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Lorraine Whitmarsh

Lorraine Whitmarsh

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
66
Citations
23734
World Ranking
949
National Ranking
179

Overview

Lorraine Whitmarsh is affiliated with the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and social sciences, with an emphasis on addressing climate change through behavioral and psychological perspectives.

Their scholarly work spans several subfields including sociology and political science, management, monitoring, policy and law, applied psychology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, and global and planetary change.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility

Whitmarsh has contributed to a number of research articles published in notable academic venues. Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Climate anxiety: What predicts it and how is it related to climate action?" (2022), Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • "Behaviour change to address climate change" (2021), Current Opinion in Psychology
  • "When worry about climate change leads to climate action: How values, worry and personal responsibility relate to various climate actions" (2020), Global Environmental Change
  • "How psychology can help limit climate change." (2020), American Psychologist
  • "Home and away: cross-contextual consistency in tourists' pro-environmental behavior" (2020), Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Whitmarsh include:

  • Wouter Poortinga
  • Sam Hampton
  • Patrick Devine-Wright
  • Darrick Evensen
  • Phil Bartie

Whitmarsh's work is often published in recurring venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Global Environmental Change
  • Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energy Research & Social Science

In addition to articles, Whitmarsh has contributed to book publications. Notably, their book titled Electrifying Mobility: Realising a Sustainable Future for the Car was published by Emerald Publishing Limited in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Barriers perceived to engaging with climate change among the UK public and their policy implications

    Irene Lorenzoni;Sophie Nicholson-Cole;Lorraine Whitmarsh

  • Green identity, green living? The role of pro-environmental self-identity in determining consistency across diverse pro-environmental behaviours

    Lorraine E. Whitmarsh;Saffron O'Neill

  • Scepticism and uncertainty about climate change: Dimensions, determinants and change over time

    Lorraine E. Whitmarsh

  • Are flood victims more concerned about climate change than other people? The role of direct experience in risk perception and behavioural response

    Lorraine E. Whitmarsh

  • Uncertain climate: An investigation into public scepticism about anthropogenic climate change

    Wouter Poortinga;Alexa Spence;Lorraine E. Whitmarsh;Stuart B. Capstick

  • Behavioural responses to climate change: Asymmetry of intentions and impacts

    Lorraine E. Whitmarsh

  • International trends in public perceptions of climate change over the past quarter century

    Stuart B. Capstick;Lorraine E. Whitmarsh;Wouter Poortinga;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon

  • Social barriers to the adoption of smart homes

    Nazmiye Balta-Ozkan;Rosemary Davidson;Martha Bicket;Lorraine Whitmarsh

  • Psychological research and global climate change

    Susan Clayton;Patrick Devine-Wright;Paul C. Stern;Lorraine Whitmarsh

  • What's in a name? Commonalities and differences in public understanding of “climate change” and “global warming”

    Lorraine E. Whitmarsh

  • Reorienting Climate Change Communication for Effective Mitigation Forcing People to be Green or Fostering Grass-Roots Engagement?

    David Ockwell;Lorraine Whitmarsh;Saffron O'Neill

  • Climate change perceptions and their individual-level determinants: A cross-European analysis

    Wouter Poortinga;Lorraine Whitmarsh;Linda Steg;Gisela Böhm

  • Public engagement with carbon and climate change: To what extent is the public ‘carbon capable’?

    Lorraine E. Whitmarsh;Lorraine E. Whitmarsh;Gill Seyfang;Saffron O'Neill;Saffron O'Neill

  • When worry about climate change leads to climate action: How values, worry and personal responsibility relate to various climate actions

    Thijs Bouman;Mark Verschoor;Casper J. Albers;Gisela Böhm

  • Uncertainty, scepticism and attitudes towards climate change: biased assimilation and attitude polarisation

    Adam J. Corner;Lorraine E. Whitmarsh;Dimitrios Xenias

  • A multi-level analysis of sustainable mobility transitions: Niche development in the UK and Sweden

    Björn Nykvist;Lorraine Whitmarsh

  • A transitions model for sustainable mobility

    Jonathan Köhler;Lorraine E. Whitmarsh;Björn Nykvist;Michel Schilperoord

  • The introduction of a single-use carrier bag charge in Wales: Attitude change and behavioural spillover effects

    Wouter Poortinga;Lorraine E. Whitmarsh;Christine Suffolk

  • How psychology can help limit climate change.

    Kristian S Nielsen;Susan Clayton;Paul C Stern;Thomas Dietz

  • Behaviour change to address climate change

    Lorraine Whitmarsh;Wouter Poortinga;Stuart Capstick

  • Engaging the Public with Climate Change: Behaviour Change and Communication

    Lorraine Whitmarsh;S. O'Neill

Frequent Co-Authors

Wouter Poortinga
Wouter Poortinga Cardiff University
Irene Lorenzoni
Irene Lorenzoni University of East Anglia
Linda Steg
Linda Steg University of Groningen
Patrick Devine-Wright
Patrick Devine-Wright University of Exeter
Nicholas Frank Pidgeon
Nicholas Frank Pidgeon Cardiff University
Corinne Le Quéré
Corinne Le Quéré University of East Anglia
Gill Seyfang
Gill Seyfang University of East Anglia
Alan MacDonald
Alan MacDonald British Geological Survey
Janet K. Swim
Janet K. Swim Pennsylvania State University
Susan Clayton
Susan Clayton College of Wooster

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