THE WORKSHOP:

The workshop will take place online on the afternoons of the 4th and 5th of November (2.00-5.30pm, UK Time) and it will include several talks by a group of experienced, and also up-and-coming, researchers in the fields of behaviour, wellbeing, and environmental psychology.

ORGANISERS:

Co-hosted by members of the Behavioural Science and Policy group in the Geary Insititute for Public Policy at University College Dublin (Dr Kate Laffan and Dr Leonhard Lades) and the Psychological and Behavioural Science Department at the LSE (Dr Ganga Shreedhar, Dr Christian Krekel and Daniele Pollicino). The workshop is being funded by the National University of Ireland Grant Scheme for Early Career Academics awarded to Dr Laffan.

WHAT IT IS ABOUT:

The past decade has seen a burgeoning research literature on reciprocal relationships between wellbeing, behaviour, and the natural environment. Despite this, many of the interdependencies between how we feel and what we do and their links to the natural world are not well understood. In this workshop, we are interested in exploring these interdependencies and developing an agenda for future research in this area.

The Workshop Organising Committee is delighted to announce the following sessions and contributors:

DAY 1 (Thursday 4th) - Wellbeing:

2.00 - 2.10 Welcome and Plenary Introduction

2.10 - 2.40 Professor Andrew Oswald Opening Talk

2.40 - 3.45 Wellbeing Session Part 1:

2.45 - 3.15 Dr Mirko Moro (University of Stirling) – “Subjective Well-being and Environmental Valuation - Some Open Questions”
3.15 - 3.45 Professor Simone Kühn (Max Planck Institute for Human Development) - “Testing the effects of natural environments on the human brain”

3.45 - 4.00 Break

4.00 - 5.30 Wellbeing Session Part 2:

4.00 - 4.30 Dr Marie Briguglio (University of Malta) – “Wellbeing and the natural environment: Insights from a paradise lost”
4.30 - 5.00 Professor Tobias Brosch (University of Geneva) - "The impact of direct and vicarious warm glow on sustainable actions in everyday life"
5.00 - 5.25 Dr George MacKerron (University of Sussex) – “Experience sampling: what’s next?”

5.25 - 5.30 Closing Remarks Day 1

DAY 2 (Friday 5th) - Behaviour:

2.00 - 2.05 Welcome Back

2.05 - 3.00 Panel Discussion:

Professor Liam Delaney (London School of Economics), Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh (University of Bath), Professor Sander van der Linden (University of Cambridge), Dr George MacKerron (University of Sussex), and Professor Susana Ferreira (University of Georgia)

3.00 - 4.00 Behaviour Session Part 1:

3.00 - 3.30 Dr Kristian Nielsen (University of Cambridge) - “Impact-focused environmental psychology”
3.30 - 4.00 Dr Geertje Schuitema (University College Dublin) - "Policy acceptance: the case of water charges in Ireland”

4.00 - 4.10 Break

4.10 - 5.10 Behaviour Session Part 2:

4.10 - 4.40 Dr Valentina Carfora (Catholic University of Sacred Heart Milan) - "Persuasive Messages to Promote Sustainable Food Choice"
4.40 - 5.10 Dr Christina Gravert (University of Copenhagen) - “Exploiting consumer inattention: How supermarket offers affect food waste”

5.10 - 5.20 Networking

5.20 - 5.30 Final Wrap-Up

Workshop on Behaviour, Wellbeing and the Environment