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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.
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
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 2020Lead Author, AR6, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2021Member, Management Board, Cardiff University Water University Research Institute (URI)
1 Jan 2016 → 1 Jan 2019Commissioner, Climate Change Commission for Wales
1 Jan 2011 → 1 Jan 2016Affiliate (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 2011Editorial Board, WIREs Climate Change
1 Jan 2009 → 1 Jan 2020Member, Committee on Science & Society, British Science Association
1 Jan 2006 → 1 Jan 2015Director, Centre for Climate Change & Social Transformations (CAST)
Member, Peer Review College, Economic and Social Research Council
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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- 1 Active
ERC MOCHA Lorraine Whitmarsh
Whitmarsh, L., Nash, N. C. & Whittle, C.
1/07/20 → 30/04/24
Project: EU Commission
Research Output
Big data or small data? A methodological review of sustainable tourism
Xu, F., Nash, N. & Whitmarsh, L., 1 Feb 2020, In : Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 28, 2, p. 147-166 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Citations
(Scopus)
Building a Social Mandate for Climate Action: Lessons from COVID-19
Howarth, C., Bryant, P., Corner, A., Fankhauser, S., Gouldson, A., Whitmarsh, L. & Willis, R., 8 Jul 2020, In : Environmental and Resource Economics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Caprock integrity and public perception studies of carbon storage in depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs
Paluszny, A., Graham, C. C., Daniels, K. A., Tsaparli, V., Xenias, D., Salimzadeh, S., Whitmarsh, L., Harrington, J. F. & Zimmerman, R. W., 1 Jul 2020, In : International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 98, 103057.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Consumer intentions for alternative fuelled and autonomous vehicles: A segmentation analysis across six countries
Potoglou, D., Whittle, C., Tsouros, I. & Whitmarsh, L., 1 Feb 2020, In : Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 79, 102243.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Domestic groundwater abstraction in Lagos, Nigeria: A disjuncture in the science-policy-practice interface?
Healy, A., Upton, K., Capstick, S., Bristow, G., Tijani, M., Macdonald, A., Goni, I., Bukar, Y., Whitmarsh, L., Theis, S., Danert, K. & Allan, S., 15 Apr 2020, In : Environmental Research Letters . 15, 4, 045006.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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