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Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh is an environmental psychologist, specialising in perceptions and behaviour in relation to climate change, energy and transport. She is Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST). Her research projects have included studies of energy efficiency behaviours, waste reduction and carrier bag reuse, perceptions of smart technologies and electric vehicles, low-carbon lifestyles, and responses to climate change. Between 2014 and 2019, she held a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant – Low-Carbon Lifestyles & Behavioural Spillover (CASPI) – and since 2019 holds an ERC Consolidator Grant – Understanding and leveraging ‘moments of change’ for pro-environmental behaviour shifts (MOCHA). She is also a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Working Group II; and regularly advises governmental and other organisations on low-carbon behaviour change and climate change communication.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Postgraduate Certificate in University Teaching & Learning, Cardiff University
Award Date: 1 Oct 2010
Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Bath
Award Date: 1 Jul 2005
Science, Culture & Communication, Master of Science, University of Bath
Award Date: 1 Dec 2000
Theology & Religious Studies with French, Bachelor of Arts, University of Kent
Award Date: 1 Jul 1997
External positions
Specialist advisor, House of Lords
1 Nov 2021 → 1 Aug 2022
Scientific Commissioner, Lancet Pathfinder Commission
1 Nov 2020 → …
Expert Advisor, Net Zero Board, Department for Transport
1 Jul 2020 → …
Expert Advisor, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Green New Deal
1 Apr 2020 → …
Expert Lead, Climate Assembly UK
1 Dec 2019 → 30 Sep 2020
Lead Author, AR6, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2021
Member, Management Board - Water Research Institute, Cardiff University
1 Jan 2016 → 1 Jan 2019
Commissioner, Climate Change Commission for Wales
1 Jan 2011 → 1 Jan 2016
Affiliate (formerly Theme Lead), Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
1 Jan 2011 → …
Member, Living with Environmental Change Public Engagement Strategic Advisory Group
1 Jan 2009 → 1 Jan 2011
Editorial Board, WIREs Climate Change (Journal Online)
1 Jan 2009 → 1 Jan 2020
Member, Committee on Science & Society, British Science Association
1 Jan 2006 → 1 Jan 2015
Director, Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST)
Member, Peer Review College, Economic and Social Research Council
Editorial Board, Energy Research & Social Science
Management Group, Climate Theme, GW4
Member, International Association for People-Environment Studies (IAPS)
Member, Evidence Advisory Committee, Natural Resources Wales
Member, Presidential Working Group on Climate Change, Society of Behavioral Medicine
Keywords
- Climate Change
- Behaviour
- Communication
- Sustainability
- psychology
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Interdisciplinary environmental social science leadership team
Economic and Social Research Council
1/02/22 → 31/01/27
Project: Research council
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Sam Hampton ESRC NIA - Accelerating Carbon Capability for an Equitable, Sustainable Society (ACCESS)
Economic and Social Research Council
1/10/21 → 30/09/24
Project: Research council
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Quantifying the Importance of Socio-Demographic, Travel-Related, and Psychological Predictors of Public Acceptability of Low Emission Zones
Player, L., Prosser, A., Thorman, D., Tirion, A., Whitmarsh, L., Kurz, T. & Shah, P., 8 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Environmental Psychology. 108, 101974.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Challenging the values of the polluter elite: A global consequentialist response to Evensen and Graham's (2022) ‘The irreplaceable virtues of in-person conferences’
Whitmarsh, L. & Kreil, A., 31 Oct 2022, In: Journal of Environmental Psychology. 83, 101881.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Choosing the electric car
Whittle, C. & Whitmarsh, L., 17 Oct 2022, Electrifying Mobility: Realising a Sustainable Future for the Car. Parkhurst, G. & Clayton, W. (eds.). Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, p. 97-115 19 p. (Transport and Sustainability; vol. 15).Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter or section
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Climate anxiety: What predicts it and how is it related to climate action?
Whitmarsh, L., Player, L., Jiongco, A., James, M., Williams, M. O., Marks, E. & Kennedy-Williams, P., 31 Oct 2022, In: Journal of Environmental Psychology. 83, 101866.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effect of linguistic framing and information provision on attitudes towards induced seismicity and seismicity regulation
Evensen, D., Varley, A., Whitmarsh, L., Devine-Wright, P., Dickie, J., Bartie, P., Napier, H., Mosca, I., Foad, C. & Ryder, S., 4 Jul 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 1, 11239.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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