental Research Letters, 17(6), 063005.