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David Uzzell
Professor of Enviornmental Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Surrey
Guildford
Surrey UK
Phone: +44 1483 689430
Fax: +44 1483 689550
Email: d.uzzell@surrey.ac.uk
Website: www.psy.surrey.ac.uk/people/staff/DUzzell.htm
Biographical Statement:
David Uzzell is Professor of Enviornmental Psychology at the University of Surrey where he leads the Environmental Psychology Group. He is one of the co-investigators on a five-year ESRC interdisciplinary research programme examining the links between lifestyle, societal values and energy consumption (RESOLVE). He is also undertaking research funded by the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research on 'Trade Unions facing the dual challenge of globalising work division and globalising environmental degradation'. His research has been funded by the EU, national and local government, international agencies, the UK and Swedish research councils and industry. He is Past President of the International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS), the British Psychological Society's representative on the European Federation of Psychologists' Association Task Force on Environmental Psychology, and Visiting Professor at the University of Umea, Sweden. Hi is Series Editor, with Gabriel Moser, of Advances in People-Environmental Studies (Hogrefe and Huber, Gottingen) and on the Editorial Board of Journal of Environmental Psychology Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies, and the European Review of Applied Psychology.
Publications related to Conservation Psychology:
Nigbur, D., Lyons, E., and Uzzell, D. (In Press). Attitudes, norms, identity and environmental behavior: Using an expanded theory of planned behavior to predict participation in a kerbside recycling programme. British Journal of Social Psychology, 48 (3), XXX - XXX.
Rathzel, N. and Uzzell, D. (2009). Changing Relations in Global Environmental Change. Global Environmental Change, 19, 326-335.
Uzzell, D. and Rathzel, N. (2009). Transforming Environmental Psychology. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29 (3), 340-350.
Rathzel, N. and Uzzell, D. (2009). Transforming environmental education: a collective rehearsal for reality. Environmental Education Research, 15 (3), 263-277.
Pepper, M., Jackson, T. and Uzzell, D. (2009) ‘Values and Sustainable Consumer Behaviours’, International Journal of Consumer Studies. 33, 2, 126-136
Gifford, R., Scannell, L., Kormos, C., Smolova, L., Biel, A., Boncu, S., Corral, V., Hanyu, K, Hine, D. W., Kaiser, F. G., Korpela, K., Lima, L., Mertig, A. G., Garcia Mira, R., Moser, G., Passafaro, P., Pinheiro, J. Q., Saini, S., Sako, T., Sautkina, E., Savina, Y., Schmuck, P., Schultz, P. W., Sobeck, K., Sundblad, K., & Uzzell, D. (2009) ‘Temporal Pessimism and Spatial Optimism in Environmental Assessments: An 18-Nation Study’, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29, 1, 1-12
Spence, A., Pidgeon, N. and Uzzell, D (2009) ‘Climate Change: Sparking off Debate about the Hot Topic’, The Psychologist, 22, 2, 118-121
Uzzell, D. (2008). Challenging Assumptions in the Psychology of Climate Change, InPsych, Bulletin of the Australian Psychological Society, 30, 4, 10-13.
Uzzell, D. (2008) ‘People-Environment Relationships in a Digital World’, Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 25, 2, 94 - 105.
Uzzell, D. and Brown, J. (2007) ‘Conceptual progress in understanding fear of crime in railway stations, Psicologia, 21, 2, 119 – 137.
Gatersleben, B., Clark, C., Reeve, A. and Uzzell, D (2007) The impact of a new transport link on residential communities, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 27, 2, 145-153.
Gatersleben, B and Uzzell, D (2007) ‘Affective appraisals of the daily commute: comparing perceptions of drivers, cyclists, walkers and users of public transport’, Environment and Behavior, 39, 3, 416-431
Bonnes, M, Uzzell, D, Carrus, G, and Kelay, T. (2007) ‘Inhabitants’ and Experts’ Assessments of Environmental Quality for Urban Sustainability’, Journal of Social Issues, 63, 1, 59--78
García Mira, R. Real Deus, JE, Uzzell, DL, San Juan, C & Pol, E (2006). Coping with a Threat to Quality of Life: The Case of the Prestige Disaster, European Review of Applied Psychology, 56; 1, pp 53-60.
Meader, N, Uzzell, D & Gatersleben, B (2006). Cultural Theory and Quality of Life, European Review of Applied Psychology, 56; 1, 61-69
Uzzell, DL. and Muckle, R. (2005) Simulating traffic engineering solutions to predict changes in driving behaviour, Transportation Research Part F, 8/4-5 pp 311-329
Gatersleben, B. and Uzzell, D. (2003). Local transport problems and possible solutions. Comparing perceptions of residents, councillors, officers and organisations. Local Environment, 8, 4, 387 – 405.
Ravenscroft, N., Uzzell, D. & Leach , R. (2002) ‘Danger Ahead? The Impact of Fear of Crime on People’s Recreational Use of Non-Motorised Shared Use’, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 2002, 20(5), 741 - 756
Clark, C. and Uzzell, DL (2002). The Affordances of the Home, Neighbourhood, School and Town Centre For Adolescents, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 22 (1/2), 95-108.
Uzzell, DL, Pol, E and Badenas, D. (2002). ‘Place identification, social cohesion and environmental sustainability’, Environment and Behavior, 34, 1, 26-53.
Pol, E., Guardia, J., Valera, S., Wiesenfeld, E, and Uzzell, D (2001). ‘Cohesion and identification in the construction of social identity: relations between city, identity and sustainability’, Revista Universidad de Guadalajara, 19, 40-48.
Uzzell, DL (2000). The psycho-spatial dimension to global environmental problems, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 20, 4, pp 307- 318.
Gatersleben, B. and Uzzell, DL (2000). ‘The risk perception of transport-generated air pollution’, Journal of the International Association of Traffic and Safety Science, 24, 1, pp 30-38
Uzzell, DL and Jones, E. (2000). The development of a process-based methodology for assessing the visual impact of buildings. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, vol. 17, no 4. pp. 330-343.
Research Interests:
Dr. Uzzell's research interests focus on public understandings of climate change, social and critical psychological approaches to changing consumption and production practices, and attitude and behavior change in respect of energy, waste and transport. Other research areas in which he has published include urban and neighborhood planning, environmental risk and safety, heritage interpretation, architecture and office design.
