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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
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 2020Lead Author, AR6, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2021Member, Management Board - Water Research Institute, Cardiff University
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
Editorial Board, Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS)
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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ESRC CAST Lorraine Whitmasrh
Economic and Social Research Council
1/07/20 → 30/04/24
Project: Research council
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ERC MOCHA Lorraine Whitmarsh
Whitmarsh, L., Nash, N. C. & Whittle, C.
1/07/20 → 30/04/24
Project: EU Commission
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ASSIST Lorraine Whitmarsh
Natural Environment Research Council
1/07/20 → 31/05/22
Project: Research council
Research output
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Effect of “finite pool of worry” and COVID-19 on UK climate change perceptions
Evensen, D., Whitmarsh, L., Bartie, P., Devine-Wright, P., Dickie, J., Varley, A., Ryder, S. & Mayer, A., 19 Jan 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 3, e2018936.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Habit and climate change
Verplanken, B. & Whitmarsh, L., 27 Feb 2021, (Acceptance date) In: Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 42Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 › peer-review
Open Access7 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 › peer-review
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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 › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)