Student research
Over the last 50 years the research group has hosted more than 50 PhD students, we also co-supervise EngD and PsychD projects. Students have examined a range of topics relating to environmental sustainability, nature and wellbeing, places and space and much more.
Student research
The Environmental Psychology Research Group currently has PhD students conducting research in a wide range of areas.
Examples of past and recent PhD projects
PhD theses can be found online through the ۿ۴ý Library, Some examples of completed PhD projects can be found below.
- Atkin (2023).
- Cowen, L. (2020). DOI
- Dumpfrey, R. (2025). Using motivations to explain pro-environmental behaviours: Leveraging psychometric approaches. DOI:
- Elf, P. (2020). DOI
- Isham, A. (2020). DOI
- Jagannath, S. (2023). DOI
- Newman, M. (2024). The use of DOI
- Parker, N., Z. (2023). DOI
- Ratcliffe, E. (2015).
- Rieg, N.A. (2025). DOI
- Shearer, L. A. (2020). DOI
- Weber, C. (2020). Privacy fit in open-plan offices : its appraisal, associated outcomes & contextual factors. DOI
- White, E. (2020). Perceptions of naturalness. DOI
- Wiles, C. (2024). DOI
MSc in Environmental Psychology
Our Master’s students conduct a wide range of fascinating research projects for their final dissertation. Past projects have included examination of privacy regulation in Maggie Centres, attitudes towards different building facades, the impact of workplace personalisation, pro-environmental messages in hotels, affordances in children’s playgrounds.
We encourage students to publish these works. Some examples of published dissertation projects can be found here.
- Azad, S. & Marselle, M. (2024). Thriving Through Stressful Life Events with Nature: A Mixed-Method Study on Tending Indoor Plants and Rumination Resilience. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2, 369.
- Davis, N., & Gatersleben, B. (2013). Transcendent experiences in wild and manicured settings: The influence of the trait “connectedness to nature”. Ecopsychology, 5(2), 92-102.
- Gatersleben, B., & Haddad, H. (2010). Who is the typical bicyclist?. Transportation Research part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 13(1), 41-48.
- Golding, S. E., Gatersleben, B., & Cropley, M. (2018). An experimental exploration of the effects of exposure to images of nature on rumination. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(2), 300.
- Morten, A., Gatersleben, B., & Jessop, D. C. (2018). Staying grounded? Applying the theory of planned behaviour to explore motivations to reduce air travel. Transportation Research part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 55, 297-305.
- White, E. V., & Gatersleben, B. (2011). Greenery on residential buildings: Does it affect preferences and perceptions of beauty?. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 31(1), 89-98.
- Uzzell, D., & Horne, N. (2006). The influence of biological sex, sexuality and gender role on interpersonal distance. British Journal of Social Psychology, 45(3), 579-597. .
