Jade Radke (she/her) is a PhD Psychology student in the Behavioral Sustainability Lab at UBC. She received her BA in Honors Psychology under the supervision of Dr. Russ Powell and Miranda Macauley (MA, BCBA) and earned her Behavioral Interventions Certificate of Achievement (BICA) from MacEwan University. Between degrees, Jade worked as an assistant behavioral therapist at an elementary school. She then earned her MA in Resources, Environment, and Sustainability at UBC under the supervision of Dr. Jiaying Zhao with a focus on the role of happiness in climate action. Currently,  Jade is examining the effectiveness of various behavioral interventions for increasing climate action.

Jade’s research focuses on the use of positive reinforcement to elicit pro-environmental behavior change.

Sheppard, S. B., Argentopoulos, S., Ware, J., Swearingen, A., Winfield, J., Radke, J., & Zhao, J. (2025). Probabilistic rewards increase the use of reusable cups. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 212, 108001. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.108001

Zhao, J.*, Radke, J.*, Chen, F. S., Sachdeva, S., Gershman, S. J., & Luo, Y. (2024). How do we reinforce climate action? Sustainability Science, 19(4), 1503–1517. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-024-01486-6

Powell, R. A., Schmaltz, R. M., & Radke, J. L. (2021). Unbreakable resolutions as an effective tactic for self-control: Lessons from Mahatma Gandhi and a 19th-century Prussian prince. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.771141

*Co-first authors

President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award, UBC (2024-2025)
SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship (2024-2027)
Four-Year Doctoral Fellowship, UBC (2024-2028)
Indigenous Graduate Fellowship, UBC (2024-2028)
Indigenous Graduate Fellowship, UBC (2022-2024)
SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship – Masters (CGS-M) (2022-2023)