Research interests
Sustainability: I have a strong interest in all aspects of sustainability including attitudes and engagement; responses to environmental policies; discourses surrounding the environmental debate; (moral) reasoning and justifications in relation to pro-environmental behaviours. I'm also interested in the relationship between sustainability and health, as well as wider ranging aspects, such as community psychology.
Cognition and Emotion: Particularly attentional biases in adults and children and their relation to wellbeing.
Supervision
I would welcome PhD applications in any of the above areas.
- Chloe Griggs, who is investigating sustainability in the NHS.
- Ahmed Ismail, who is investigating the role of arousal vulnerability in psychosis.
Current projects
- Carnivores & Biodiversity: Attitudes to the reintroduction of native carnivores and the role of wildlife parks in increasing awareness of their impact on biodiversity. With Dr Adriana Consorte-McCrea and Dr Alan Bainbridge. Partners: Wildwood Wild Animal Park & Howletts Animal Park.
- Dog Adoption & Ownership: Investigating the reasons leading to giving up dogs for adoption and prevention strategies. With Dr Anke Franz. Partners: Redwood Rescue and Rehome.
- The 'Talk About Thoughts and Feelings' Project: Investigating the relationship between mother-child interactions involving talking about emotions, theory of mind, attentional bias and cognitive development. With Dr Amanda Carr. Partners: Bechange.
- The Discourses of Climate Change: Focusing on the use of metaphors and other rhetorical devices to describe / defend / criticise camps and claims surrounding climate change and environmental policy in the media and online community. With Dr Ruth Woods and Dr Sharon Coen.