International Association for People-Environment Studies

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If you want to learn more about these design concepts, you can in our MSc environmental psychology @surreypsychology.bsky.social in our Psychology of Architecture module www.surrey.ac.uk/postgraduate...

IAPS is offering up to seven €800 travel grants to help early career researchers attend the ECR Workshop (and #IAPS2026).

Those accepted to the workshop will be invited to apply (expected late Feb 2026).

More info about ECW 👉 stories.surrey.ac.uk/iaps2026/#gr...

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Interested? Submit a 250-word abstract (same deadline as #IAPS2026 conference). Submissions encouraged from Global South and from MSc completing dissertation & PhD students at any stage.

Successful applicants will later submit a paper (~2000 words) for mentors to review ahead of workshop (2/3)

🚀 Early Career Researchers — this one’s for you!

The @iaps2026.bsky.social ECR Workshop is happening on 29 June 2026, just before the conference kicks off. A space for PhD & MSc students in people–environment studies to share their work, get feedback, and connect with peers + mentors. (1/3)

📢 Call for Abstracts: 2026 Sustainability Psychology Preconference, Feb 26, 2026, Chicago, IL.

This year’s theme: "Integrating Science, Community, and Policy for Sustainable Change."

🗓️ Deadline: Oct 23, 2025
Submit here ➡️ spsp.org/events/annua...

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🎉 The Call for Submissions for IAPS 2026 Conference is now open!

📅 Submission deadline: 9 January 2026 (23:59 GMT)

📝 For guidance on how to submit, and full details of the conference, visit our website: surrey.ac.uk/iaps2026

@iaps-association.bsky.social @eprg-surrey.bsky.social

📢 Call for Abstracts: 2026 Sustainability Psychology Preconference, Feb 26, 2026, Chicago, IL.

This year’s theme: "Integrating Science, Community, and Policy for Sustainable Change."

🗓️ Deadline: Oct 23, 2025
Submit here ➡️ spsp.org/events/annua...

How can ecosystems contribute to both physical and mental health? Join leading experts exploring how ecosystems sustain human well-being.

📅 27 November 2025 (in person)
📍 SustainaLab, University of Amsterdam

More information: www.nern.nl/CT-2025

Following his piece in the IAPS Bulletin, Roderick Lawrence has expanded his reflections on transdisciplinarity in a new open-access article in World Futures: “Paths to Transdisciplinarity: Reconnecting Pathways and Positionality”. Read more about it here 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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October is here! Time to start thinking about your conference plans for 2026?

In a couple of weeks we’ll be launching our Call for Submissions. Stay tuned to our website: www.surrey.ac.uk/iaps2026

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The 6th Annual Campus Nature Rx Symposium is happening Nov 7, 2025 @12-4:30pm ET. Discussions and presentations will explore innovative approaches to teaching, research, and outreach that nurture student well-being and learning through nature engagement. Register here 👉 cwm.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

iapsREN | LinkedIn iapsREN | 4 followers on LinkedIn. Our community fosters networks and collaboration in the field of restorative environments. Within our community you will find environmental psychologists, landscape ...

🌍 Exciting news — @iapsren.bsky.social
are now also on LinkedIn!

The @iaps-association.bsky.social Restorative Environments Network fosters networks and collaboration in the field of restorative environments.

Follow iapsREN for news, events & publications:

🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/iaps...

Please share with colleagues who may be interested, and for updates, join the mailing list (www.icrag-centre.org/restore/sign...) or the ReSToRE International summer
LinkedIn Group (www.linkedin.com/groups/92124...). (2/2)

📢 Applications are now open for the 4th ReSToRE (Researching Social Theories, Resources and Environment) Summer School. (📍29/06 - 03/07 2026 | UCD, Dublin)

🗓️ Application deadline: 1 December 2025

🔗 More information and application details: www.icrag-centre.org/restore/ (1/2)

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📢 News from research projects or institutions
🎓 Upcoming activities (e.g. webinars)
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IAPS is built on the exchange of ideas and contributions from its members. To help keep the network informed and connected, we invite you as a member to share items that may be of interest (1/2)

The workshop offers a space to exchange ideas, receive feedback, and connect with peers.

If you’re an ECR working at the intersection of people and environment, @iaps2026.bsky.social is an unmissable opportunity to share your work and join a vibrant, collaborative community! (3/3)

Jerònia Cubells shares her experience of the workshop at the 2024 Conference in Barcelona in IAPS bulletin 52 (iaps-association.org/wp-content/u...)

On the last day, she was honored with the Best Paper Award for her research on air pollution, social inequalities, and environmental justice. (2/)

Did you know that each IAPS Conference has an Early Career Researchers’ Workshop?

In 2026, the ECR Workshop will take place on Monday 29 June, just before the Opening Ceremony of the @iaps2026.bsky.social Conference in Surrey. (1/)

🌍 Introducing the IAPS Qualitative Research Network — connecting researchers to grow qualitative work in people–environment studies

Want to join or collaborate? Read more (IAPS Bulletin 52, p.57): iaps-association.org/wp-content/u... or contact
@ellieradcliffe.bsky.social

The Journal of Environmental Psychology is looking for members of its Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB)

If you are interested in applying to join the Board, full details can be found here:

www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...

Applications will be accepted until the 15th of August 2025.

We are excited to welcome you to the University of Surrey in 2026! Hopefully see you there! (6/6)

We encourage you to explore the website, where you will find:
*Details of our keynote speakers
*Information about our Early Career Researcher Workshop
*A Padlet to support symposia sessions
*Information about Guildford and its surroundings. (5/)

The Call for Abstracts will open in early October 2025, along with information about registration, and we will send a second email to announce this. (4/)

The theme of IAPS 2026 is Sustainability as Wellbeing: Towards healthy, green, and equitable communities. Transition towards sustainable lifestyles requires innovative, just, and holistic actions. (3/)

The conference website is now live at www.surrey.ac.uk/iaps2026, and you can follow us on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/company/iaps...) and Bluesky (www.linkedin.com/company/iaps...) (2/)

📢 Save the data 📢: the 29th @iaps2026.bsky.social Association for People-Environment Studies (IAPS) Conference, which will take place from Monday 29 June to Friday 3 July 2026 at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK (1/)

The IAPS 2026 Conference is now on Bluesky! Follow them at @iaps2026.bsky.social to stay up to date with the latest news and updates.

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