BPS Environmental Psychology Section

10 of the best secret gardens in Europe’s major cities From Paris to Athens, we pick hidden havens to escape the summer heat and tourist crowds

For all the nature lovers 😍https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/jul/31/10-of-the-best-secret-gardens-green-spaces-parks-europe-major-cities

We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to work with Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd and WWT on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership!

🦉Join us as we inspire the next generation of nature lovers.🌳

krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

Hey, #environmentalpsychology experts - any suggestions for Steve here?

Environmental Psychology: An Introduction, 2nd Edition <p><b>The updated edition of the essential guide to environmental psychology</b></p> <p>Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition,&nbsp;<i>Environmental Psychology: An Introduction</i>&nbsp;...

Hiya, we'd recommend checking out the field of #EnvironmentalPsychology, obviously. The BPS/Wiley Env Psych textbook is a good starter www.wiley.com/en-gb/Enviro...

We also have a few references on our Env Psychology Section BPS page www.bps.org.uk/member-netwo...

Comment: Rethinking behavior change interventions in policymaking

📢 New commentary out today in Nature Human Behaviour!
We argue that behavior change interventions often suffer from a one-sided success focus. But failures may reveal structural barriers people face.

🔗 rdcu.be/ex8hR

#BehavioralScience #PublicPolicy

York. View from the river Ouse.

Our department @yorkpsychology.bsky.social has 2 open lecturer positions (=tenure-track Assistant Prof). Social psych is one of the priority areas, so consider applying if you study social behavior, incl. intergroup relations, culture, environmental or media psych.

jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

We are proud to support the new @bpsofficial.bsky.social journal Environmental Psychology Research!!
Many @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social members are on the editorial board.
What a year this has been for British environmental psychology...

Adopting green choices and behaviours

Read Nick's report 👉 www.climatexchange.org.uk/projects/ana...

Explore the roundtable summary 👉https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adopting-green-choices-and-behaviours/adopting-green-choices-and-behaviours

The Beatles to Virginia Woolf: UK tree of the year shortlist is rooted in culture Woodland Trust’s 10 nominees from across the country highlight how trees inspire creative minds

The psychological process through which we become emotionally and culturally attachment to trees is an important aspect of human-environment interaction

This is #environmentalpsychology #envpsych #envpsy!

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Heathrow to pipe 'sounds of an airport' around airport The airport has commissioned a soundtrack recorded on site to reflect the

#EnvironmentalPsychology community - what do you think of this? 🤔 'Heathrow to pipe 'sounds of an airport' around airport'✈️🔉👂
#envpsy #envpsych
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Psychologists and behavioural scientists - biodiversity needs you - to change human behaviour!

🚨Please circulate🚨 The #BritishCarnivoreProject has a #free booklet, entitled Urban Tails, to help young people (ages 9-14) engage with #nature. It includes #stories, #outdoor activities, and other fun #educational materials. 🦊🏙️🌳🍃Download here: www.blakemorton.co.uk/download/129...

What motivates tourists to conserve water on vacation? Examining the role of personal climate-based values Tourist destinations located in areas facing water stress present relevant key water quantity and quality challenges. Within the hotel industry, the a…

New paper alert, co-authored by our colleague @thijsbouman.bsky.social:

Interventions aimed at promoting #water conservation behaviour among #tourists could be improved by tailoring them according to their personal values.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

From Distress to Action? – A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study of Climate Change Distress, Pro-Environmental Behavior, and Coping Strategies among Finnish Adolescents. Climate change is a major threat requiring active engagement from young people. However, adolescents can experience distress when confronting the prob…

New article together with Salla Veijonaho, lead author, and colleagues! This longitudinal study shows the importance of youth's meaning-focused coping for turning climate distress into climate engagement and for hindering these actions to lead to more distress! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New work out from EPRG team member @melissamarselle.bsky.social. Using closed and open card and sound sorts, study investigates how people conceptualise biodiversity. Visual and acoustic cues other than species richness are used!

open access study -> doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

Join me for this Climate World Café event at #IFMKFest in #MiltonKeynes on Friday 25 July 🌍

Dr Trudi Macagnino and I will explore how climate change impacts us emotionally, socially, and personally — and how we move forward together

#ClimateAction #CollectiveResilience #LivingWell

Sign up below:

Climate and the environment | BPS We gather articles, interviews and more from The Psychologist and Research Digest, and wider British Psychological Society. Image: The biodiversity stripes.

Later this morning at #ECP2025 I'm hosting a discussion on climate change. Explore our 'Climate and the environment' collection here
www.bps.org.uk/collections/...

Call for open-rank academic position in Environmental Psychology and Sustainability

Rare open-rank researcher job in environmental psychology, Copenhagen employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...

Marta Saniewska - "Architects are trained to communicate with visuals, not words. This means I need to communicate the human-environment implications of a design using visuals"

Marta teaches us the main #envpsy topics of interest (in black) to her colleagues @fosterandpartners.bsky.social
Very interesting!!

Marta - "it is a big privilege and challenge to communicate the importance of environmental psychology to many different partners"

Our 3rd speaker is Marta Saniewska from the Urban Design Team @fosterandpartners.bsky.social
talking about how she applies environmental psychology in architectural practice!

Using participatory methods, Harriet works with young people as co-researchers to understand what they want/need in their school environment. Super important as more UK children are not returning to school post-Covid.

Our 2nd speaker, Harriet MacLachlainn, discusses her PhD work exploring the influence of school environments on adolescent's mental health and well-being: "We need to talk to young people directly about what they want and need from their environments"

And we are off! Prof Emeritus David Uzzell starts us off with a critical perspective 'Where is the Environment in Environmental Psychology?'

Its not too late to join the @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social online inaugural event 'Connecting People, Place, & Practice' Kicking off with the fabulous Prof. David Uzzell at 10am TODAY! sign up using the link below and Join us! See you there :)

Prof David Uzzell will discuss critical reflections in #envpsy

Marta Saniewska will discuss how she applies psychological research to support architects in creating evidence-based designs

Harriet MacLachlainn will discuss her work on the influence of school environments on adolescent mental health

Connecting People, Place & Practice in Environmental Psychology | BPS This event by the Environmental Psychology section will appeal to both BPS members and the wider community interested in the intersection between people, places, and psychology.

Tomorrow is our free inaugural event 'Connecting People, Place & Practice in Environmental Psychology'.
Keynotes from Prof David Uzzell, Marta Saniewska @fosterandpartners.bsky.social & PhD student Harriet MacLachlainn
Register & Timetable and speakers here:
www.bps.org.uk/event/connec...

Launching ‘Restorative architecture: the science of design for mental health and wellbeing’ (Bloomsbury) in print sometime 2026-27. Draft manuscript now complete, identifying 11 multi-sensorial attributes of architecture & their scientific relationship to mental health ‪@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social‬

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Social Science) at University of Exeter An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Social Science) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

📢🌍 Excited to announce that we are advertising for a Social Science Research Fellow post.
Closing date 8th July 🌍📢

This full-time post is available immediately for three years and will be based at Exeter’s Streatham campus. Hybrid working is welcome.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNN846/p...