Tagged: Psychology
Chris Jones: Report from 9th British Environmental Psychology Society (BrEPS) conference
The School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham hosted this year’s annual British Environmental Psychology Society (BrEPS) conference. It was the 9th edition of the conference in the 11-year history of BrEPS, which is a non-subscription, inclusive network of (mostly) early career researchers with interest in human-environmental interactions. It was also the ‘last’ BrEPS […]
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Cardiff University findings support the creation of the UK Climate Change Committee – A case study
Nick Pidgeon from Cardiff University’s School of Psychology was asked by the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group to lead an inquiry to investigate if cross-party consensus on climate change was possible. The inquiry conducted research including: capturing oral evidence from senior parliamentarians and climate scientists written submissions from external stakeholders and quantitative […]
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Environmental Psychology is now officially recognised by the British Psychological Society
What is Environmental Psychology? Environmental psychology is the scientific study of the reciprocal, transactional relationships that people share with natural and built environments. What do Environmental Psychologists do? Environmental Psychologists examine how humans, as individuals or groups, interact with their natural and built environments – understanding how we perceive and experience our environments, their influence […]
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Psychologists uniquely placed to help tackle climate change
Terri Morrissey, Chair of the CEACG, said: “Many thanks to the members of the group who worked collaboratively together to produce this statement. It gives a comprehensive overview of the crisis facing us all and steers us as psychologists toward the key areas where psychology can make a difference in helping to address these challenges. […]
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ACCESS members are appointed to new Climate & Environmental Action Group
Dr Sarah Golding, who is a Health Psychologist at the University of Surrey and Knowledge Exchange Fellow for ACCESS said: “As an early career social scientist, I feel honoured to have been selected to join the BPS CEAC. I am really looking forward to working with, and learning from, a range of expert psychologists from […]
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