Progress-focused

Many people feel powerless in the face of big problems like climate change. This sense of powerlessness can prevent them from taking action, because they think their individual efforts make little difference. Recent research by Jankowski, Mlynski, and Job (2024) offers new insights. It discusses how our beliefs about the changeability of the world—a “ growth mindset about the world ”—play a crucial role in breaking through the illusion of powerlessness .

In a LinkedIn post by Jan Rotmans , professor of sustainability in Rotterdam and author of the book Omarm de chaos , I came across the concept of ' illusion of powerlessness '.