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David Uzzell is affiliated with the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom, focusing mainly on social sciences with a strong emphasis on sociology and political science. Their work intersects multiple subfields including social psychology, archeology, management, monitoring, policy and law, as well as health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

Their research covers a range of topics that highlight relations between people and places, cultural heritage, and environmental concerns. Major topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Place Attachment and Urban Studies
  • Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
  • Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management

Frequent publication venues where David Uzzell's research appears include:

  • International Journal of Heritage Studies
  • Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • Wellbeing Space and Society
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical Psychology Forum

Several collaborative relationships are notable in their academic output. Frequent co-authors include Joanna Sofaer, Eirini Gallou, Ben Davenport, Marie Louise Stig Sørensen, and Eleanor Ratcliffe.

Selected recent papers by David Uzzell showcase the diverse scope of their research interests:

  • "Heritage sites, value and wellbeing: learning from the COVID-19 pandemic in England," 2021, International Journal of Heritage Studies
  • "On the importance of qualitative research in environmental psychology," 2023, Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • "Perceived place qualities, restorative effects and self-reported wellbeing benefits of visits to heritage sites: Empirical evidence from a visitor survey in England," 2022, Wellbeing Space and Society
  • "National identities and war heritage: acceptance and resistance of an authorised heritage discourse among visitors to the Australian War Memorial," 2020, International Journal of Heritage Studies
  • "Seasonal Patterns in Typhoid Environmental Surveillance in Ibadan, Nigeria," 2025, International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • PLACE AND IDENTITY PROCESSES

    Clare L. Twigger-Ross;David L. Uzzell

  • Place identification, social cohesion, and environmental sustainability

    David Uzzell;Enric Pol;David Badenas

  • Attitudes, norms, identity and environmental behaviour: using an expanded theory of planned behaviour to predict participation in a kerbside recycling programme.

    Dennis Nigbur;Evanthia Lyons;David Uzzell

  • Affective Appraisals of the Daily Commute Comparing Perceptions of Drivers, Cyclists, Walkers, and Users of Public Transport

    Birgitta Gatersleben;David Uzzell

  • THE PSYCHO-SPATIAL DIMENSION OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

    David L. Uzzell

  • An examination of the values that motivate socially conscious and frugal consumer behaviours

    Miriam Dorothy Pepper;Tim Jackson;David Uzzell

  • Temporal pessimism and spatial optimism in environmental assessments: An 18-nation study

    Robert Gifford;Leila Scannell;Christine Kormos;Lidia Smolova

  • THE AFFORDANCES OF THE HOME, NEIGHBOURHOOD, SCHOOL AND TOWN CENTRE FOR ADOLESCENTS

    Charlotte Clark;David L. Uzzell

  • Education for Environmental Action in the Community: new roles and relationships

    David Uzzell

  • An alternative structuralist approach to the psychology of tourism marketing.

    David Uzzell

  • Trade Unions and Climate Change: The Jobs versus Environment Dilemma

    Nora Räthzel;David Uzzell

  • Elucidating the changing roles of civil society in urban sustainability transitions

    Niki Frantzeskaki;Adina Dumitru;Isabelle Anguelovski;Flor Avelino

  • Individual energy use and feedback in an office setting: A field trial

    Niamh Murtagh;Michele Nati;William R. Headley;Birgitta Gatersleben

  • Interpreting our heritage: A theoretical interpretation

    David Uzzell

  • Transforming environmental psychology

    David Uzzell;Nora Räthzel

  • Self-identity threat and resistance to change: Evidence from regular travel behaviour

    N Murtagh;Birgitta Gatersleben;David Uzzell

  • Football in Its Place: An Environmental Psychology of Football Grounds

    David V. Canter;Miriam Comber;David L. Uzzell

  • The influence of biological sex, sexuality and gender role on interpersonal distance

    David Uzzell;Nathalie Horne

  • Contemporary issues in heritage and environmental interpretation : problems and prospects

    David L. Uzzell;Roy Ballantyne

  • Trade Unions in the Green Economy: Working for the Environment

    Nora Räthzel;David L. Uzzell

Frequent Co-Authors

Julie Barnett
Julie Barnett University of Bath
Roy Ballantyne
Roy Ballantyne University of Queensland
Tim Jackson
Tim Jackson University of Surrey
Jan Packer
Jan Packer University of Queensland
Nicholas Frank Pidgeon
Nicholas Frank Pidgeon Cardiff University
Kalevi Korpela
Kalevi Korpela Tampere University
Robert Gifford
Robert Gifford University of Victoria
Donald W. Hine
Donald W. Hine University of New England
Florian G. Kaiser
Florian G. Kaiser Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Jane Ogden
Jane Ogden University of Surrey

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